On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:04:36 GMT, "brooklyn1"
> wrote:

>"pure kona" > wrote
>>
>> We only have rock salt (kosher is the same) generally.
>
>No, they're not the same. Are you certain you have rock salt... rock salt
>is not fit for human consumption, it's called rock salt because it's just as
>it comes from the mine, it contains rocks and other impurities.... rock salt
>is used for industrial purposes as well as street ice melting.
>
I call it "rock salt" because of its irregular formation. The kind I
buy is carefully made of ocean salt that is thrown up into round lava
rock formations in Hawaii. Some even contains clay that makes the
rock salt reddish.

I may have used the wrong term, but we in Hawaii use it all the time.
We don't know of "ice melting" rock salt. No need.

Thanks.

aloha,
Cea