Salt. What salts do you keep? Do you have different salts for different purposes?

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I realise I have a few different salts for different purposes. I wondered what everyone else keeps and what they use them for?

I have -
Regular fine table salt (usually a big bag for curing).
Fine sea salt (general cooking).
Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt (in a grinder on the table).
Smoked crystal salt (also in a grinder on the table).
Cornish flaked smoked sea salt (love adding this to a lot of things).
Garlic salt (usually when making a breaded coating or crust for something).
Lemon and Black pepper Salt (on roast potatoes or sprinkled on otherwise bland carbs).
Malden’s sea salt flakes (back up if I run out of Cornish flaked smoked salt).
And not sure if it counts - Celery salt (for the obvious Bloody Mary and eggs).

I also use soy sauce and liquid amino’s for salt.

What’s your preference and is there a particular salt you feel you need for a particular dish?

 

[badjak]

I got table salt and coarse salt.
The coarse just works better when using in the mortar & pestle

Then some himalayan salt as it was on special. Unfortunately already ground

I may have some maldon smoked sea salt. Gotta check, so obviously I don't use it (often).

I mainly use soy and fish sauce for saltiness in my meals

(Edited too change fish salt into fish sauce )

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I got table salt and coarse salt.
The coarse just works better when using in the mortar & pestle

Then some himalayan salt as it was on special. Unfortunately already ground

I may have some maldon smoked sea salt. Gotta check, so obviously I don't use it (often).

I mainly use soy and fish salt for saltiness in my meals

Fish salt?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Sea salt, Tasmanian and Maldon, but I need sea salt crystals for the saltseller, so have that as well. We've also got black salt.

In the UK we used to get grey salt as well. I liked that because it wasn't just sodium chloride. It contained other mineral salts as well.

 

[badjak]

Fish salt?

Sauce ...
Edited my post

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Sauce ...
Edited my post

Ah yes now that’s a salty flavour bomb and half isn’t it.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Sea salt, Tasmanian and Maldon, but I need sea salt crystals for the saltseller, so have that as well. We've also got black salt.

In the UK we used to get grey salt as well. I liked that because it wasn't just sodium chloride. It contained other mineral salts as well.

I’ve never heard of grey salt?

Edit: Unless thats the stuff they spread on the roads, thats pretty beige n grey

 

[karadekoolaid]

I've got normal salt, sea salt, something called fleur du sel, namak (Indian black salt - although it's actually a dirty pink) and sal de gusano - Mexican salt with the agave worm in it.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I’ve never heard of grey salt?

Edit: Unless thats the stuff they spread on the roads, thats pretty beige n grey

No it's Celtic sea salt. Waitrose and sainsburys both sold it. It is often just called grey salt. My understanding is that it is sea salt but it hasn't been purified.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

..fleur du sel..

That salt has an interesting history. I’ve never tried it. What do you use it for?

 

[Barriehie]

Kosher salt for the cellar.
Pink Himalayan for the shaker.
Coarse sea salt for the grinder.
Smoked chili sea salt in a grinder.
Plain Morton salt.
Soy sauce and fish sauce as well.

 

[TastyReuben]

Coarse kosher salt
Fine table salt
Homemade seasoned salt

Celery salt and garlic salt, I just make up my own as I need it. I made some smoked salt once and it tasted exactly like…salt.

I think that’s probably it. I do have some store-bought seasonings that aren’t labeled salt, but sure are salty.

 

[karadekoolaid]

That salt has an interesting history. I’ve never tried it. What do you use it for?

It's just a French name for salt. When the salt dries on the salt flats, there's a layer of very fine flakes on the top. These are gently harvested and then aggressively sold at ridiculous prices.
It's really a "finishing"salt . Have you ever seen Salt Bae, the Turkish bloke with the sunglasses and $500 steaks covered in gold leaf? He sprinkles that stuff on the steaks and then charges you a monthly wage for doing so.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Regular table salt, coarse kosher salt, margarita salt, Himalayan pink salt, sea salt, and smoked salt.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

It's just a French name for salt. When the salt dries on the salt flats, there's a layer of very fine flakes on the top. These are gently harvested and then aggressively sold at ridiculous prices.
It's really a "finishing"salt . Have you ever seen Salt Bae, the Turkish bloke with the sunglasses and $500 steaks covered in gold leaf? He sprinkles that stuff on the steaks and then charges you a monthly wage for doing so.

Well yes it is just a French name but it’s the french name for a labour intensive salt that supposedly tastes different to other salts due to its composition.
Really I was asking what you do with it?