Commentary for Menachot 41:5

אלא טעמא דמעטיה קרא לדם הא לאו הכי הוה אמינא דם ליבעי מלח כיון דמלחיה נפיק ליה מתורת דם דאמר זעירי א"ר חנינא דם שבישלו אינו עובר עליו ורב יהודה אמר זעירי דם שמלחו אינו עובר עליו

And Rab Judah said in the name of Ze'iri, If blood was salted [and one ate of it], one does not thereby commit a transgression.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the principle that whatsoever is salted is counted as hot i.e., as roasted or cooked. V. Hul. 97b.');">⁷</span> Moreover Rab Judah on his own authority said, If the sacrificial limbs were roasted and then brought up [on the altar], they are no longer under the denomination of 'a sweet savour'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And are not acceptable. Similarly cooked blood would not be acceptable.');">⁸</span> - One might have thought that in compliance with the precept a little [salt] should be sprinkled therein, we are therefore taught [that it is excluded from this law].

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