On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:53:12 -0700, "SteveB" >
wrote:

>Today, I cooked some baked potatoes. I have been wanting to bake some like
>they serve at Red Lobster, with the large salt granules on them. When I got
>the Kosher Salt out, it was not really large coarse grained like that at Red
>Lobster. It was larger than regular salt, but not as large as I wanted.
>The next thing I have is water softener salt, which I could grind up a bit,
>as those are too large. Is there a salt that is somewhere in between that
>is available right out of the box? If I grind up the softener salt, I will
>have a good bit of waste, but no worry, as it is cheap. It would just be
>easier to use a product that is right from the get go.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Steve
>

If you have an oriental market or grocers' supply nearby,
a good and inexpensive product is sea salt under the name
of Wang. It comes in both fine and coarse grinds. It (the
coarse) has that texture you are looking for.

HTH

Alex