# Sweet, or salty? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481 "2015-01-10T16:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/1 "2015-01-10T16:47:19Z")
Before we get started: I don’t want to hear about sweet and salty. Everyone knows they go together. This poll is about which one you prefer. There is no other choice in this poll. We have homemade hashbrowns at least twice a month. We have biscuits and gravy at least once a month. She got be a breakfast sandwich maker for Christmas, so we’ve been having ham-and-egg muffins/biscuits on occasion. On the rare occasion we eat breakfast out (the SO says, ‘Why bother going out, when you make it better?’) I tend to get chicken-fried steak and eggs. I also make pancakes. I’ve noticed the SO wants pancakes more often than I do. She also likes apple fritters or some leftover pie for breakfast. She likes sweet breakfasts more than I do. For snacks, she likes sweet things. She likes kettle corn, while I like popcorn with butter and salt. She likes a brownie or a piece of chocolate, and I like cheese and crackers. We seem to have more sweet snacks than salty ones. Tea? She makes a pitcher of sweet tea, which I rarely drink. Now, I don’t put salt in my tea. I drink it unadulterated as the gods ordained. No sugar. Still, it’s another example of how she like sweet things more than I do. Chinese food? (Note: this isn’t about 'sweet and salty. It’s about food that is noticeably sweet.) Her favourite is General Tso’s chicken. If she can’t get that, then another dish with noticeable sweetness is her choice. I prefer salty and spicy. All things considered, I tend to prefer salty foods and she tends to prefer sweet ones. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/2 "2015-01-10T16:49:44Z")
Sweet, overall. I have a terrible sugar habit. ETA: unless presented with some good chicken-fried steak and gravy. Nom, nom, nom. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/3 "2015-01-10T16:54:46Z")
Hm. Maybe I should have had four options so people could say whether they’re male or female. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/4 "2015-01-10T16:55:03Z")
Salty, hands down. I generally don’t care for desserts, and when I do it’s usually fruit filled with whipped cream rather than an overload of frosting and syrups. I prefer crudités and dip or pickles and olives over cookies or cake. ETA: Female. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/5 "2015-01-10T17:00:33Z")
For snacks, I adore any kind of cheesy-crunchy-thing, so I put “salty”. But it really depends on my mood at the time - the world would be a darker place without ice cream. ETA: Oh, and I’m also female. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/6 "2015-01-10T17:08:11Z")
Salty or savory, usually. I’ll take chips or popcorn over chocolate most any time. I much prefer savory oatmeal: oatmeal, butter, dried thyme leaves, with crumbled bacon and a fried egg on top suits me to a tee. Biscuits and gravy over pancakes. My spouse has a serious sugar jones and can clean out a bag of Reese’s in a trice. It’s why we look the way we do, but we’re trying to change that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/7 "2015-01-10T17:10:30Z")
I have virtually no sweet tooth, so salty for me. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/8 "2015-01-10T17:15:15Z")
In general, I love chocolate/cookies/cake/etc. So I went with sweet. But when it comes to savory foods, I don’t like sweetness. Like ordering General Tso’s for lunch feels odd–I’d rather have something salty… ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/9 "2015-01-10T19:46:43Z")
Salty/savory for me. And I’m all man, baby. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/10 "2015-01-10T19:49:51Z")
I will take the “no other choice” option and say neither. I like bready or nutty. If you just had savory without the salt prerequisite, that would be the one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/11 "2015-01-10T22:18:49Z")
Sweet. And sweet _never_ goes with salty. Adding salt to something sweet makes it absolutely disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/12 "2015-01-10T22:34:50Z")
I like both sweet and salty, but not together. Sweet things should taste sweet, and savory things should taste savory. Popcorn should be buttered and salted; no kettle corn for me. Chocolate should not have nuts in it; sweet additions are okay, though. And I totally do not understand sour gummies. Female, if it matters. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/13 "2015-01-10T22:40:51Z")
I’m surprised salty is gaining so much ground. I’m female and if “savoury” (and spicy) were an option that is what I would pick. But failing that: sweet. I do not like crisps or chips or typically salty foods but put a pan of brownies in front of me and I am toast. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/14 "2015-01-11T00:04:43Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I’m female and if “savoury” (and spicy) were an option that is what I would pick. As starter of the poll, I deem savoury acceptable. I’d have to be convinced to include spicy. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/15 "2015-01-11T00:07:08Z")
Female, and all salty, please. While now and then I can enjoy a sweet item (preferably dark chocolate accompanied by black coffee or dry wine), most of the time sweets just taste overwhelming and monotonous to me. I find eating cake or drinking sweet lemonade to be actively unpleasant. When I was pregnant, I suddenly started to enjoy sweets, and it was a bizarre feeling. All of a sudden, so much more stuff tasted good. But that has (thankfully) faded, and now I’m back on the salty road. Give me chips, cheese, crackers, popcorn. and anything spicy, and I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/16 "2015-01-11T00:30:18Z")
My sweet tooth had pretty much gone by my mid-twenties. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/17 "2015-01-11T01:12:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Hm. Maybe I should have had four options so people could say whether they’re male or female. Female here, sweet tooth. (Edit window missed on my post.) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/18 "2015-01-11T01:58:02Z")
Definitely salty. Not much of a sweet tooth at all. Female. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/19 "2015-01-11T03:37:55Z")
Female. Salty/savory for sure. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, loathe pie and only tolerate cake. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481/20 "2015-01-11T04:40:38Z")
Sweet mostly. I don’t like salt that much and rarely cook with it unless it’s necessary but I can mess up some barbecue chips. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-or-salty/709481.md?page=2)