That stuff looks ok to use as long as it has no additives other than salt (which it looks like it doesnt)
I use pods like these
For 2 reasons
Thanks that’s a much more sensible idea, do you throw the pod away once opened or are they ok to keep for a few weeks?
I just toss then after a single use - i have about a 1000 of them lol (nurse friend) - i am sure you can find them cheaper than the one i posted tho so have a look around.
What does it do, is it a flavor enhancer?
These are available in 5ml which would probably make sense, thanks again!
It is used in low amounts as a flavour enhancer - exactly the same as you would use salt. Good with nut mixes / some fruits / i use it in a licorice recipe I have as it takes a little sweet out of the mix.
Cool! I will buy it right meow.
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Be sparing with it it it can make stuff really salty
From the charlie noble blog about using it with pb cereal
Saline Solution – yeah. Salt. Peanut butter is salty. Salt makes things taste more like…well, more like whatever they are. There’s a reason that salt is added into almost every recipe I can think of, both savory and sweet. Occasionally, when you’re working on a bakery recipe that is almost there, but is just missing that little bit of ‘pop’, saline may be that missing bit of sparkle. Sterile saline solution, get it at a drugstore, or make your own with some distilled water. Just a touch, though. We don’t want to actually taste salt, we want to use it to enhance and accent the flavors that are already there.
I’m wondering if I could just put it in my base. What percentage are you generally using in a recipe?
Quite low the most i have used is .4 more often about .1
At that percentage I can put it in my base. Hmmmmm… muahahahahaha. Evil scientist chemistry lab day coming right up.
See, in the early days of mixing there was a lot of controversy about using any form of salt in the liquid. It kind of scared me so I gave up on the thought of using it.
Bit like diketones now - the wheel turns and turns 
@Maureeenie @j20nyh Not sure how late I am to the party, but I’ve been using .9 sterile saline for a while (haven’t tried the black pepper yet LOL), and as stated above in small quantities seems to work very well. Found a nice multipak on Amazon of 5ml viles. Open it, toss in a 10ml bottle, use, and store in the fridge until empty, rinse, refill, repeat.
Wow, thanks!
It does make the flavor pop, fuller mouth feel. I’m not getting a wetter feel, it’s more of a… kind of drying out my mouth actually and I’m not completely sure yet but it’s much better!
I can’t find these little things for cheap on ebay in the US. I’m not sure how needed these are actually, it seems to me saline is salt infused water… am I off base here or isn’t salt kind of antibacterial in purified water? A 250ML bottle opened shouldn’t go bad that quickly should it?
I’m asking because my husband leaves those bottles of that sterile saline for his contact lens out on the counter for 5-6 weeks sometimes and he’s still shooting it in his eyes lol
I tested it on a bunch of 30ML bottles at .9% I think I’m going to just put .3% in my VG base mix. Salt is a flavor enhancer, it wakes up the taste buds. I don’t think I would do this with anything citrus but this is pretty cool! The difference is marked. The mouth feel on everything I tested it on is much more full. It does seem to knock down the sweetening effect though. Hmmmm… more testing!
@Maureeenie that is a good question. Most searches will reveal medical related posts where they have strict guidelines regarding use life after opened. I’m not sure about your larger bottles. I guess you could immediately break it down in to sterile, much smaller bottles, leaving only one small one in the fridge, taking out to mix, with the others in the freezer like NIC maybe ?
Not much relevant info out there, but interesting read on heat/cold impact…
Thank you!
