Fake salt served with meat (4)

I believe the answer is:

sham

(Other definitions for sham that I've seen before include "Cheap falseness" , "'Fake, pseudo (4)'" , "Not what it seems to be" , "Feign" , "Mock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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