Questions tagged [salt]
Questions about the use of culinary salt in the kitchen.
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Salt block cooking coming out too salty
It's a lot of fun to cook on a salt block, but I find that when I cook meat on it, that the meat absorbs too much salt and taste badly salty. Especially if it is a smaller piece of meat, like a kabob.
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When a recipe call for 2 part of table salt plus 1 part of lawry’s seasoned salt how much salt is that
2 part of table salt plus 1 part of lawry’s seasoned salt. How much salt is that.
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Superfine Grinder for table salt
I would like to use salt that is ground to a very fine / small grain size.
What do I look for in a grinder to achieve this? Is there a grain size?
I have seen coffee grinders, but their grain output ...
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Good salt:water ratio when boiling pasta
I have found that when adding salt just before adding pasta, that more is better.
But how much is too much?
What is a good ratio of salt to water when cooking pasta?
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How to properly season or marinate steamed potatoes?
When boiling potatoes, most guidance is to heavily salt the water which in turn internally seasons the potatoes.
When it comes to steamed potatoes, I’ve achieved fine results salting after they’ve ...
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Do chickpeas and kidney beans absorb salt when boiled in water with salt?
As I've read here, rice absorbs some salt when cooked/boiled. I'm interested about similar thing but about chickpeas and kidney beans.
So when I boil them in water, and add some salt, would the salt ...
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What does salt do in bread dough?
I'm making a bare-bones bread recipe, but I was wondering what the salt does. It looks like it helps it rise, but how does it compare to sugar? How do they interact with each other?
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What's the point of salting water if you mash or blend anyway? [duplicate]
It makes sense if you cook pasta, for example: you want those noodles salty inside too. If you mash or blend, however, there's no such thing as inside or outside. As a result, I never salt water when ...
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Should I add salt when soaking wheat for porridge?
I just discovered using a rice cooker with a delay function!
So I have started adding Cracked Wheat (not the parboiled Bulghur, but simply Cracked Wheat Berries) and water into the rice cooker where ...
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Can salt and sugar be used simultaenously to preserve food?
For example, Amla (Indian gooseberries) can be preserved by candying them in sugar, or preserving them in brine and vinegar.
However, the candying makes them too sweet and preserving in salt makes ...
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How do I substitute pink salt for Morton Tender Quick called for in recipe?
I have a recipe that calls for 1/4 cup Morton Tender Quick for 3 lbs of ribs. I cannot get Tender Quick, but I do have pink salt. I know that I must use much less pink salt, and probably also need to ...
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Is there a distinction between fleur de sel and sel de Guérande?
On a recent trip to Paris, I wanted to buy some fleur de sel as a gift, but I found nothing that was specifically noted as such. Instead, I found sel de Guérande, which largely seems like the same ...
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How do I fix over-salted dry brined chicken wings? [duplicate]
I am dry brining chicken wings for the first time. I used fine sea salt instead of coarse kosher salt to dry brine my chicken wings. I also used baking powder. 1 tsp of each per pound of chicken. The ...
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Why are my salt cured egg yolks still wet?
I've been trying to cure egg yolks in salt. They've been in it for 2 weeks now, but they are still too wet. At this stage they look more like a very thick paste than something I could actually grate ...
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Can salted capers be un-salted?
A family member picked up the wrong jar at the supermarket and now we have a (small) jar of salted capers instead of the brined ones they wanted to buy.
We were wondering if we could somehow wash the ...
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