Salt
So maybe there’s a good start. Salt, even “gourmet” salt, isn’t that expensive. Taste some, by itself or on bread with sweet butter. Repeat the process until you find something special. Then use your new awareness to salt less but taste more. The generic salt we overload our food with could be replaced by smaller amounts of truly flavorful salt. “Thus reducing salt intake and adding flavor at the same time,” Susanna says.
To live healthily, we don’t need to return to the salt-free diet of our prehistoric ancestors. Used judiciously, salt can make even the simplest of meals “a banquet for the Olympian gods.”
Communicate privately with Joseph Byrd at eat.your.spinach@gmail.com.
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