THE TELEGRAPH: The nannying tendencies of New York's civic leaders have reached a new level with a proposal to fine restaurants that add salt to food.
Bill A10129 would fine restaurateurs $1000 (£600) each time they were caught adding salt to food.
Felix Ortiz, a New York assemblyman who proposed the bill, said it would allow diners to choose whether to do it themselves.
The administration of Michael Bloomberg, New York City's mayor, has already outlawed smoking from many public areas, banned unhealthy trans fats from prepared food and ordered many restaurants to list the calories in each item on the menu. He also favours a new tax on sweet fizzy drinks to help cut obesity. >>> Tom Leonard in New York | Friday, March 12, 2010
Is this man TOTALLY bereft of culinary knowledge? Does this man know ANYTHING about cooking at all? Does he not understand that salt has to be added when the food is being cooked to have any real effect on the taste? Salt added at table is simply not the same. One must ask oneself ONE simple question: Has Felix Ortiz EVER cooked ANYTHING in his life? It appears that he has NO CULINARY SKILLS WHATSOEVER! Furthermore, it appears that he also has NO MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, for salt is a foodstuff. Without ANY salt, we would ALL be in very BAD shape! Dead!
That doesn’t mean to say that we don't all need to reduce our salt intake; but surely this is a matter of personal choice. The way we are going, with all these bans on smoking cigarettes and eating salt, etc., we might have a chance of living forever, but what a boring (and bland) bloody life it’s going to be! – © Mark
