What type of salt do you use for boiling pasta?
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Yup olive oil is way too expensive these days, to be honest I switched over just to rapeseed vegetable oil years ago anyway.
Wasn't my post but I use that, Tastes completely different and miles better. Use it on everything.
Depends on the use. For example I do use regular vegetable for stir frying, but for some things I still stick with olive oil. Also, adding some real butter can be wonderful for the likes of garlic pasta or a steak.
Anyway, I'm with the "salted water is salted water" crowd when it comes to cooking. Buying fancy salt to dissolve it seems a complete waste of money. If you want to sprinkle something that does make a difference, get some MSG.
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AHH the old cocaine of cooking.
Rub it on your gums!
Due to purchasing large packets on Amazon, I have (carefully labelled) shakers in my cupboard for MSG and Citric Acid.
Sorry dude, judging from the initial responses I felt like I had to dumb it down to that levelWas following until the Oliver video appeared
(I don’t actually mind JO, his bish bash bosh (sorry) attitude really made cooking fun and accessible for a lot of people)Shouldn’t really be any danger of pasta sticking if you don’t drain it to an inch of its life like it’s the seventies, and make sure you get it in the sauce asap. (With starchy water!). I think the Italians are more amenable to adding butter or oil to the pasta once it’s cooked, if it’s not going straight in the sauce first some reason.
We have cheap olive oil for cooking and “nicer” stuff for dressings etc. Extra Virgin olive oil shouldn’t be cooked with really. We use groundnut oil for stir fries in the wok.
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Was following until the Oliver video appeared
Imagine using Oliver to make a point.
You do indeed have to salt pasta water for those not in the know.
I don’t bother with table salt - we don’t buy it - just use sea salt. Food should be seasoned while cooking and once finished shouldn’t need it at the table!
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Imagine using Oliver to make a point.
You do indeed have to salt pasta water for those not in the know.
I don’t bother with table salt - we don’t buy it - just use sea salt. Food should be seasoned while cooking and once finished shouldn’t need it at the table!
Imagine
Imagine having to use Oliver to make a point for your audience!Imagine using Oliver to make a point.
Nothing he says in that video is wrong though is it. Sea salt is a lot more pricey than table salt. We often use table salt in sauces etc as well. Maybe I’ll try upgrading to fancy salt going forward…
Ha that’s what I use but that’s the only salt we have. Got kilos and kilos of it up in the loft. We crush the rocks with a hammer and then grind it up to powder.
My father in law brings it back from Pakistan where it’s basically pennies. We even have an ash tray made out of it, not that we smoke but something to chip away at!
There's no need to buy salt at all. There are literally bins full of the stuff you can help yourself to for free at this time of year.
Regular veg oil or butter for cooking... extra virgin olive oil for dressing/drizzling on something.
Bunch of animals.
And as above...salt is salt... is Sodium chloride, also known as salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl.
Chunky/fine grounds, whatever... each have their uses in particular scenarios, but it's just a texture/surface area thing...if you are going to disolve it in water or a sauce, etc, it makes ZERO difference.
Bunch of animals.
And as above...salt is salt... is Sodium chloride, also known as salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl.
Chunky/fine grounds, whatever... each have their uses in particular scenarios, but it's just a texture/surface area thing...if you are going to disolve it in water or a sauce, etc, it makes ZERO difference.
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People putting salt on a cookie should be shot
Salt with sweet stuff is great. Salted caramel, chocolate etc. Open your mind
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Absolutely. There is a small chocolate maker in Lincolnshire, (Duffys), does a "Salt N Nibs" chocolate bar. Thing of beauty.Salt with sweet stuff is great. Salted caramel, chocolate etc. Open your mind
For my waistline, its a good job its expensive.
Soldato
i pop a water softner salt tablet in, tastes a bit funny though, and gives me tummy ache
But it makes your pee softer?
Soldato
Tidmans Rock Salt is used for everything. It goes in the grinder and there's a tub by the hob.
You wouldn't use chunky salt crystals for baking though, same as you wouldn't use granulated sugar, you'd use caster sugar as its finer and blends/melts easier/more evenly.
It's the same stuff but some 'form factors' are more suited to certain scenarios than others.
It's the same stuff but some 'form factors' are more suited to certain scenarios than others.