Originally Posted by
Showbizguru
Olive Garden purposefully neglects salt to avoid invalidating the extended warranty agreement it has with the manufacturer of its cooking pots.
Originally Posted by
hoyateach
I've tried Olive Garden restaurants in a handful of places (in a handful of different states) and found them to be consistently over-salted, to a ridiculous degree. Keeps their drink sales going, I suppose. I generally avoid them when given the choice.
Interesting.
My theory about Olive Garden, Chilis, Outback etc is that it's like wine for the vast majority of people. Just like most people can't tell the $15 bottle of wine from the $50 bottle, most people won't tell the difference between a $12 Olive Garden entree vs an entree from the 'local' Italian restaurant that goes for $25.
But in today's society Olive Garden is an uncool place where on the rubes eat, so we have to make excuses as to why we don't like it For some it's too much salt. For others it's not enough salt.