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If you water your potatoes with salt water they will die. Don't water anything with salt water. Plants require fresh water.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoYes, because when you boil potatoes in salty water they will absorb some of the salt water and taste salty.
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When do you add salt to water when boiling potatoes?
Add the salt to the water before you add the potatoes. If you are boiling potatoes with the intention of mashing them, don't add salt at all.
What is a change of state taking place toasting bread melting ice boiling potatoes buttering bread dissolving sugar into water boiling water burning coal or frying an egg.?
Toasting bread, burning coal, frying an egg: chemical changes.Melting ice, boiling potatoes, buttering bread, dissolving sugar into water, boiling water: physical changes.
When you boil potatoes is your cooking time reduced if the water is vigorisly boiling instead of gently boiling?
No, because the temperature does not change until a phase change is complete so it will not make a difference.
What is edemame?
pl.n.Fresh green soybeans, typically prepared by boiling in salted water.
Do you cook periwinkles?
Toss into boiling salted water, for no more than 3 minutes.
How do you cook a jellyfish?
You can blanch it slightly in salted boiling water followed by a plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process.
Why do potatoes boil into water was told boiling to long or fast reduced both and still happening mushy on outside and hard in middle Why?
Start with potatoes - cut into even size pieces - covered with cold salted water. The water should only be on high heat until it starts to boil. Once it boils, reduce heat slightly so potatoes boil gently. Check for "doneness" with a fork. Boiling potatoes on high may cause the results mentioned - mushy outsides with still firm insides or by the time the insides are cooked correctly, the outsides are overcooked and falling apart.
Which of these tools would a student need to test the hypothesis that salted water has a different boiling temperature than fresh water?
Thermometer
What is pommes chateau?
Chateau potatoes: Potatoes turned into a barrel shape, then blanched in boiling water, drained then refreshed in cold water, then cooked in the oven.
How do you eat gnocchi?
You can eat it with a good pasta after tossing it in a pot of salted boiling water and cooking it for three minutes.
Is boiling water on a stove chemical or physical change?
This involves a change of state of the water. Before, during, and after the boiling, it remains water. So, since the substance doesn't change its character, the boiling of water is a physical change.
How does the boiling point in degrees Celsius of a saltwater solution compare to the boiling point of normal tap water?
The boiling point of salt water will be higher - whichever scale is used to measure the temperature. How much higher will depend on the amount of salt that is dissolved in the water.
