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Buying Sea Salt? You Might Be a Sucker.
- gravitycop 18y agoTed says: You can buy 4 pounds of standard issue table salt for $5.37 on the internet. Alternatively, I've seen 4 ounces of sea salt for sale for $2.39. That's a markup of roughly 712%. Sea salt is 5 pounds for $3, here: http://www.herbco.com/c-184-salt.aspx http://www.herbco.com/c-184-salt.aspx
- brl 18y agoIt's not like salt is an expensive luxury item to begin with. What are you going to do with 4 pounds of salt? You shouldn't be consuming more than about half a gram of raw salt a day anyways.
- ram1024 18y agoof course it's flavored. fish piss in it...
- oakmac 18y agoNo serious chef would ever claim that sea salt has a discernible taste from regular salt; it's the texture that matters. I have certain dishes where I will only use sea salt and other dishes where it doesn't matter. The iodine issue is true, although you would have to go out of your way to get iodine deficiency living in any 1st world country.
- tallanvor 18y agoYeah, when you use sea salt, you're not using it everywhere, usually just at the end for presentation - otherwise it's just going to dissolve anyway, so there's no point in using it elsewhere. And as you mentioned, getting enough iodine isn't that difficult, especially given the amount of salt in most of what we eat, and the ability to get enough with some yogurt, cheese, and eating fish regularly. Besides, if you think you aren't getting enough iodine, just start watching for a goiter! :)
- numair 18y agoUm yeah, and telling other people how to live their lives makes you appear SO intelligent and mature!
- fragmede 18y agoThe author states there is no metric of quality, "other than not mixed with dirt and glass shards", but then goes on to state that sea salt lacking iodine is a reason to choose one over the other. Does anyone else have an issue with that?