JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhy do humans put salt on nuts such as cashews (assuming they don’t just require salt to form)?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down18
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhy do humans put salt on nuts such as cashews (assuming they don’t just require salt to form)?JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 months agoThe amount used on nuts you buy is for taste, preserving things in salt uses far more salt than that.
minus-squareSnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months ago preserving things in salt uses far more salt than that. aka brine.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoNot necessarily, brine just means a water-salt mixture. You can dry salt preserve food as well, we just don’t do it very often anymore because we have better methods of preservation these days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salting_(food)#Meat
The amount used on nuts you buy is for taste, preserving things in salt uses far more salt than that.
Not necessarily, brine just means a water-salt mixture. You can dry salt preserve food as well, we just don’t do it very often anymore because we have better methods of preservation these days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salting_(food)#Meat