the judaica of salt

[travisezell]

Here's a fun game to play. Go to the grocery store and buy some kosher salt. (If you shop at Safeway or possibly Fred Meyer, like I often do, don't even bother looking in the spices aisle with the salts. You'll probably find it tucked in with "ethnic" foods, which I think is genius.) If you don't already have some iodized salt, get some. Steal

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[bowl_of_lilacs]

ok. now, find yourself some mid-quality sea salt. the chunky kind. and lastly, if you can, get some fleur de sel. it's about $10 for a pretty small amount in specialty groceries. try the same taste test again.

in my opinion, fleur de sel is as much better than kosher as kosher is better than iodized. and sea salt's better than iodized, and just different than the others.

mmm. salt.

[octi_stripe]

I like sea salt the best.

[travisezell]

Yeah, Jon and I were talking about how sea salt has got this great crunchy thickness to it and a burst of salty goodness on your tongue (which sounds dirtier than intended), but the good base salt isn't nasty iodized Globochem tastes-like-a-chemical-factory-in-your-mouth bullshit (and that whole goiter thing? old wives' tale!), but kosher salt, which you can put in anything and get saltiness without getting a saltiness that overpowers flavors.

I learned the difference between seasoning and flavoring this weekend, among other things. And I bought an ass load of produce, with intent to use! Am I a changed man? Only time will tell.