Salt. normal, common, plain, boring....or is it?

[slowSSer]

Albeit a simple thing. Sodium chloride. Required for mostly everything cooking. Required for us to stay alive. It can even make some of the sweetest things better (chocolate mousse). Try throwing a pinch of good sea salt in your fresh brewed coffee. Amazing. Absolutely required as a tool in making hand-churned home made ice cream. Also used as a tool on roads.

The next step: finishing salt. The final topper to some of the finer things in life- topping a rare Filet Mignon with a pinch of Himalayan pink can be amazing. My new favorite: Truffle sea salt. for those of you with Trader Joe's, find this little tin of amazing. thank me later.

in the spice cupboard:
Himalayan Pink (amazingly sweet)
Hawaiian Red (mildly earthy)
Hawaiian Black (earthy)
Coarse Sea Salt (daily usage)
Fine Sea Salt (also, daily)
Celtic Salt (grey in color. amazing flavor- very sea like with a sweet aftertaste)
Truffle Salt (as mentioned above)

So, what has salt done for you lately? Or, on contrary, what have you done with salt lately?

[Too Tall]

I keep course salt nearby a large stone mortar and grind to the texture I'm after. My genius rockstar sister taught me that habit.

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[zetroc]

I'm a Morton's Kosher guy, or Diamond if I can't find Morton's. Got some Hawaiian black salt from a friend but haven't done much with it. Also have some sel gris that is incredible on the right dish.

[Tom]

The local Indian food market has some interesting ones, I have recipes specifying red or black salt. I tried the black salt, it has a lot of sulfur in it is all I can guess. I haven't had a reason to get the red but I guess I'm going to have to and report back.

[spopepro]

Salt is the best. One of the more important skills I learned was that where you added salt in the cooking process changed the flavor.

My favorite use: pesce crudo. Get a whole sea bream or grouper, break down and block, and slice slightly more cube like than what you would do for sashimi. Drizzle with your best olive oil (oh hai next thread), and sprinkle with your best salt, or do a different salt on each piece. I typically use fleur de sel, hawaiian black, or lemon salt.

[robin3mj]

Finely ground, sprinkled on a Lexus.

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