The common saying is “as salty as the sea” but that’s actually a lot more salt than you would think. 2-3 teaspoons of salt for a large pot of water is plenty. If your water was actually as salty as the sea, your pasta would taste awful
Seawater is about 3.5% salt. That means 35 grams of salt per litre, so in 3 litres of seawater, there would be 105 grams of salt. Measuring salt by volume does not equate to measuring it by weight since you’re typically using grains of varying sizes depending on the type of salt.
Just as an experiment, try weighing out 105 grams of salt just to see what that looks like.
The common saying is “as salty as the sea” but that’s actually a lot more salt than you would think. 2-3 teaspoons of salt for a large pot of water is plenty. If your water was actually as salty as the sea, your pasta would taste awful
I put 3 tbsp of salt in 3 liters. I looked up seawater saltiness. It’s ~2 tbsp per liter. So I guess my salty water is half the saltiness of the sea.
Seawater is about 3.5% salt. That means 35 grams of salt per litre, so in 3 litres of seawater, there would be 105 grams of salt. Measuring salt by volume does not equate to measuring it by weight since you’re typically using grains of varying sizes depending on the type of salt.
Just as an experiment, try weighing out 105 grams of salt just to see what that looks like.
Seawater is salty AF.