Putting the salt with the spoon or Putting the salt with your hand

I use a spoon, My hands shake so much i'd be afraid of losing the salt if I used my hands. Besides how do you measure.

I definitely like using a spoon, because that way I feel like I know how much I am adding and I can try to always add the same amount each time. I have never tried using my hands before but I just imagine that it would a be bit confusing

Well I think that it depends on how much salt is being added. Even when cooking, the use of the salt shaker is fine, and you can see how much is being put it just the same if not better, sometimes it's easy to be wasteful when put into the hand as you may put too much, or too little, and then either need more, or have to put back what you can, possibly spilling some, and the rest washed off from your hand. Like I said though, it depends on the dish as to whether using the salt shaker is fine, or the hand, or spoon.

I prefer Putting salt with my hand simply because I'm used to it and not only that I learnt that from my Grandma.........and from my old friend Nina, people do say putting salt with ur hand makes what u are cooking more delicious, more nutricious,more good and it equaly shows that u are very good in cooking i.e adapting to the main process of cooking in a modern society.

I use a salt shaker, whenever possible. If it's a little, I might do it with my fingers, more, I'd use a spoon. A friend who had been to Russia, told me that over there they salt their food of the blade of a knife. I've tried it, and it works too.

Have always preferred hand to spoon.
Most of the time the salt required is less than the spoon size & feel more in control when i use my hands.
I learned my cooking from my mother. she always used rock salt from a big jar. Spoon was not an option here. so, i guess that i picked up the habit from her.

I also teach in a catering college where we keep different size spoons for salt. This a especially useful for bakery products. Did i answer your question??? ( ha,ha...)

it there isnt an exact measurement (teaspoon or tablespoon) then i use my hand

How about just using a salt shaker, silly? I don't really want to touch stuff I'm putting in my food, but I see where you are coming from.

Hi sharay...I use my hands...Its easier to spread that way..If I use a spoon..I might drop it in a blob...lol

I have always used a measureing spoon to measure salt when i add it to a recipe, but if you watch the cooking shows they always put it in with their hand. But then you see then with little bowls of spices setting out. Where we have our spices in cans or containers. I guess if you cook every day for big bunches then you can get to the point that you can be about sure how much a pinch or a teaspoon ful is. Me I just want to get it in the food and be done with it don't matter hand or spoon