# Salting pizza: Weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146 "2012-11-16T00:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/41 "2012-11-16T14:29:08Z")
I don’t put salt on hardly anything (well, cottage cheese but that’s about it). Husband salts and peppers everything. Including pizza. It isn’t weird. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/42 "2012-11-16T14:47:19Z")
I’d call it unusual, but not weird. People put salt on all sorts of things I wouldn’t. Weird is not putting salt on potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![toxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@toxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toxo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/43 "2012-11-16T14:51:38Z")
I’ve been putting salt on my pizza for years, so normal in my book. I also enjoy a little extra garlic powder at times. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/44 "2012-11-16T14:59:21Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > I don’t put salt on hardly anything (well, cottage cheese but that’s about it). Husband salts and peppers everything. Including pizza. It isn’t weird. Cottage cheese? What kind of a weirdo are you anyway? :eek: Just kidding. I put plenty of salt, and pepper on my cottage cheese too. ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/45 "2012-11-16T15:08:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Salting pizza: Weird? I thought this was what anchovies and capers were for. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/46 "2012-11-16T15:32:39Z")
I’ve never seen anyone salting pizza, although I have put parmesan cheese (which is a bit salty) and/or pepper flakes on pizza plenty of times. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/47 "2012-11-16T15:37:54Z")
Just thinking about it makes me reach for my water glass. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/48 "2012-11-16T15:42:50Z")
I usually taste it first and put some on if I feel it needs it. Not an auto-condimenter though. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/49 "2012-11-16T19:32:36Z")
I used to lightly salt and pepper my pizza when it was good, east coast, thin crust pizza that only needed a little sauce and cheese and possibly onions and pepper. The thick crust monstrosities that simply serve as plates on which to pile as much crap as you can are usually salty enough. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/50 "2012-11-16T20:18:21Z")
Never seen anyone salt pizza, spaghetti, cannelloni, or lasagna. I wouldn’t call it weird. It would just be kind of surprising to me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/51 "2012-11-16T20:28:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Never seen anyone salt pizza, spaghetti, cannelloni, or lasagna. I wouldn’t call it weird. It would just be kind of surprising to me. I didn’t realize there was a group of food you weren’t supposed to season with salt and pepper. Well, breakfast cereal maybe. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/52 "2012-11-16T20:35:49Z")
> [@iamnotbatman](#): > > I thought this was what anchovies and capers were for. My grandmother, an autocondimenter extreme, probably would have salted capers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/53 "2012-11-17T01:37:00Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Never seen anyone salt pizza, spaghetti, cannelloni, or lasagna. I wouldn’t call it weird. It would just be kind of surprising to me. Why in the world wouldn’t you put salt on pasta??? As for the pizza, I’d say salting it would be unusual, but not weird. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/54 "2012-11-17T01:51:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Why in the world wouldn’t you put salt on pasta??? If you have any jars/cans of pasta sauce handy, take a look at the sodium content. Does it really need any more added? ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/55 "2012-11-17T02:56:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I didn’t realize there was a group of food you weren’t supposed to season with salt and pepper. Well, breakfast cereal maybe. 😕 I’ve put salt in coffee. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/56 "2012-11-17T11:23:14Z")
I think catsup on pizza is weird. But I disagree with Vincent about the Dutch dipping their fries on mayo. Absolutely love it. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/57 "2012-11-18T00:22:21Z")
I love salt on almost anything. I don’t usually salt pizza if I’m out, but I like to put seasoned salt on it at home. Which is really just brownish salt, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/58 "2012-11-18T00:43:35Z")
As you can see from my location, I have lived many places. I put salt on pizza and nobody has ever mentioned me doing so. For some reason, cold or lukewarm pizza seems to need more salt - very hot pizza less or none. Probably makes no sense to anyone else, but it does to me. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/59 "2012-11-18T00:51:13Z")
Most pizzas are already extremely salty. I would think it odd to see someone put more salt on it. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146/60 "2012-11-18T01:47:27Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I didn’t realize there was a group of food you weren’t supposed to season with salt and pepper. You’ve never heard of “salty food”? After you’re done putting salt on your pizza, do you put more salt on it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-pizza-weird/641146.md?page=4)