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Re:A Month Without Sugar by ssharp on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:47PM (#13298733)
This sounds like a bad way to salt, depending on what you're cooking. I think it's better to salt parts of the dish independently during cooking. That brings out flavors individually like the dish intends. Salting at the end tends to make something taste salty rather than just enhance flavor.
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Re:A Month Without Sugar by washadjeffmad on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:50PM (#13298921)
Apparent saltiness increases when you use it to finish because it's usually consumed before it's dissolved into or been absorbed by the media. If you salt very much at the end of cooking, especially for liquids, use less than you think is needed, and give it good time to mingle and meld.
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Re:A Month Without Sugar by cheald on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:31PM (#13302677)
We still use salt in the cooking process, just less than usually indicated. It's easy to make something saltier, but it's pretty hard to take it out once it's in there. :)
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