Salt - types and uses

[Sandra]

Oh gosh! So your husband is a salt expert! I didn't know the pink colour came from the iron. Is that the case with the Himalayan pink salt too?

Yes!

 

[Toffeeapple]

I remember my Mother having rock salt in the pantry, it was a big block in the shape of a loaf of bread. That was used in cooking water.

 

[Morning Glory]

I remember my Mother having rock salt in the pantry, it was a big block in the shape of a loaf of bread. That was used in cooking water.

This I don't remember. Was this in Wales?

 

[ElizabethB]

Grandmother had rock salt for salting meat - before electric refrigeration and freezing - ice boxes only. Salt was chipped off of the block and used to salt meat in huge crocks.

Salt licks - large blocks of un-refined salt out in the pasture for the cows. Sometimes in the woods for deer.

 

[Sandra]

In winter I use salt to make, once a week, a scrub on my legs and take a bath with 2 kg of salt dissolved in water. In summer I go directly to the sea as I live on the Adriatic coast (in Italy)

 

[ElizabethB]

Back in the day - when I had a landscaping business -I frequently returned home with achy muscles. An Epson salt bath was a wonderful curative.

 

[Toffeeapple]

This I don't remember. Was this in Wales?

Indeed it was; probably until 1964/65.

 

[Dados1950]

Kosher salt in a salt server......

 

[Yorky]

When at the local fare last week, my wife bought some "Fleur de sel". A little over £1.00 for 400 gms which is about double the price we pay for normal sea salt. I'm not sure what we'll use it for as I've not had any before.

 

[medtran49]

Is it a finishing salt, like whete you sprinkle a little on right before serving?

 

[Morning Glory]

I had some in the cupboard a few years back and used it just like I did any other salt - but apparently I should only have used it for 'finishing' as the delicate flavour is marred by cooking. I used to sprinkle it too but I can't say that I raved about it as much as some people seem to. Article here:

https://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/...tead-regular-table-salt-plus-fake-it-0155879/

 

[Yorky]

Is it a finishing salt, like whete you sprinkle a little on right before serving?

Good for fish and chips then?

 

[medtran49]

I guess. I've always seen them used on high-end dishes. I bought something similar when I made salted caramels and I think we still have it stuck away somewhere. I'd taste it first and see how salty it is just so you don't go overboard and end up with a salt lick because finishing salts are generally used pretty sparingly.

 

[Masticator]

Too much salt..pickling, sea, celtic, (home) smoked, alaea (Hawaiian), curing, etc..
Had some nutmeg sized chunks of black salt from India..but it smelled terrible (tossed)

 

[Herbie]

A lot of salt there. The black salt is often used in vegan recipes to give an eggy taste so, for example, tofu scramble or frittata. Never tried it.

I have:
A grinder of salt with chili
Table (sea) salt
Maldon (England)
Rock salt (Portugal)
Salt with thyme (Iceland)
Sait with heather (Scotland)


I sometimes get the Maldon smoked salt too.