James_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoTIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight, and can contain up to 500mg of sodium per servingen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down14
arrow-up1418arrow-down1external-linkTIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight, and can contain up to 500mg of sodium per servingen.wikipedia.orgJames_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoHard to believe 500 milligrams of sodium has no taste. I’ve boiled lots of chicken and theres never been enough salt to taste in it without I add a lot
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoThe water cooks out very fast and I’ll bet the salt largely goes with it.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoYeah some it might but at a third of the total weight I’d bet most of it precipitates into the flesh as the water heats up
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days ago500mg of salt is about 1/10 of a teaspoon, not very much.
Hard to believe 500 milligrams of sodium has no taste. I’ve boiled lots of chicken and theres never been enough salt to taste in it without I add a lot
The water cooks out very fast and I’ll bet the salt largely goes with it.
Yeah some it might but at a third of the total weight I’d bet most of it precipitates into the flesh as the water heats up
500mg of salt is about 1/10 of a teaspoon, not very much.