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I’m in class for culinary arts. My teacher has us use salt to blanch greens (makes them brighter was his reason.) are you telling me that the salt is unnecessary?
That’s why it’s a myth! Because lots of people believe it. Adding salt does no harm, and you might want to add salt for taste. Give it a try, you don’t have to believe me.
It’s great to read something that’s both enjaybole and provides pragmatisdc solutions.
Just a comment on adding salt. I can’t prove or disprove it, but the reason I was given was that as the dissolved salt raises the boiling point of the water, the greens will cook quicker, due to the higher temperature of the water. As with a lot of ‘received wisdom’ that makes ‘obvious’ sense, when I think about it, the levels of salt may not be high enough to make a difference. I’ll have a look into it….
Adding salt does increase the boiling point, but only by a tiny amount – certainly not enough to affect the cooking time.