Time to revisit the Salted water for Boiling epic thread at Epicurious

[mtnester]

Salted Water for Boiling

When salting water for cooking, use 1 tablespoon of salt for every 4 quarts of water.


and the beauty of irreverence of the reviews:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/reviews/Salted-Water-for-Boiling-105591


Still providing laughs and new spins on the reviews.

[Phentex]

1. An early favorite review in light of a recent thread here...

I was a bit disappointed. I didn't have water so I substituted milk and I was out of salt so I used oregano. It just didn't quite do it for me...




PS I edited the typos for that review.

[beac]

2. LOL. I hadn't seen that thread before. Thanks for the link.

i found that while this was delicious this was a bit watery



Reminds me of Lindsay's "hot ham water" from Arrested Development.... "Mmmmm, so WATERY!"

[fizzgig]

3. hahahaha

that is fantastic

[HopeHoops]

4. I only add a pinch of salt to lower the boiling point (if I'm in a hurry), except for eggs.

Salting the water helps keep eggs from "bleeding" if the shell cracks during boiling.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Oh that is too funny!

[Goblinmonger]

6. My favorite review (though it's hard to pick one)

Well i gained 10,000 pounds the night i ate this, i don't now if its because i used grease instead of water and bacon bits as salt, but i would never make this extremely complicated recipe again.