# You're trying to ban SALT?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175 "2010-03-12T00:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/1 "2010-03-12T00:08:19Z")
[No kidding. Salt to be banned in restaraunts in NY](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10129&Summary=Y&Text=Y) if this bill passes. The text: > [@](#): > > PROHIBITION ON SALT; RESTAURANTS. 1. 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. I don’t have the words to describe how unbelievable this is. Salt is needed for most sauces (especially Asian ones), it is critical in baking, it is a staple of flavor. Just…wow. Why is this being introduced? High blood pressure is my only guess. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/2 "2010-03-12T00:13:28Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [No kidding. Salt to be banned in restaraunts in NY](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10129&Summary=Y&Text=Y) if this bill passes. > > The text: > I don’t have the words to describe how unbelievable this is. Salt is needed for most sauces (especially Asian ones), it is critical in baking, it is a staple of flavor. Just…wow. > > Why is this being introduced? High blood pressure is my only guess. I agree. It should be the other way around. Chefs/cooks use salt to make their dishes, but no additional salt can be provided at the tables. At least that’s they way it should be at the higher-end restaurants. Any top chef worth his salt (heh) would put out food that absolutely didn’t need any extra seasoning, and patrons of those kinds of restaurants should just go with it. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/3 "2010-03-12T00:17:50Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I agree. It should be the other way around. Chefs/cooks use salt to make their dishes, but no additional salt can be provided at the tables. At least that’s they way it should be at the higher-end restaurants. > > Any top chef worth his salt (heh) would put out food that absolutely didn’t need any extra seasoning, and patrons of those kinds of restaurants should just go with it. Do you want legally force me to finish my vegetables, too? Banning the salt from the tables is insufferable nannyism. Banning salt from the kichens is critical cognitive failure. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/4 "2010-03-12T00:19:39Z")
Noooo! Salt is my favorite food! I don’t see how this could possibly happen- early April Fool’s? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/5 "2010-03-12T00:26:21Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [No kidding. Salt to be banned in restaraunts in NY](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10129&Summary=Y&Text=Y) if this bill passes. > > The text: > I don’t have the words to describe how unbelievable this is. Salt is needed for most sauces (especially Asian ones), it is critical in baking, it is a staple of flavor. Just…wow. > > Why is this being introduced? High blood pressure is my only guess. I’ll bet that clown’s a Democrat! Hmm…let’s see…c’mon Google, do your thing… YEP! I frickin’ _knew_ it! > [@](#): > > The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation. (And people wonder why I think liberals and Democrats are the greatest threat to our freedoms. :rolleyes:) ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/6 "2010-03-12T00:28:31Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I’ll bet that clown’s a Democrat! > > Hmm…let’s see…c’mon Google, do your thing… > > YEP! I frickin’ _knew_ it! > > (And people wonder why I think liberals and Democrats are the greatest threat to our freedoms. :rolleyes:) You can have my right to an attorney, but you’ll have to pry my salt out of my cold, dead hands! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/7 "2010-03-12T00:29:33Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > (And people wonder why I think liberals and Democrats are the greatest threat to our freedoms. :rolleyes:) Yep, because banning salt is totally like…aw, you know what, fuck it. Get the Dem! ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/8 "2010-03-12T00:33:18Z")
Starving Artist, there’s stupidity from all corners. Yep, this one comes from a democrat – but that’s not a surprise, because NY is majoratively Dem. On the other hand – WTF New York?! ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/9 "2010-03-12T00:34:01Z")
I guess the levels of snot,puke,boogers,cum,rat droppings and incects are all still acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/10 "2010-03-12T00:36:32Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > I guess the levels of snot,puke,boogers,cum,rat droppings and incects are all still acceptable? You mean, in the food served in restraunts? ---
**Author:** ![sulli2951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@sulli2951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulli2951)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/11 "2010-03-12T00:40:45Z")
IM against this but, i heard that due to socialized medison, Scandinavian countries have banned iodized salt, and can only use sea salt. Anyone else hear this? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/12 "2010-03-12T00:42:15Z")
It’s a simple problem to solve; just bring a couple of gay friends with you on your night out. Should your meal be under-salted, have them make out, and your waitress will helpfully turn into a pillar of your needed condiment. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/13 "2010-03-12T00:44:42Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > You mean, in the food served in restraunts? No, I mean in the shaker with the salt. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/14 "2010-03-12T00:46:38Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I’ll bet that clown’s a Democrat! > > Hmm…let’s see…c’mon Google, do your thing… > > YEP! I frickin’ _knew_ it! > > (And people wonder why I think liberals and Democrats are the greatest threat to our freedoms. :rolleyes:) This is too easy a target to pass up. [Who backed Prop 8?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop_8#Proponents) ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/15 "2010-03-12T00:48:18Z")
> [@sulli2951](#): > > IM against this but, i heard that due to socialized medison, Scandinavian countries have banned iodized salt, and can only use sea salt. Anyone else hear this? Nope, care to provide some sort of reference so we can see what you’re talking about? “I heard” isn’t exactly factual backing. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/16 "2010-03-12T00:50:04Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > No, I mean in the shaker with the salt. I thought that those other condiments traditionally got their own separate shakers. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/17 "2010-03-12T00:51:27Z")
Sometimes the slippery slope isn’t a fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/18 "2010-03-12T00:55:27Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > It’s a simple problem to solve; just bring a couple of gay friends with you on your night out. Should your meal be under-salted, have them make out, and your waitress will helpfully turn into a pillar of your needed condiment. :dubious: In New York?!? I rather suspect that your waitress has seen it all, and that a couple of gay guys making out in a restaurant wouldn’t get so much as a second glance from her. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/19 "2010-03-12T00:55:30Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Sometimes the slippery slope isn’t a fallacy. First they banned putting cocaine in the hot dogs, and you just _knew_ that salt would be the next thing to go. It was practically a foregone conclusion. Which is to say, where exactly did you see somebody predicting salt-banning when some prior ban was being proposed? I would have thought the notion of banning table salt would be too insane for humans to imagine. (Er, the law currently under discussion notwithstanding.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175/20 "2010-03-12T01:11:14Z")
No legislator worth his salt will vote for this. Sorry, had to do that… As we all know, many foods merely serve as a platform for ingesting salt. Fries come to mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trying-to-ban-salt/532175.md?page=2)