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Julie Bove[_2_]

"J. Clarke" > wrote in message
in.local...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> "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?
>>
>> 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.

These are not the same thing though. sf posted a link to her store.
Apparently she sells them.