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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default OT maybe? Salt substitute


"Theron" > wrote in message
> We taste the salt in food by the weight, not volume of NaCl per volume of
> water. Cargill has simply made a salt product that is lighter in weight,
> and therefore less salty per volume than table salt. You have to use more
> of the Cargill product or of Kosher salt to get the same degree of salt
> flavor.



Logically speaking, yes. Some people are not logical though, they just pick
up the shaker and sprinkle, then eat. No tasting involved. Those may be
helped by the light stuff.