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In general, I was horrified at the amount of salt in the food I was eating in the UK.



That is odd. I am always shocked by how salty the fast food and food in some diners is in the US.

I remember a visit to a Denny's diner in Bellevue, WA where I could barely eat any of the food it was so salty. I didn't have a rental car at the time, so my breakfast choice was Pizza Hut, Denny's or some crappy steak house (as they were the only places in walking distance of my hotel).

The people in the UK who slag off US food in general however clearly haven't gone to the US themselves and eaten selectively. In the two areas I have been to (Washington State and Manhatten) I ate plenty of excellent food.
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