Salt ban in NYC restaurants
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What are your opinions?
"Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking."
"No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129 , states in part."
www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/chefs-call-propo...
Posted at 8:20pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Responses
Perhaps government trained dietitians can be assigned to each restaurant to judiciously apply the proper amount of salt to our food. Of course, they'll need to be tipped.
Posted at 8:26pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Um...if this is a health thing, why not start with banning smoking...much worse on health in general than salt!!
*ducks the flying tomatoes*
Posted at 8:27pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
They could ban transfat and high fructose corn syrup if they're worried about health. We do need a certain amount of salt in our diet.
Posted at 8:28pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Alison makes a great point, the worst sodium offenders are the pre-packaged foods. Freshly prepared foods aren't nearly as bad. Why don't they just have some low-salt entrees?
Posted at 8:29pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Um... say what? There are worse things in food than salt.
Posted at 8:29pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Is there some kind of quota on silly-law legislation introduction? It might explain why some places have a "horses can't wear purple dresses on sunday" bylaw or some such.
Posted at 8:30pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Exactly, not every stupid legislation passes.
Posted at 8:31pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
FFS. Many foods NEED to be salted at various stages of preparation, or the end result will be crap.
Potatoes need to be boiled in salted water. Rice needs salt. Bread with no salt is disgusting. Most meats need salt during cooking. Dried beans need salt during cooking.
That is about the stupidest, most insulting, and ill-conceived bill I've ever heard of.
Posted at 8:31pm Mar 10, 2010 EST
Throws tomatoes at BDdesigns....jk
Why have to ban things? Just give the public the truth of what is in the meal, and let them decide. I really don't need some politician making MY choices for me.
America...the land of the free.
Posted at 8:33pm Mar 10, 2010 EST