Try this
This fish
I'll try it
It's as thin as vermicelli, look at this
Your skill is good
Who was shredding the potatoes?
Wang Jieping?
Yes, I did
It's delicious
I can't bite into that
I can eat whatever I want after my new teeth are set
I can bite into anything you cook
I'll make you a rice crust pork then
Yes, I want it
Let you try it
to test the new teeth to see if they work or not, right?
Yes, good
Who cooked this stir-fried shredded potatoes?
I stir-fried it
The taste is so good
This one just needs a little more salt than normal
Because of the addition of vinegar
If it's too salty, that's no good for me, I have high blood pressure
I mean it
I need to eat lighter
Don't you worry
The salt I use is low sodium salt
Oh, that's fine
Uncle, do you know different salt? Like low sodium or with iodine
Coarse salt, fine salt
Sea Salt
Or well salt
I couldn't tell much different, I just know it has to be salty to taste good
Okay, I'll tell you more about salt after lunch
If there is no salt taste, there is flavour
I can't eat without flavours
Sit down and eat
Let's talk about the salt today
These are some types of salt
Salt is generally from two types of sources
I only know of two main kinds
It's sea salt and brine well salt
In Sichuan, we usually have brine well salt
And then there's iodized and non-iodized
Uncle, do you know what iodine is?
Iodine? Dose it increase the saltiness?
Lighter or heavier saltiness?
No, it's not
I explained it to you
You probably won't understand it fully
Lighter or heavier saltiness is depends on sodium
Salty and Unsalty is Sodium
Hmmm
I still couldn't get it
Some viewers said you're elderly
Ah
Also my auntie has high blood pressure
So that you can't eat the salty and spicy kind of dishes like some of our Sichuan cuisine
So I recently studied a bit more about salt
Iodized salt
Is good for us on southern China
That is, if the salt is not iodized
It's easier to get a big neck disease (Goiter)
Have you seen that kind of big neck?
Ah, I've seen
You know what it is?
Yes
There were a lot in old days, but now they're basically gone
So for us in the south
It's good to eat iodized salt
There is usually another type of salt that is not iodized for north
Like Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong
Qingdao by the sea
From what I know is the water on north is different
There is iodine in the daily water
So they are not iodine deficient
So they don't eat iodized salt
The first Chef I followed told me
If you're in the business of being a chef
Where you go to study or cook
You're going to try the salt first
Try some local salt
Coarseness and saltiness of salt
This Chef's saying makes a lot of sense
It has to be based on the actual local saltiness of the salt
If you don't know the salt
When you are cooking
You're not consistent with the saltiness of the flavor
There is another one like this coarse salt ah
There is also a kind of pickle salt like this
It is coarse salt, it is only suitable for making pickles
Low sodium salt like that is good for Auntie
All the dishes during lunch are made with this low sodium salt
Look at the back of this, it says there's
This product is made from fine edible salt and potassium chloride (food grade)
Helps to reduce sodium intake
Let's summarize
The difference between iodized and non-iodized salt is
If you are on the southern part of China
Just try to eat iodized salt
To prevent goiter
And then, on the northern side
It is water with iodine in it
You don't have to buy the iodized salt
Low sodium salt is suitable for
the elderly have high blood pressure or something like that
It's about reducing sodium intake
The people for whom it is not suitable are those who do physical labour a lot
not suitable for low sodium salt
Then the third one is coarse salt
Coarse salt for pickles
This salt is fine for occasional consumption
Occasionally for stir-fry
But it is not good for long term consumption
And also if the salt becomes damp
Take it out
Like the sun today, Oops
No sun now
Let the sun to try it
Or use the microwave to give it a bake
to try it out
The easiest thing to do is to dry it in the sun
Stir-fry for dinner