What are your staples?

[Ice Cream]

I listed it because it's something I always have around (thus I consider it a staple), but like dried legumes and masa harina, I don't buy it every grocery trip, only when I'm running low. 

I gift homemade candy for Christmas... there's no way a bag of sugar would do me more than a year.  A box of sugar cubes (which we have in order to make old-fashioned cocktails when the mood strikes), could last for years.

OK, I buy/use it so rarely that I don't even think about it. Salt is in the same category for me.

[Magic Microbe]

OK, I buy/use it so rarely that I don't even think about it. Salt is in the same category for me.

You don't salt your food when cooking?

[Ice Cream]

You don't salt your food when cooking?

No.  Never.

[merigayle]

Hmm, looking at these, I think we should do more bean meals. I don't really know any, maybe I'll start a new thread about it.

I could give you endless bean recipes We eat beans as our main source of protein here. Lots of lentils. They cook fast and easy without presoaking.

I salt my food because when i make soup (usually a batch a week) i do not use broth, i use water. I also have horribly low blood pressure and they only advice given to me was MORE SALT. Oy.

[Ice Cream]

I could give you endless bean recipes We eat beans as our main source of protein here. Lots of lentils. They cook fast and easy without presoaking.

I salt my food because when i make soup (usually a batch a week) i do not use broth, i use water. I also have horribly low blood pressure and they only advice given to me was MORE SALT. Oy.

Lentils are so easy to make in the rice cooker.

[radial]

Lentils are so easy to make in the rice cooker.

But then you have to eat them.  That's the hard part. 

[Ice Cream]

But then you have to eat them.  That's the hard part. 

oh no, lentil salad!!!!!!

[Chasing Amy]

No.  Never.

Really? Salt is such a fantastic flavor enhancer. Do you have high blood pressure?

[merigayle]

Really? Salt is such a fantastic flavor enhancer. Do you have high blood pressure?

1! and I am always told to eat more.

[ihop]

1! and I am always told to eat more.

Yup.  I have really low blood pressure too. 

[Ice Cream]

Really? Salt is such a fantastic flavor enhancer. Do you have high blood pressure?

No, no HBP.  My parents did, and that is how I never learned to add salt.  There is enough sodium in canned beans, bread, bagels and other stuff that I get enough. 

[radial]

No, no HBP.  My parents did, and that is how I never learned to add salt.  There is enough sodium in canned beans, bread, bagels and other stuff that I get enough.

So true.  I love salt and use it in cooking, but not because my body actually needs any extra.  When I used to be hypertensive, I never added salt to my food.  But my hypertension went away when I stopped eating gluten, so I can salt away with impunity now. 

[Chasing Amy]

No, no HBP.  My parents did, and that is how I never learned to add salt.  There is enough sodium in canned beans, bread, bagels and other stuff that I get enough. 

I wasn't thinking so much about getting "enough" (because yeah, the processed stuff you just mentioned has plenty of sodium), but salt makes such a big flavor difference in recipes.

If you're used to it though, it probably won't be anything you would miss. I have low blood pressure and sweat like a Turkish prisoner when I'm running so sodium is not a concern for me.

[ihop]

I wasn't thinking so much about getting "enough" (because yeah, the processed stuff you just mentioned has plenty of sodium), but salt makes such a big flavor difference in recipes.

If you're used to it though, it probably won't be anything you would miss. I have low blood pressure and sweat like a Turkish prisoner when I'm running so sodium is not a concern for me.

My neighbor saw me shake like a dog this morning.