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Default Steaming veggies with salt water?

On 1/12/2011 3:03 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:17:49 -0800 (PST), >
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I have been cooking for years, but never really had thought about
>> this before- not sure why! Do you use salted water when you steam
>> veggies? Do you think it makes a difference? Just want to hear some
>> opinions on this...

>
> I don't salt water for steaming, what purpose would it serve? Only
> steam hits the vegetables and the steam is not salted.
>

I think that was her question, whether the steam would be salted. I
think it was a good question.