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[Punkawallah]

Or the 4 slices for the sandwiches that I eat at lunch time will give me 24% of my RDI of salt. Then there's the filling and the rest of the food that I eat during the day. It's really easy to go over the limit.

While accurate, it must be remembered that the ‘limit’ is only a ‘recommended daily dose’. It does not account for an individual’s size, or the needs of -their- body in their environment.

 

[Dave7]

One slice of supermarket bread contains about 6% of your recommended daily intake of salt.

When I bake a loaf I put 1/4 teaspoon of salt it. The recipe says to put 1/2 in but it find 1/4 is fine.

 

[figbat]

When I bake a loaf I put 1/4 teaspoon of salt it. The recipe says to put 1/2 in but it find 1/4 is fine.

I use 2% of the flour’s weight.

 

[figbat]

I use 2% of the flour’s weight.

This was how I was taught by an Italian baker; along with yeast and hydration levels. Salt does more than just flavour in baking bread.

 

[Alex321]

This was how I was taught by an Italian baker; along with yeast and hydration levels. Salt does more than just flavour in baking bread.

Yes, it acts as a regulator on the yeast. Without the salt, it would rise far too much.

 

[figbat]

Yes, it acts as a regulator on the yeast. Without the salt, it would rise far too much.

It’s also involved in gluten development.

 

[Chris S]

Yes, it acts as a regulator on the yeast. Without the salt, it would rise far too much.

Use less yeast then?

 

[Alex321]

Use less yeast then?

There are recipes that do, but it isn't as simple as that

 

[figbat]

There are recipes that do, but it isn't as simple as that

Agreed. I tend to use low levels and prove for longer, but it is perfect valid to use a ‘full dose’ and let the salt regulate the rate of action.

 

[ColinJ]

4 minute miles...

I was going to use the 4 minute mile as an example of something that was once considered almost impossible but is now no big deal. Hundreds of thousands of runners will have gone sub 4 minutes since Bannister did it back in 1954.

Won't they...?

I realised that I had no idea so I looked it up. I was shocked to discover that the official number to date is...

Spoiler: 4 minute miler count

Less than 2,000 men, and no woman has yet managed it (record currently 4 m 7.64 s)!

 

[Beebo]

4 minute miles...

I was going to use the 4 minute mile as an example of something that was once considered almost impossible but is now no big deal. Hundreds of thousands of runners will have gone sub 4 minutes since Bannister did it back in 1954.

Won't they...?

I realised that I had no idea so I looked it up. I was shocked to discover that the official number to date is...

Spoiler: 4 minute miler count

Less than 2,000 men, and no woman has yet managed it (record currently 4 m 7.64 s)!

It’s an average of 28 runners a year.
So it’s actually quite a few runners.

The number of 100m sprinters below 10 seconds is less than 200.