No soup for you!

[HotelMinion]

So I recently took a cooking class just for fun for the first time. I haven't taken one ever since I was high school, so I went in there all excited and gung ho. I was worried that everyone else would be experts and better than me, but fortunately, everoyne there was nice.
Except for the one lady. She looked to be in her fifties, and had a serious attitude problem. When I said hi, she didn't say it back but instead: "Seat's taken." Well ok then.
So the teacher lets us choose which dish to make and partnered us up by our choosing. Attitude Lady (AL) didn't choose the same as me thank goodness. I was partnered up with this sweet but shy girl who was very nice. She was even shyer than me! I was the one starting the conversations! :O Anyway, we follower our receipe, which was a soup dish and it smelled wonderful. Mmmm.
So after everyone had finished their dish, we went around with a plate and sampled everyone's else dish. They were all good, except some seemed to have forgotten to add salt. :\ Oh well, better than TOO salty IMHO. So after everyone had finished sampling, the teacher said the it was time to go and to clean up. He also said to pack up our leftovers because every dish was goin in the trash if not. So everyone went to their dish and started filling their tupperware up to let their families taste what they had made.
Not AL, though. She made a beeline for our (the girl and mine's dish) and started dumping it in her container. I was disappointed because I wanted to let my family taste what I had made, so I sidled up to her and in my msot joking tone of voice, said "Are you going to take all of my soup?"
She gave a start, and said evenly "No I'm not!" (she totally was.) She poured a bit back in the pot and scuttled off.
I only had a bit to take home, and I glanced around if the girl wanted any, but none did so I took the bit. AL gave me dirty looks as the class rushed around cleaning up for the rest of the class.
So on one hand I was flattered that she thought my dish was the best but one the other, why didn't she go and take her own unsalted dish? Well, bottom line is she should've left the attitude at home IMHO. If she'd just asked politely I would've happily agreed, but to just go over there and snatch it, Give me a break Lady!

[Minflick]

Wow, that's some nasty there! What a bitch! At least you know how to make the soup now... But wow.

[eltf177]

If I understand this correctly AL took your soup? I would have smacked her in the head if she tried that on me!

And I don't understand the complaint about not adding salt. I never add it anymore to anything, figuring there's enough in the ingredients. If someone else wants to add it they're more than welcome to do so, adding spices afterwards isn't a problem but taking them out is...

Interestingly enough I discovered a variant on this lately. I love to make Beefaroni. And I'm not much on hot or spicy foods. But I accidentally added what I considered to be too much garlic powder in a batch (mistook it for onion powder). Turns out to be the best batch I've ever made. So now I add a lot more garlic and chili powder plus Italian seasoning, onion powder and finely-ground black pepper than I did in the past. It really gives it a kick without being too spicy or hot...

[notalwaysright]

And I don't understand the complaint about not adding salt. I never add it anymore to anything, figuring there's enough in the ingredients. If someone else wants to add it they're more than welcome to do so, adding spices afterwards isn't a problem but taking them out is...

The OP could be used to more salt. I usually use about half the salt that a recipe calls for, but for soup I always add the full amount, because for some reason I really notice how bland it is without salt, and if I add it later I end up using more than if I had properly seasoned it in the first place. I'm cooking for myself, so I don't have to worry about other people's tastes. This is really a personal taste thing.

As for the lady who took the soup, oh HELL no, you do not touch my soup. Why would she think this was okay? It didn't seem like anyone else was doing that... Totally not okay.

[Arcus]

I always start light on the salt and add more after I taste it. It's easy to add more, but impossible to take it back out.

[Minflick]

"Soup's TAKEN!"

[little_miss_springfield]

AL's probably going to pass the soup off as hers to her friends and family. Assuming she has any.

[HotelMinion]

And I don't understand the complaint about not adding salt. I never add it anymore to anything, figuring there's enough in the ingredients. If someone else wants to add it they're more than welcome to do so, adding spices afterwards isn't a problem but taking them out is...

Interestingly enough I discovered a variant on this lately. I love to make Beefaroni. And I'm not much on hot or spicy foods. But I accidentally added what I considered to be too much garlic powder in a batch (mistook it for onion powder). Turns out to be the best batch I've ever made. So now I add a lot more garlic and chili powder plus Italian seasoning, onion powder and finely-ground black pepper than I did in the past. It really gives it a kick without being too spicy or hot...

Well, I watch a lot of cooking shows and they are always going on about salt and pepper and how important it is to a good dish :/ Personally, I don't like too much salt so I added only 2 pinches to this dish that served 4, and I was afraid that it was too much, since like I said, too much salt can ruin a dish. It's all you can taste if there is too much. Salt is a very strong spice IMHO.
Anyway, IDC whether the lady added salt or no salt to her own dish but she shouldn't have snatched my dish! D:<

[Sparklyturtle]

I've read that if you put too much salt in soup or sauce, to put in a raw peeled potato. Then, at the end of the cooking time, take the potato out and discard it, and it'll have absorbed the excess salt. I've never tested this so I don't know if it really works, but for everything except garlic I tend to err on the side of "a little bland." I figure more can be added if needed, but it's hard to take out if there's too much.

[Sulhythal]

Well, I watch a lot of cooking shows and they are always going on about salt and pepper and how important it is to a good dish :/ <

Speaking as a very amateur home chef, salt and pepper ARE very important to a dish.

Specifically, the -balance- of salt and pepper to the other flavors...which is a very individual taste :P

Ideally, salt should be something that enhances the other tastes, not overrides them!

And I find it hard to add too much garlic to anything...

But I've also been known to occasionally eat garlic raw <.< rarely.

[dalesys]

My mother used a lot of different spices. Her doctrinaire was "If you can identify the spice, there's too much!" except where the spice *was* the flavor. (Nutmeg cake for breakfast!)