Curious Cook: Let’s talk about salt

The EU recommendation is not more than 6 grams of salt a day for normal adults (about one teaspoon). — LORENA MARTINEZ/Pexels

Natriophilia

My grandfather really liked salty foods, and perhaps I have inherited a fraction of his preference for salt. He used to eat steamed salted eggs with salted fish in rice doused with large splashes of soy sauce, a combination so salty it was almost acidic in the mouth, and impossible for me to eat.