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Old 08-28-2006, 05:40 PM   #39 (permalink)
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I understood the addition of salt was to raise the boiling temperature - especially helpful at higher altitudes. It takes longer to boil but with hotter water the food cooks faster.
But from what I've read, it takes a lot of salt to raise the boiling temp more than a few degrees - so it's probably only done these days "because that's how Mom did it."
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