Everything You Ever Need to Know about Salt

http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si_Gourmet_Reference.asp ^ | 03/11/2010 | vanity

[sodpoodle]

American salt manufacturers began iodizing salt in the 1920's, in cooperation with the government, after people in some parts of the country were found to be suffering from goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by an easily-preventable iodine deficiency. People require less than 225 micrograms of iodine a day. Seafood as well as sea salt contains iodine naturally and the supplement is unnecessary if there are sufficient quantities of either in one's diet. Note: Natural sea salt is a healthy replacement for ordinary table salt.

[Tanniker Smith]

And in case of nuclear fallout, give your children iodine immediately to prevent their bodies from absorbing the similar-in-molecular-structure strontium. (According to my high school Chemistry teacher, who taught me during the Cold War ... before Reagan ...)

[Califreak]

Um-isn’t salt an absolute necessity for making baked goods rise properly?

[ErnBatavia]

Gotta have sumpin to cut the acidity...

[sodpoodle]

Ah yes - the good old days - when teachers taught us important stuff.

[sodpoodle]

I believe that’s baking soda.

[McGruff]

When salt is outlawed only outlaws will have salt.

[sodpoodle]

and.............baking powder.

To convert plain flour into self-raising flour, add two teaspoons of baking powder to each cup of plain flour. Adding one teaspoon of cream of tartar and half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to one cup of plain flour gives the same result.

[dynachrome]

I believe you mean potasium iodide in case of fallout:

http://www.nitro-pak.com/index.php?cPath=37&osCsid=206bf4177dbc010b137a1e16677af197

[Tanniker Smith]

Well, I did mention that it was a while ago ....

I also remember "Como esta usted? Muy Bien." and some other stuff from high school.

[sodpoodle]

More info on the proposed State law:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2468891/posts?page=1

[Califreak]

Okay-maybe not an absolute must, but I sure wouldn’t want to bake without it.

“Salt does the same thing in pastry that it does in cooking - It enhances flavor! It rounds out flavor, and it makes everything seem to come together. It also makes you thirst for more. Salt also has a chemical role. In dough and pastry it enhances texture as well. A brioche made without salt will be tough and dense with a hard crust. Puff pastry will taste flat and greasy and will not color.

Salt has an unusual effect on fat, as well. When you eat sweet butter on bread in your mouth you feel some kind of fat, some kind of oiliness on the palate. If you do that with salted butter you don’t get that same sensation.

Salt has several functions in baked goods:

* It contributes to overall flavor.

* In bread, it controls the fermentation rate of yeast.

* It has a strengthening effect on the gluten protein in the dough.

Without salt, bread rises faster and air pockets enlarge where the gluten has broken, allowing holes to form. Bread made without salt will taste bland. If you choose to eliminate salt, decrease the proofing time so that the large air pockets don’t have time to develop. Salt should not be eliminated from recipes using automatic bread-making machines.”

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/SaltUsing.htm

[sodpoodle]

Good stuff;)

I’m hungry! LOL!!!!

[LauraJean]

Salt in necesary to get yeast bread to rise. The bread is tastes flat too.

[BlueLancer]

Salt is one of the five major food groups:

Salt, grease, bacon, steak, and beer.

I put enough salt on my french fries and popcorn to make it look like it's covered with powdered sugar.

My blood pressure is 116/62. I was told when I was very young to either eat a lot of salt to keep my blood pressure up or take salt pills. It's a very good thing that I love the taste of salt.

[dmz]

Most table salt has sugar in it, one would presume to enhance the flavor.

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.04% to prevent the potassium iodide from breaking down into iodine - nothing to do with flavor

http://sci-toys.com/ingredients/table_salt.html

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“I’m going to NYC to start selling salt in dime bags on the street.”

LOL! You beat me! But, stay off MY corner or I’m going to have to ‘salt rub’ you out...

MAKE YOUR OWN SEASON SALT

2 tbsp. salt
2 tbsp. paprika
1 tsp. ground pepper
1 tsp. onion salt
1 tsp. garlic salt

Combine. Blend thoroughly, put into a shaker and use in place on other seasonings.

[Ditto]

I believe that’s baking soda.

But baking soda will be banned as well because the way it makes bread rise is by producing CO2, which we now know, thanks to the Obama EPA, is a deadly pollutant that must be regulated.

Maybe we can get around it if St. AlGore starts selling Bread Indulgences. ;~))

[sodpoodle]

Good Chefs are the Salt of the Earth;)

[Bob]

Salt is one of the five major food groups:

Salt, grease, bacon, steak, and beer.

You left out the sixth: preservatives. :=)

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Your Question: ".... Do these idiots ever quit?"

Answer: No.

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