Although most people keep salt in some sort of bowl in the kitchen, close to the stove or cooking area, they are not too cautious about where they store the rest of the package. In general, salt is pretty inexpensive, thus people will not take a lot of care when storing it. If you buy [...]
Archive for November, 2009
11 Nov
Using different types of salt: Weight vs. Volume
When cooking or baking, one of the most common mistakes when substituting one type of salt for another, say ordinary table salt with Kosher or sea salt, is that recipes usually follow a measure of volume not weight. Tablespoons, teaspoons and cups are units of volume, not weight. Since the composition of different types of [...]
11 Nov
Kosher Salt
An excerpt from Wikipedia about the main characteristics of Kosher Salt: Kosher salt has a much larger grain size than regular table salt, and a more open granular structure. Kosher salt typically contains no additives (for example, iodide), although some brands will include anti-clumping agents in small amounts. Kosher salt gets its name from its [...]
11 Nov
Organic Salt
The term organic has become ubiquitous in the US nowadays. Major food companies in an effort to take advantage of the consumer transition towards natural foods are stretching the limits of what organic means. Salt is not the exception and is great example of how companies are stretching the “Organic” claim. Technically, Salt cannot be [...]
3 Nov
Types of salt
No need to reinvent the wheel. Great post from the Real Simple website about the types of salt and how to use them.
3 Nov
Salt comes from the ocean … not quite!
If you’ve ever taken a swim in the ocean, I don’t have to tell you how salty it is. Just licking the water off your lips is enough to realize the high concentration of salt in the sea. However, contrary to popular belief, most of the salt we consume doesn’t come from the sea, but [...]
2 Nov
Paid… in salt!
It’s hard to imagine that at one point in our history salt was not easily produced and it was regarded as a valuable commodity; even as valuable as gold. Believe it or not, they even used salt as a form of currency to pay the soldiers in ancient Rome. Anyone guess where the word “salary” [...]
2 Nov
First Ingredient: Salt
When in doubt, go back to basics. So, in the spirit of basics, I am starting this project with one of the most basic ingredient in the kitchen: Salt. I mean, can you imagine a kitchen without salt? And as simple as this ingredient seems, salt has had an important place throughout our history; even [...]
