KITCHEN PRACTICE 2 — Noodles Before the Tare Is Mixed In
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TASK
Make a second bowl, but add the noodles before mixing in the tare, as
a deliberate comparison. Taste the broth near the noodles versus broth
from elsewhere in the bowl.

WALKTHROUGH

Step 1 — Ladle tare into the bowl as usual.
Same amount as Kitchen Practice 1, for a fair comparison.

Step 2 — Pour hot broth in, but don't stir yet.
Let the tare sit at the bottom, mostly unmixed.

Step 3 — Add the noodles immediately.
Before the tare has had any real chance to combine with the broth
around it.

Step 4 — Wait a moment, then taste in two different spots.
Take a spoonful of broth from right near where the noodles are sitting
on top of the unmixed tare at the bottom, and another spoonful from a
part of the bowl further from the noodles.

Step 5 — Compare.
The broth near the bottom, closer to the concentrated tare, is likely
to taste noticeably stronger and saltier than broth from elsewhere in
the bowl - a real, tasteable inconsistency the correct order avoids
entirely.

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WHY THIS MATTERS
This makes the chapter's own warning concrete rather than abstract -
an unevenly seasoned bowl isn't a hypothetical risk, it's something you
can taste directly by skipping one step. Noticing exactly where the
inconsistency shows up (near the tare, not evenly distributed) makes
clear why stirring before adding noodles is the fix, not just a rule to
memorise.