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.

  • itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works
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    1 天前

    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.

    • xylogx@lemmy.world
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      1 天前

      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.