Salt - Our Natural Frenemy

Let's face it, salt gets a bad wrap. Maybe deservedly so if you're pouring it on your eggs, or french fries or whatever else slides across your plate. When that's happening it's no wonder everyone looks at salt as if it's a rabid dog.

Salt is actually very useful.(and not just for the old loosen-the-top-so-it-pours-out-all-over-your-targets-meal-routine)  But in cooking. Salt is N-E-C-E-S-S-A-R-Y.

How many times have you had made something and then have found yourself asking "Why is my chicken so bland?" or saying "Why does every steak be it filet, ribeye, or flank taste exactly the same?" and "Ugh, these sauted veggies taste like messy yuck." My friend I have your solution. Salt.

That's it. Salt. (and pepper, you should use pepper along with salt 90% of the time. Avoiding Desserts. Going forward, Salt & Pepper go hand in hand.)

Just a few shakes, or twists, of S&P. And you've made your entire meal taste magnificently better.

Beware and understand that cooking with salt is NOT the same as adding salt to a cooked meal. One enchances flavor, while the other attempts to hide dullness.

Using salt while you are cooking brings out Amazing Flavors. It draws out the natural, beautiful aromas of the food you are working with.

Tell ya what, just for fun, go ahead and google a cake or brownie recipe and look over the ingredients.

 No really, do it. I'll wait...

Annnnnnd? What did you find? What's that? Salt?? Surprise!! It's even in our desserts. Salt is a must have in desserts. It searches for and brings to life all of the buried, mixed, goodness of chocolate, vanilla, berries, fudge, and whatever else you can imagine. Oh Salt.. how you dazzle us!

Who would of thought such a tiny, tiny, tiny, thing like salt could bring out such BOLD & Welcoming flavors?

Yeah I get it, salt has baggage. But when you cook with it correctly, and add it sparingly, it won't be unpacking in your trunk.


Test: Make something that you've made before but maybe it didn't have the flavor you were expecting. This time using salt while preparing your dish.

Or quicker yet. Take a chicken breast, slice in two, on one use nothing, on the other, Salt.(and pepper.. they are hand in hand remember?) Cook the same and try each one. Which do you like more? You will be amazed.

Right now salt is just a tool in your cupboard.. why not make it a statement in your meal?

- B