Katz's Sandwich Packs Almost 2 Days Worth of Sodium

I think the FDA needs to take a good hard look at how much sodium we need, I think its about 4,490 milligrams a day.

I will die of hypertension if I DON'T have that sammich.

You know what the "corn" in corned beef is - SALT! Jeezus, it's cured meat - of course it's going to be salty! Why don't they test an 8 ounce glass of Coney Island water and get back to us with some mind blowing figure.

GO VEGAN!

....and dont worry about Katz's sodium EVER

Hey Veganbiatch,

Remember when you weren't vegan which was probably only 2 years ago before you moved to Brooklyn from some flyover state and tried to copy the girl next door to you who is also paying triple amount of rent as she should be??? EFFIN HIPSTERS! Go eat a hamburger you dirty pseudo artist.

Yummy!!!! Some of my favorite things to eat are vegans!

Chickens, ducks, geese (especially their fattened livers with a nice glass of sauterne), lambs, deer (Yeah, I ate Bambi's freakin' mother! Mighty tasty, too!) cows, pigs... all vegans. All delicious.

finally. i was waiting for a vegangelist to come out with some no-meat preaching on this decidedly meaty and delicious post. thanks for not letting me down.

Pastrami on rye and don't forget the black cherry soda!

Let's stage a Katz eat-in protest.

To the tune of "Another Brick in the Wall":

We don't need no education

We don’t need no thought control

No dark sarcasm in Manhattan

Bloomberg leave our eats alone

Hey! Bloomberg! Leave our salt alone!

All in all your just another dick in control.

All in all you're just another dick in control.

Bravo!

You can have my Katz's sandwich when you pry it from my cold, dead, greasy and exceedingly tasty hands.

I truly believe that Nanny Bloomberg is focusing on people's eating habits because he wants all the food for himself. He's going to sit in his mansion with all the cigarettes, soda and salt and laugh at us peons.

If he truly wants to make a difference, why doesn't he work toward fighting stress which kills more people than poor diet.

So skip the corned beef and get the brisket instead. Never much cared for corned beef in the first place anyway.

Also - why you should NOT try to contest a chef on the salt content of his/her food (SFW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixYRIUzVXs

“I think that 99 percent of why people don’t think of themselves as good cooks is that they’re reluctant to use salt at home.”

This is so true. I have a roast chicken I make for guests sometimes, and most of my guests rant on and on about how tasty it is. The thing is, the only thing special is that I brine the meat.

One other thing - tossing a little salt onto food does not have the same, positive, effect as salting the food early in cooking and then adding salt at other key moments in the process. Salt on top of food is not the same as salt *in* food.

So Katz's on Monday and steamed broccoli on Tuesday. Problem solved.

Correction: Two days of AWESOMENESS

Mmmm I might need to go to Katz for lunch today

I'm right there with you. Love me some Katz.

Ditto, meet you there:)

I expect a lot of salt in corned beef sandwich -- a rare treat. What I don't understand is why a packet of instant hot chocolate has half a day's worth of salt!

If you look at packaged goods it's unbelievable how much sodium is put into EVERYTHING!

instant hot chocolate and instant popcorn is for jerks and fatties.

Exactly. There's a difference between your hot chocolate example and properly salting water for pasta. In any case making your own hot chocolate with cocoa, sugar, and milk is just as easy and tastes better.

Also, Katz's corned beef is a "sometimes" food! It's not as if you eat these every day.

"Also, Katz's corned beef is a "sometimes" food! It's not as if you eat these every day. "

Well said! In moderation, it's a wonderful sandwich!

i'll take one of each please.

Katz is still delicious

Agreed. Salt overload in one sitting is a fair price to pay for delicious sandwiches.

Not surprised.

Look at the size of those sandwiches.