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When boiling vegetables, should salt be added before or after the water comes to the boil?

April 26, 2017added boil boiling comes Salt vegetables water

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When boiling vegetables, should salt be added before or after the water comes to the boil?

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Salt water boils at a lower temperature than plain water so the water will come to the boil faster if you add the salt at the start. But you do not have to add salt at all. Try reducing the amount you use, or leaving it out altogeher, to get a taste for healthier vegetables.