Looking for the perfect salt and not the 1 with the girl and the umbrella

[Mr Mannn]

OK, the last I checked the DUmmies were posting about how they could not afford rising food prices and they were all forced to cut back.

--oh and it was Bush's fault,

So here I'm reading they are purchasing gourmet pink salts and other luxury items...

either one is destitute or one is not...

[franksolich]

OK, the last I checked the DUmmies were posting about how they could not afford rising food prices and they were all forced to cut back.

--oh and it was Bush's fault,

So here I'm reading they are purchasing gourmet pink salts and other luxury items...

either one is destitute or one is not...

The cooking and baking primitives are a contradiction in that way.

First, they bemoan the fate of the hungry in the world.

Second, they boast of the bacchanalian feasts they chow down.

[GOBUCKS]

Salt is salt. Sodium chloride, period.

Anyone who tastes a difference has been influenced by the packaging, or there is some other additive involved.

It's like the bottled water nonsense.

Different particle sizes have an effect on how much salt goes onto the food, but that's it.

And the DUmbass who shopped for salt at an "organic festival" should be advised that salt is as inorganic as a substance can be.

[JakeStyle]

I know that I used to enjoy several different Campbell's Soups, until they changed to their sea-salt recipes.  Now they all taste like ass.

[GOBUCKS]

I know that I used to enjoy several different Campbell's Soups, until they changed to their sea-salt recipes.  Now they all taste like ass.

If that's truly the case, you don't want to know where that sea salt has been.

[JakeStyle]

If that's truly the case, you don't want to know where that sea salt has been.

Or what other changes were made to the recipes under the guise of the sea salt campaign.

[Delmar]

beac   (1000+ posts)           Sun Nov-06-11 11:42 AM
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4. Another vote for pink Himalayan salt.
  
I get mine from The Spice Lab (http://shop.thespicelab.com ) I buy the coarse crystals and grind from my tabletop salt grinder (just like a pepper grinder.)

They have LOTS of other salts for sale and I'm hoping to treat myself to one of their "Sampler" packs if/when car repairs stop sucking up all our disposable income.

Your salt budget would eat into your disposable income?  Are you kidding me?  I must admit that from time to time I have indulged myself with an exotic salt--Lawry's seasoned salt, it really jazzes up the tater tots.  Pretentious enough?

[GCBill]

Your salt budget would eat into your disposable income?  Are you kidding me?  I must admit that from time to time I have indulged myself with an exotic salt--Lawry's seasoned salt, it really jazzes up the tater tots.  Pretentious enough?

Check out Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning - like the label says, it's Great on EVERYTHING!

[vesta111]

Check out Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning - like the label says, it's Great on EVERYTHING!

More lies or misconceptions I was taught.

Salt that was Iodised was great for those living inland but if one lived on the sea coast there was no need.
Belief was that the salt air from the coast had iron in it.

Question, for those who cook with cast iron and also use iodised salt, are we getting too much iron in our diets??

[thundley4]

More lies or misconceptions I was taught.

Salt that was Iodised was great for those living inland but if one lived on the sea coast there was no need.
Belief was that the salt air from the coast had iron in it.

Question, for those who cook with cast iron and also use iodised salt, are we getting too much iron in our diets??

Getting iron from cast iron cookware is a myth. You get very little from it unless you cook everything in cast iron.

[Celtic Rose]

More lies or misconceptions I was taught.

Salt that was Iodised was great for those living inland but if one lived on the sea coast there was no need.
Belief was that the salt air from the coast had iron in it.

Question, for those who cook with cast iron and also use iodised salt, are we getting too much iron in our diets??

Just to clarify, Iodized salt and salt air have Iodine in them, not iron.  Most of the iodine that people consume on the coast probably comes from their higher seafood levels. 

[GOBUCKS]

Check out Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning - like the label says, it's Great on EVERYTHING!

The label is right. I put at least a dash of it on everything.
Tony says, "Just use it like salt", but I use a lot more of it than salt.
Great multipurpose seasoning.

[Delmar]

Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning - like the label says, it's Great on EVERYTHING!

I will expand my horizons and try it.