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title: "Salt is a timeline, not a seasoning"
summary: "In fermentation, salt isn't about flavor first. It's how you control who shows up to the party and when."
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# Salt is a timeline, not a seasoning

When you salt a ferment, you're not seasoning. You're setting the pace of an ecosystem.

More salt slows everything down and favors the microbes you want. Less salt is faster and riskier. The percentage is the recipe.

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