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Revelation34 posted...

So if you add salt without mixing it in it's neither?

You could technically say that, but in practice, salt usually dissolves pretty readily when it hits food. Salt is also pretty invariably considered seasoning. You might see something like a sprinkling of sea salt on top of a truffle being called a garnish, and I'd say that's accurate, but generally, how much salt to add is discussed in the context of determining how well seasoned food is.

Of course, it's a fairly arbitrary distinction. The take-away, though, is that if you approach your food with "this food is bland, I should dump some horseradish on the plate to fix that," that's a problem of poorly seasoned food. If you approach it while cooking and say "I want to incorporate horseradish into this dish," then you're seasoning with it.