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J. Clarke[_2_]

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> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
> ...
> > Sometimes I forget to add salt. Can I add the salt after I put the pasta
> > in, or will the salt stick to the pasta and make it very salty?
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> You can do that. I've even added it after it has cooked when I forgot to
> put it in at the beginning. I just stirred it through really well and
> drained it. Tasted fine.
>
> Lidia Bastianich had some salt tablets on her show. No clue where she got
> them. She said one was the perfect amount for a pot of pasta.

They used to be commonplace pharmacy items--athletes, the military, and
others who worked hard in hot weather used to take them regularly. Now
everybody drinks one or another variety of "electrolyte balanced sports
drink" and salt pills have become uncommon. You can get them off of
Amazon, however be careful what you order--some are sodium chloride and
little else, others balance sodium, potassium, and possibly other
ingredients--potassium chloride, while it's salty, tastes different from
sodium chloride--this may or may not be a good thing depending on
whether you like the taste.