Until I was 15 years old I believed sprinkling salt on hot food would cool it off enough to eat it. My father used to say "Whew! This is hot. Pass the salt, please." When I opted NOT to put salt in my tea to cool it off did my mother tell me the truth of the matter. Years later I found out ALL of my brothers and sisters thought the same thing.
A childhood belief about salt
you weren't the only one
23 of you believed this
- I used to believe that adding salt to food will make it cooler.— Ale Nijamkin
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- When I was little, about 3, I belived salt cooled hot foods off.Anon
- Always adding salt to my soup which was obviously served hot, I thought that salt cooled off the food.— mateo
- I believed that putting salt and pepper on my food would cool it down.— Jen