When to add salt to cooking water? (Slideshow version)

When to add salt to cooking water? : Photo of step #26

Overview:

Is it better to salt cooking water, for vegetables for example, at the beginning when it is cold or when it boils?

I always heard that one should salt "after", when water is boiling, because if it is salted "before" it will take longer to boil.

True or false? Let's try the experiment...

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