Kitchen Myths

Facts and fiction about food and cooking, by Peter Aitken

Adding salt makes water boil faster

Leave a comment Posted by on August 12, 2013

In fact, the opposite is true – dissolved salt raises the boiling point of water. For the amounts used in cooking, however, it is a tiny amount, a fraction of a degree, and you needn’t be concerned about it.

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