{"id":5040,"date":"2010-03-13T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2010-03-13T03:00:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T08:00:26","slug":"the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-heard-today-this-is-not-a-repost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/5040","title":{"rendered":"The Most Ridiculous Thing I\u2019ve Heard \u2026 Today. This is not a Repost."},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Dem Felix Ortiz wants to ban use of salt in New York restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n

“No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food,” the bill reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, I know I’ve tried to make the case<\/a> that food preparation, as practiced by most people<\/a>, is not science, this does not change the fact that what happens in the preparation of food is actual chemistry<\/em>. And that if you change the ingredients, you change the food. Note that “no salt” is not the same as “no sodium.” Potassium chloride is still a salt, it’s just not table salt. And the bill says “salt in any form.”<\/p>\n

I understand the intent is probably to eliminate the excess salt in some foods, but the choice of adding salt, or not, to a food after it has been prepared is not the same as eliminating it during the preparation. In bread<\/a>, for example, it plays a chemical role”<\/p>\n

By mixing with salt, wheat flour produced gluten from gliadin and glutenin whose elastic property is characteristic in bread and noodles. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and it has more roles, too<\/a>, other than taste. (Hmmm, there’s a salt manufacturer’s association. Of course there is.)<\/p>\n

Add to this the fact there is salt already present in many foods<\/a>. Can you add eggs to a recipe without running afoul of the law? Cheese has salt in it, too. Remember, it’s “salt in any form.” What a stupid proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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