Basic Idea of Salt in Food ( video 1 )

When is the best time to season food with salt for even seasoning and well-rounded flavor?

• Only at the very end of the cooking process.

• Only after the food has cooled down.

• Early in the cooking process.

• It does not matter when salt is added.

What was the result of seasoning roasted carrots only after roasting, compared to seasoning them before roasting?

• Carrots seasoned after roasting were properly seasoned and flavorful throughout.

• Carrots seasoned after roasting were seasoned only on their exteriors and tasted inedibly salty.

• There was no noticeable difference in seasoning between the two methods.

• Carrots seasoned after roasting became sweeter.

Why does salt penetrate vegetables more slowly than meat?

• Vegetables have a higher water content.

• Meat cells have thicker cell walls.

• Salt must cross two rigid cell walls in vegetables, while meat cells have only one thin wall.

• Vegetables are typically cooked at lower temperatures.

If you forget to season food with salt early in the cooking process, what is the recommended approach?

• Stir in all the measured salt at the very end.

• Add a very small amount of salt at the end and taste for adjustment.

• Do not add any salt, as it will be too late.

• Add double the amount of salt at the end to compensate.

Summarise , using your own words, the KEY(main / most important) information from this video.

THINK ABOUT!

When we should add the salt

What we have to do with vegetables

Does the temperature make a difference?

What we should do if we forget to salt and have to do it at the end?