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Why You Should Use Soft Water When Cooking
Pentair Water Solutions
06/01/2021
Hard water is known to wreak havoc on your toilets, faucets, and water appliances like dishwashers and washing machines It may also affect your skin and hair by making it dry and itchy. What you may not know is that hard water can impact your cooking, baking and brewing processes.
Benefits of Cooking with Soft Water
Is it okay to cook with soft water? Absolutely! Here are some of the benefits soft water can provide whenever you’re in the kitchen.
Improved Taste
Hard water has high mineral content. Whenever you cook with hard water, you’re adding all those minerals to your dish, which can affect your food. For example, hard water can significantly impact dough by making it too stiff and tough.
On the other hand, cooking with softer water can keep the mineral content low and help maintain the true flavor of your ingredients, resulting in a tastier meal.
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Kitchen Appliances Can Last Longer
Hard water contains high levels of minerals such as calcium and magnesium. When you use hard water with kitchen appliances like coffee makers and tea kettles, it can produce scale buildup over time, clogging these appliances and making them harder to use. Softening your water can help lower mineral content and improve the efficiency and lifespan of your appliances.
Cooking Vegetables
Eating vegetables can be an ordeal for some people, especially your kids. However, cooking your veggies with soft water can make them much more enjoyable to eat. If you use hard water, you’ll have to increase your cooking time and temperature because of its high mineral content. As a result, you’ll most likely overcook your vegetables, giving them a tough texture and bland taste.
Instead, use soft water for cooking your vegetables. It takes less time and can produce a better texture.
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