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Why do you add salt to the water when cooking spaghetti? |
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Salt is a solute in water that will raise its boiling point and lower its freezing temperature. (this is why you put salt on ice to melt it, and why the ocean doesn't freeze solid when lakes will) Conversely, if you put it in a pot of water, it will allow the water to get hotter before it begins to boil. Without salt, it will be at 210 degrees Fahrenheit. Depending on how much salt you add, this number can go up and up. So, the spaghetti cooks at a hotter temperature with salt added than without.
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