These two sentences are translated from Chinese, so the wording may be suboptimal. The original version is given below.
鹽十分鹹；糖不太甜。
alt. title: It takes surprising little salt to season dishes.
These two sentences are translated from Chinese, so the wording may be suboptimal. The original version is given below.
鹽十分鹹；糖不太甜。
alt. title: It takes surprising little salt to season dishes.
I know it’s not meant to be taken literally, but it is literally incorrect. If you don’t consume a lot of sugar, it tastes very sweet when you do.
When you add sugar to a dish you do it by the cupful or spoonful but when you add salt you do it by the pinch. It’s definitely true.
Nah mate. Stop eating sugar for a while and suddenly sweet fruits can be too much sometimes. I can’t eat sugary foods anymore. Adding some salt to a dish brings out flavour, adding sugar makes it sweet.
Put a teaspoon of salt in a glass of water and it is so salty you can barely sip it without gagging. Put a teaspoon of sugar in a glass of water and it is mildly sweet.
It is meant to be taken literally. It seems that I’ve consumed way too much sugar. (30 g / 1000 ml is normal to me)
I stopped drinking pop about 10 years ago and I bought a bottle of coke a couple days ago because I had a free coupon I didn’t want to waste. I had about 3 sips before I started feeling so sick I nearly threw up on the drive home.