I know it's not meant to be taken literally, but it is literally incorrect. If you don't consume a lot of sugar, it tastes very sweet when you do.
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When you add sugar to a dish you do it by the cupful or spoonful but when you add salt you do it by the pinch. It's definitely true.
Nah mate. Stop eating sugar for a while and suddenly sweet fruits can be too much sometimes. I can't eat sugary foods anymore. Adding some salt to a dish brings out flavour, adding sugar makes it sweet.
Put a teaspoon of salt in a glass of water and it is so salty you can barely sip it without gagging. Put a teaspoon of sugar in a glass of water and it is mildly sweet.
I stopped drinking pop about 10 years ago and I bought a bottle of coke a couple days ago because I had a free coupon I didn't want to waste. I had about 3 sips before I started feeling so sick I nearly threw up on the drive home.
Does this happen as well when you drink juice or eat fruit? If not, it's likely a placebo and not the sugar.
You do understand that refined sugar is processed differently in your body than natural sugar right?
Fructose, glucose, and sucrose are the same whether you refine them or not. If you're getting enough fiber and vitamins in your diet, which you should doing either way, both are processed the same. I'd like to see your source. All refining does is strip the natural sources of the fiber and other nutrients that come with those sugars, which again, you should be getting either way. The whole "natural sugar good, refined bad" thing is a total myth made up to make a larger market for apples and oranges than would exist otherwise, as any dietician could tell you. If you're getting balanced fiber and nutrients in your diet, the sugar source does not matter. It's the exact same molecules.
Maybe things are different where you're from but soft drinks aren't known for their fiber or vitamin content here. I'm not going to waste my time arguing with someone who isn't going to bother using logic. Have a good day.
They said "in your diet", not "in your drink".
Good lord, people really feel like arguing today. I said I bought a coke and drank it, I did not say I ate a meal.
If you had enough fiber elsewhere in your diet it should not matter. They do not need to be consumed at the same time. You're being needlessly stubborn.
It is meant to be taken literally. It seems that I've consumed way too much sugar. (30 g / 1000 ml is normal to me)
You might laugh, but the first time I made Lebanese-style yoghurt (the one with mint and cucumbers), I simply added salt in the same amount I would have added sugar for a sweet yoghurt. Needless to say, I couldn't eat it...
TIL: savoury yoghurt exists.
to be fair, i shouldn't be that surprised since we have savoury soy milk here.
I believe they're referring to [khyar bi] laban which is similar to tzatziki
Do they have different sugar in China?
I've only seen slightly less refined (yellow) sugar being used at home, but white sugar isn't any sweeter.
Sugar is less soluble than salt. Touch some salt to your tongue and it dissolves very well and rapidly. Touch some sugar to your tongue and the process is slow. That's why us Americans love soda and corn syrup. Also why that thin flaky salt is so great.
But is it sugary?
Is salt very sour? Very savory? Which one is a better antonym for sweet? What about an antonym for sugary?
Is salt very sour? Very savory?
second one.
Which one is a better antonym for sweet?
in Chinese it's bitter (not enjoyable).
What about an antonym for sugary?
bland?
Funny thing is, sucralose (brand name: Splenda) is 600 times sweeter than sugar. If you open a Splenda packet and a sugar packet side by side, you seem to be getting less sucralose. The fact is, you're getting a LOT less sucralose! Most of what is in a Splenda packet is filler material that is safe/harmless to consume. I feel like you would be sick if you ate a teaspoon of raw sucralose, but I'm really not sure what would happen. I would not want to find out.
Some say it's bad for you... I think, largely, this either comes from ignorance (simply not knowing), or fear of a repeat of the aspartame scare of the 1980s (Equal/Sweet-n-Low was thought to cause cancer — it didn't, but, like the Tylenol scare (where someone opened a bottle and put something else in and someone got sick, leading to those tamper-proof seals you can't fully remove — that's why you can't — it made people wary), or even being part of or affected by Big Sugar propaganda that says fat, not sugar, makes people gain weight ("after all, it's right in the name"), but the fact is, one Splenda packet in a normal cup of coffee (6-12oz) or two in a larger, gas-station sized (20-24oz) cup is so little of the material, it won't really do anything to you.
Salt is salt... unless it's kosher salt or sea salt, which tastes better but lacks something table salt has? I dunno. I mostly just use table salt. In small amounts, of course. I don't think anyone who cooks skips salt entirely — unless they use MSG, which is a lower-sodium alternative that is also the subject of a conspiracy theory — that Chinese buffets use it to make you fuller, faster. (Sodium, or consuming less sodium, will not make you feel full. Rice, on the other hand, tends to expand in the stomach. But that's more to do with rice, and not at all to do with sodium.)
Differences between salt are mostly textural. Trace minerals can change the flavour, and people do sell flavour infusions and mixes.
Also, differences in size for ease of use or speed of dissolve.
One correct statement and one incorrect statement.
I feel like you never licked straight sugar before, OP.
Tho the type of sugar really makes a difference. Powdered sugar has more surface area and is sweeter than granulated sugar, even though it's the same stuff, just different sized granules.
I have licked both. Licking table salt is more intense.
Guess China copied sugar wrong.