I would think so, i just got done eating a few hot cheetohs, then i ate a few salted sunflower seeds and now my mouth feels like its on fire!
Yes.
To enhance the flavor
Salt is a flavor enhancer.
to enhance the flavor.
There is no one common way that chef's enhance the flavor of their food. Some professionals choose to used herbs for enhancement, some use kosher sea salt, others use cooking methods designed to hold in the flavor (searing meat and then cooking low until done).
Mostly salt.
Any mild cooking oil will enhance the flavor of herbs when used properly. Olive oil is a particularly good oil to use, because its flavor blends well with savory herbs.
I use Accent, it's 60% less sodium than salt, and it wakes up the flavor in food. Adding salt while cooking brings out flavor.
That depends what you are cooking and whether or not you are trying to reduce your salt intake. Adding salt to the cooking water will increase the boiling temperature just a tiny bit and it will add to the flavor of the food. It will distribute the flavor benefits of the salt more evenly than sprinkling the salt on food after it is cooked.
Salt has no flavor of its own and mixing it with any food will enhance the flavor of that food.
we need it to enhance the flavor with out all the added sugar
Vegetables can be cooked without added salt. But salt causes water to boil at a higher temperature than unsalted water, shortening the cooking time. Salted water also improves the flavor of most vegetables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavily salted water boils at about 213F (100.5C). The main reasons for adding salt is to keep starchy foods from sticking, prevent nutrient loss by "sealing" the surface of the food or to enhance the flavor of foods. See link below.
Some foods benefit from a glazing of oil during cooking to either enhance the flavor or to keep the food from sticking to the cooking surface.