Why over salting your pico de gallo makes you a better cook

Pico de gallo is a wondrous collection of fresh diced tomato, onion, serranos, cilantro, and lime but if not for one ingredient this salsa will forever spiral into a bland hell. That ingredient? Salt.

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Music: Provided by Epidemic Sound
Filmed on: Sony a6600 & Sony A6400 w/ Sigma 16mm F1.4
Voice recorded on Zoom H4n with Behringer Mic
Edited in: Premiere Pro #Salt

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Episode Premise: (0:00)
Intro: (0:28)
How salt works: (0:49)
The goal of using salt: (1:27)
The Salting Experiment: (1:57)
Key Takeaways: (3:31)

[FrostedFlakes]

Can't wait to show this to my mum to show her that salt isn't to make things salty, don't be scared of it mum.

[hilotakenaka]

SortedFood also explored the relation with salt as well, and they said that in addition to the acid, you should probably add something sweet in as well, as sugar helps balance the two
This is why lime juice works so well; it's already quite sweet

[oMoyzee]

Hey Ethan, it'd be cool if you made a video showing us how to properly use MSG in cooking! I feel like it gets a bad rep still, but I would like to start using it to enhance my dishes, I just don't know how and in what kinds of food!

[FrostedFlakes]

I'm actually quite curious, I know salt is used to amplify the flavour of a dish but what role does black pepper play? 9 times out of 10 when a recipe calls for salt it calls for black pepper alongside it, and I was wondering if you could use your big food science brain to explain why. Thanks.

[xTechnoWOW]

I definitely tend to under-salt things rather than over-salt, so this is a perfect experiment for me!

[crow]

I feel like your videos are not only entertaining and aesthetitcal but also I love the reasoning and explanations behind improving your cooking. Like adding vinegar to boiling potatoes. You're a cooking Chad

[DanliciousFood]

That's a really great way to season any sort of salsa, divide it into portions, salt one till it's oversalted but knowing where it sits best with your tastes, then bringing it back down by putting additional salsa and acid back in! Never really thought of it this way before, thanks, Ethan!

[kukri]

I love how your videos teach us the why behind cooking techniques instead of just being a recipe channel

[keyurmacwana]

Today i made the best lemonade of my life.
Thank you Ethan for encouraging me to try out different concentration of salt.
Earlier i used to believed that amount of salt is always fixed in any recipe.

[ErikNiit]

I'm missing the point of oversalting it, why not just stop when it's good? Or was that just to show how you can salvage a dish you put too much salt in?

[HowToCuisine]

Almost 200k, so happy for you! Congratulation! 😍🔔

[soulechelon]

literally just oversalted my eggs right before watching this, haha. Even more hilarious - my eggs had pico de gallo mixed in.

[edadankmemes]

Honestly this applies to everything. By overdoing things like your seasoning, drawings, writing, etc, you find where your limits are.

[duanevan]

BOOK IDEA!! This is a great approach to a pinnacle idea. I hope you’re taking you’re own notes for stuff like this that you can publish one day. Keep it up!

[WorldfWowcraft]

Me: gotta try salting more

My Blood pressure: please don't

[paulasimson]

Dang, you put so much effort into your content! So appreciated.

[WildDanHibiki]

Your channel is growing so damn quick, well deserved!

[bleutitanium]

Ethan ! What a great video... Love it. I always enjoy your Salt Videos. * salting watermelon was awesome!!!
This is such a basic concept, but not many people seem to understand it. You are a great instructor. Keep doing these instructional videos, and we will all become better cooks !!!

[afafssaf]

I like this format where you go straight to the point, more like Adam Ragusa. Great work!

[jaymjacinto]

You're about to hit 200k anytime this week now congrats! I've been here since 40k it's crazy how far you've come in such a short period of time. It's like I'm watching a combination of Babish and Weissman at the same time. Love your content man and keep up the good work💯