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Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking
lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems, the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor, it controls bacteria, slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese."
He's from Brooklyn. 'Nuff said
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
"Salts of one type or another" isn't the same thing as people mean when they say just "salt". Especially in the context of food. If you didn't know that then you seriously need to get out more and interact with other people. Christ, even the internet should get you that much exposure to the real world. When people say "salt" think "sodium chloride" - you'll be right far far far more often than with your current thinking.
Banning sugar next? They're already working hard to push tax on "sugary" sodas and drinks in NY.
I love the loaded language. Sugary, like we're talking about a bottle full of sugar. And they don't even seem to make much of a distinction about the types of sugar used, other than expecting us all to accept artificial sweetners as a reasonable alternative.
And even better, they're claiming that the money earned by this tax will help pay for other programs. I love this bullshit. So, do they really want people to stop buying these drinks, putting an end to this revenue stream? Of course not! They hope people will go on buying this stuff, giving them another way of digging into our pockets for some extra money.
This is /.
No one here is fucking anyone, anywhere.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
Is murder fine as long as nobody in your immediate family is killed? Why should your tax money pay to put that guy away? He didn't kill your family...
Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
Wwow, I feel sorry for your ignorance.
Ok, so why don't we remove a fetus and try to let it live on it's own? Oh right, because once it's out, that would be murder, so we have to kill it before it's removed.
And I don't think all sex is consensual. In fact, I realize that rape happens, but a very small percentage of abortions are in rape cases, so stop trying to justify convenience abortions using rape as an excuse. And your assumption that I haven't had sex is correct. I am a virgin. I have had vaginal penetrative sex 0 times in my life. BUT WAIT, that's not all! It's not because I can't get a woman to have sex with me, in fact I've had them beg for it. But I'm not an idiot. I don't want to take care of a child, so I say hey, what's wrong with physical pleasure that doesn't result in pregnancy? I get to orgasm, you get to orgasm, and we didn't just create a life by accident! Isn't the human body amazing? And I don't believe that every sexual encounter should result in a child. I DO believe that if you're having sex (and you're not sterilized) than you should realize that the consequences of your actions could result in a child, and you should be open and willing to take responsibility for that action.
I'm not telling you what religious beliefs to accept, I'm just telling you to act like an adult and accept the consequences of your choices.
Yes it's an anecdote! Were you expecting original research in a Slashdot comment?