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Why is salt added to the vegetables with high water content before cooking?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Context**: When cooking vegetables, especially those with high water content, salt is often added. This is a common culinary practice, but it has a scientific basis. 2. **Types of Solutions**: To understand why salt is added, we need to look at the types of solutions: isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic. - **Isotonic Solution**: In an isotonic solution, the concentration of solutes (like salt) is equal inside and outside the cell. This means there is no net movement of water into or out of the cell. ...
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