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A prep cook in Seattle taught me something about salt
I was working a pop-up event a few years back, and this prep cook, Maria, was seasoning a huge batch of soup base. She told me, 'Taste it with a piece of the main vegetable, not just a spoon.' I tried it with a bit of potato, and the flavor was totally different. Has anyone else found a simple tasting trick that changed how you season a dish?
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henderson.kim2mo ago
Tasting pasta water, huh? Why not taste the sauce with a noodle too?
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jason1122mo ago
How about tasting pasta water before you drain it?
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Right, because the real test of pasta quality is sucking down a tablespoon of starchy water with a bit of burnt garlic floating in it. Good luck trying to salvage that masterpiece of culinary genius. Seriously, if you need to taste the water to know if the pasta is done, you might have bigger problems in the kitchen. Just pull a strand out and bite it like a normal person, not like you're on a cooking show.
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