Types of Salt

Question 1

Culinary / Table salt

Answer 1

Common salt is sodium chloride (NaCI), a mineral essential to human life. No calories, proteins, fats, or carbs.

Question 2

Rock Salt

Answer 2

Mined from underground deposits. Use in ice cream churns, for thawing frozen sidewalks, and in salt mills.

Question 3

How is table salt produced?

Answer 3

By pumping water through underground salt deposits, then bringing up the brine to the surface to evaporate, leaving behind crystals.

Question 4

Kosher Salt

Answer 4

Has large, irregular crystals and is used in the “koshering” or curing of meats. It’s purified rock salt with no iodine or additives. Some chefs prefer it to table salt because they prefer its flavor and it dissolves more easily than other salts.

Question 5

Sea Salt

Answer 5

Obtained by evaporating sea water. Contains additional minera salts such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium, giving it a stronger, more complex flavor and a greyish color. Salts from different seas will taste different.

Question 6

What’s the difference between refined and un-refined sea salt?

Answer 6

Un-refined is evaporated by drying the salt in the sun. Refined is boiled to evaporate water.

Question 7

Sel Gris

Answer 7

Sea salt harvested off the coast of Normandy, France. Fleur de sel, “flower of the salt”, is salt that collects on rocks in sel fris marshes.

Question 8

Himalayan pink salt

Answer 8

Mined from the foothills of himalayan mountains. Presence of iron and copper give salt its pink hue and distinct flavor.

Question 9

Black salt

Answer 9

Mined rock salt; minerals and other components give it a dark color and sulphurous taste. Used in indian recipes