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Oct 24, 2021 16:13:53 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Oct 24, 2021 16:13:53 GMT 1
Can it be taken as factual that at the juncture when the KFC Original Recipe was finalized the Salt level stood at 3.75 Lbs. in 25 Lbs. of flour?
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Oct 24, 2021 18:11:11 GMT 1
Post by deepfriednew101 on Oct 24, 2021 18:11:11 GMT 1
The 25LBS. of flour was use later in the scheme of things.
Remember the 1930's 10LBS of flour was the standard bag size, for flour.
The Bakery used larger bags but NOT the smaller mom and pop operation's.
In the original days Box salt was used.
Salt was measured to the weight of Flour by Cup size. NOT BAG weight.
Fine salt was used approximately 1 cup to 10 LBS
many manuals from the 1970's say 6 x 8oz cups of salt to 25 LBS
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Oct 24, 2021 18:51:43 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Oct 24, 2021 18:51:43 GMT 1
The problem of 6 x 8 ounce cups to 25 pounds devolves down to the weight of 1 teaspoon of salt. For table salt the textbooks say 1 teaspoon = 5.7 grams, but for near flour like Bakers Salt the weight of one teaspoon is closer to 7.9 grams.
Letting aside that there are metric and USA "cups", and focusing upon only the concept of the USA cup we thus have:
Case #1:
48 teaspoons = 1 cup
6 x 48 x 5.7 = 1,641.6 grams of table salt
453.6 grams = 1 pound
1,641.6/453.6 = 3.62 pounds
Case #2
6 x 48 x 7.9 = 2,275.2 grams of Bakers salt
2,275.2/453.6 = 5.02 pounds
Therefore, the USA cups could mean 3.62 pounds of salt in 25 pounds of flour, or it could mean 5.02 pounds of salt in 25 pounds of flour.
Taking the lesser case:
3.62/25 x 200 grams = 29 grams of salt in 200 grams of flour. I believe this to be right close to the truth, as my last recipe had 87 grams of Bakers salt in 600 grams of flour, which is the same as 29 grams in 200, but 7 adult taste testers said real KFC was a bit saltier.
30 grams in 200 grams of flour equates to 3.75 pounds of salt in 25 pounds. This I now believe to be the "actual" truth.
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Oct 24, 2021 23:25:56 GMT 1
Post by deepfriednew101 on Oct 24, 2021 23:25:56 GMT 1
Yes there is lots of math in the equation.
Simpler Math is Salt to Taste and its the taste that matters not the weight
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Nov 18, 2021 12:39:19 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Nov 18, 2021 12:39:19 GMT 1
Question for the day: If the average Japanese eats about 12,500 mg. of salt per day (12.5 grams), and the average American in the USA eats about 3,400 mg. of salt per day (3.4 grams), why does the Average Japanese expect to live about 85 years while the average American in the USA can expect to live about 78 years?  |
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Nov 18, 2021 12:48:43 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Nov 18, 2021 12:48:43 GMT 1
The prevalence of Coronary disease in Japan is only about 23% of what it is within the USA. The prevalence of Coronary disease in Canada is only a bit more than half that of the USA. Canadian Salt consumption is on average the same as for the USA.
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Nov 18, 2021 12:50:44 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Nov 18, 2021 12:50:44 GMT 1
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Nov 18, 2021 12:53:34 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Nov 18, 2021 12:53:34 GMT 1
Average life expectancy in Canada is 82 years.
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Nov 18, 2021 14:20:33 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Nov 18, 2021 14:20:33 GMT 1
A correction to the above:
The average Salt consumption in the USA and Canada is about 8.55 grams per day (8,550 mg.), while the average Salt consumption in Japan is about 12.5 grams per day (12,500 mg.).
Sodium is ~39.7% of Sodium Chloride (table salt) by weight.
Therefore the daily average Japanese consumption of Sodium is about 4,960 mg., while the average USA/Canada consumption of Sodium is about 3,400 mg.
In Japan they eat about 46% more Salt per day...
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Feb 10, 2022 16:59:31 GMT 1
Post by Silver on Feb 10, 2022 16:59:31 GMT 1
I'm back to stating that (at least) 29 grams of Salt must be present within a 200 grams of flour scaled recipe if you want it to taste as salty as KFC_OR.
And I'm now additionally speculating that an adequate Salt level has something to do with 'note' expression.
And I'm further speculating that it takes a good load of MSG whereby to fully express the 'note'. Something on the order of 15 plus grams.
And again, I'm wondering why the average Japanese consumes ~46% more Salt daily than does the average North American, yet lives well longer (on average).
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