AJ's Inquiry-Salt

1.  Why do we add salt to food?

2.  http://www.explorecuriocity.org/Content.aspx?contentid=164

http://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-salting-to-taste-49868

• I learned that we can detect four tastes- sweet, sour, bitter, and salt.
• I learned that if you have a dish that tastes flat or bitter, a little salt might be the only fix you need.
• Too much salt, however, can cause high blood pressure and damage to blood vessels.

3.  Hypothesis: maybe to make food taste really good.

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5.  It was bubbling a lot.  It tasted gross. The water made me sick. This tonic water was really nasty. The tonic water was bubbling when I put some salt in it.     

6.  My hypothesis was correct.  Salt is used to make food taste better.  It cancels the bitter and makes it taste better.