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Can cooking salt burn?

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7/3/09 at 7:29pm
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If I crack an egg on a fry pan, break the yoke and sprinkle cooking salt on the egg will the salt burn when I flip the egg to cook on the other side?
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7/3/09 at 8:29pm
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Short answer, no.

Sodium chloride only begins to melt at 1300F give or take a few degrees.

There's enough moisture in the environment to keep it way cooler than that anyway.
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7/4/09 at 1:54am
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At any temp that could burn salt your egg would be having a seriously bad day.:lol:

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7/4/09 at 10:24pm
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Salt is basically a rock. Barring any special equipment, it's near impossible to burn a rock. Pepper is another matter...
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7/5/09 at 5:51am
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If you've put a good, solid brulee torch to salt instead of sugar, you'll see salt burn :).

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