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Good salt:water ratio when boiling pasta

More is not necessarily better, but no salt leads to a bland final dish. Some folks are fond of saying "as salty as the sea." This sounds romantic, but probably has no basis. Pasta water, ...
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Superfine Grinder for table salt

You should consider whether sourcing finely ground salt would be easier than sourcing a high-quality grinder. In the US, "popcorn salt" is available and is an extremely fine grind. A grinder ...
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Good salt:water ratio when boiling pasta

I'm pretty sure that Marcella Hazan recommends 2 tblsps. of salt per 4 gallons of water, I think in Marcella Says (sorry it's in a box :/). At some point years ago (through a process I don't exactly ...
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Good salt:water ratio when boiling pasta

Use salt as you would in a soup I just throw in some amount of salt that looks about right, then stir briefly, taste the water and add more salt if needed. If the water tastes as salty as I would like ...
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Superfine Grinder for table salt

You can use any electric coffee or spice grinder to get an arbitrarily fine salt grind. The longer you grind it the finer it will get, and since salt is not very tough to grind it doesn't take long at ...
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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

Assuming you mean Lawry's seasoned salt the ratio of salt to "other ingredients" (i.e. "seasoning" - sugar, spices, etc.) appears to give a total (with 2 parts salt) of about 2.67 ...
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Superfine Grinder for table salt

I've only ever known one properly adjustable salt [or pepper] mill. Most of them just work on how tight you fasten the knob on the top. For the past 25 years or so , I've had one made by William ...
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Benefits or effects of salt on fruit fruit cleanliness with regards to wax, pests, pesticides, insecticides, etc?

Typically in industrial produce wash handling, what is more commonly used is sodium hypochlorite 12.5% at concentration of 200ppm ±15ppm @ 6pH ±0.5pH. I have never heard of using sodium chloride as a ...
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Salting ground Turkey

For raw meats, poultry, fish, and seafood: 3/4 to 1 teaspoon Kosher salt per pound (and even that varies, depending on the type and the size of salt flakes). If using table salt, cut back to 1/2 to 3/...
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