Why is it always salty?
Occasionally I will buy pre-seasoned meat from the store. Invariably, the predominant taste that comes through is salt. I am not talking about a little salt to enhance flavour, I am talking salt with hints of other flavours.
This most recently happened a few days ago when I bought some Tandoori seasoned chicken legs (save me the trouble of buying, or better still, mixing up, some Tandoori seasoning). As is my habit, I washed the meat. Yes, I wash my meat from the store (a little hard with ground meat, so I prefer to avoid it for the most part) - even seasoned meats. While the aroma during cooking was pleasant, the promise of tantalizing flavours was crushed with the reality of salt.
bleh.
This most recently happened a few days ago when I bought some Tandoori seasoned chicken legs (save me the trouble of buying, or better still, mixing up, some Tandoori seasoning). As is my habit, I washed the meat. Yes, I wash my meat from the store (a little hard with ground meat, so I prefer to avoid it for the most part) - even seasoned meats. While the aroma during cooking was pleasant, the promise of tantalizing flavours was crushed with the reality of salt.
bleh.
Comments
MOI: I haven't noticed that with teh instant oatmeal. Mind you, I hav enot had oatmeal in ages for breakfast. The oatmeal we fill the kids with seems to have plenty of sugar in it.
barbara: I thought meat was kosher because of the way it was slaughtered and handled (obviously these are important factors). I did not think that salting was one of them.
Granted, if I know the food is salted (like salted fish), then I cook differently with it.
How Americans can eat their hot dogs is beyond me.