poormanslucyliu1
Today, I had to teach my 13-year-old sister that sugar and salt don't, "cancel each other out to make the taste neutral". FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Wow, really?
United States
Knowledge is power
Today, I said that I wasn't expecting someone to say salt made a food sweet. My friend then decided to explain what salt is, a flavor enhancer, and "like when it's on the rim of a Margarita." Really? We're all in college and I'm the only one who keeps their grades up. I know what the fuck salt is. FML
UghDude
Austin, United States
Today, I found out that my sister licks all the flavoring off Doritos and puts them back in the bag. FML
NaCl
Duluth, United States
Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to salt the food I was preparing without even tasting it first, then complained at dinner that I'd used too much salt. She then lectured me on the proper seasoning of food for the rest of the evening. FML
no she wasn't high
Garland, United States
Today, I had to explain to my daughter that just because it says non-toxic on the crayons, it doesn't mean that you should eat them. She's 16. FML
DeepFriedLettuce
Vashon, United States
Today, I had to explain to my seventeen year-old daughter that deep frying food doesn't "melt the calories." FML
aineroo
Galway, Ireland
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United Kingdom
Today, I had to explain to my 14-year-old sister why one must not wear the same pair of knickers for a week. FML
Mia
Cooking for none
Today, I wanted to bake some chocolate chip cookies. As the first load was done, I tasted a cookie and it tasted too salty. Thinking it was because of the pinch of salt, I added more sugar to the batter, only to realize that the sugar I've put into the whole batter was actually salt. FML
Anonymous
Tucson, United States
Today, I got into a fight with my sister. Later on she brought me a bowl of tortilla chips, which I thought was her way of apologizing. I found out too late that she'd licked the flavoring off them and it was really her way of saying "Fuck you." FML
salt bomb
United States
Just eat it
Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML
Top comments
RichardPencil 32
Duh! Everyone knows you need pepper to cancel out salt.
Xelabasat 14
Just let her try it. She'll figure it out for herself once she tastes it
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Comments (29)
emeraldisle 30
What an awful taste!
kelliecraine 2
Sweet and salty is a very common combination lmfao
Vintage_Cola 29
Sugar and spice don't make everything nice, I suppose. :l
RichardPencil 32
Duh! Everyone knows you need pepper to cancel out salt.
Gladeryn_fml 13
I mean.. maybe I'm just stupid but I don't think that you should feel bad - or make him feel bad - about this. Given the fact that he's only 13 yo, the idea of different tastes being able to cancel each other out sounds pretty smart. When you think about it, waves can cancel each other out, and so can heat and cold as well... But yeah maybe that's just me.
tantanpanda 26
Waves cancelling each other out is NOT even close to salt cancelling out the taste of sugar, nor is the transfer of heat. You're trying to draw parallels between things that are not analogous. Just stop.
johnnyeatsboots 5
people on this app take everything way too literally, he was giving other examples of how a 13 year old kid would understand how two things can cancel eachother out and putting that knowledge to salt and sugar
Scotth901 22
Tell her to practice by baking, and get free cookies out of it! Lmao
PePziNL 20
Yeah... You can have my cookies.
Lt_Senpai 21
Wait, it doesn't .-.
Solano2580 24
What? Powerpuff Girls lied?! But sugar and spice makes everything nice!
Xelabasat 14
Just let her try it. She'll figure it out for herself once she tastes it
bubblemania 16
Actually if something is too salty if you put a little bit of sugar in it can cut the saltiness. Now making it neutral? No I don't think so.
MrsHumanFrog 19
In cooking a savory dish, if you put too much salt you Can add sugar to cut the saltiness and make it edible. It doesn't taste sweet, it just cuts out the salt.