What is Salt
Certainly, salt is an essential ingredient in cooking and our lives. To a chemist, salt is a combination of an acid and a metal holding on to each other via chemical bonds; to a cook, salt refers mainly to sodium chloride. Sodium chloride is a salt formed when the metal sodium reacts with hydrochloric acid. Salt is significant in many cultures, too; it can be used to ward off bad luck, purify, and even as a symbolic offering. To continue reading this article, please visit my newsletter, The Flavor Files on Substack Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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