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Default Sea salt vs. kosher salt.

James Silverton wrote:
>
> ... I
> rather doubt that sea salt gives a stronger salty taste than standard
> salt ...


I wonder if most products are so heavily salted they say it has sea salt
so they can use less and most folks just accept the claim without being
able to tell?

> For myself, I use standard iodized salt for most purposes tho I sprinkle
> Kosher salt on vegetables before grilling and use it as bed for high
> temperature baked salmon (500F) because of its large particle size.


We use Lite Salt at the table. 50-50 potassium and sodium salt. It
partially makes up for the large amount of all sodium salt we get while
eating out.