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> On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:09:05 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
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>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, November 18, 2019 at 12:28:13 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B.
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 14:28:19 -0800 (PST), dsi1
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 12:19:07 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/16/2019 6:25 PM, graham wrote:
>>>>>>>> I've just come across a series of recipes that include
>>>> Himalayan >> > > sea salt. Has global warming caused the sea-level
>>>> to reach that >> > > far?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seems to me Himalayan sea salt has been around for quite some
>>>> time. >> > People were talking about it at least 20 years ago
>>>> here, perhaps >> > longer. I wouldn't mistake global warming for
>>>> trends or popularity. >> >
>>>>>>> I've seen it at my local grocery store when I look for salt.
>>>> Never >> > saw any reason to buy it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do use sea salts, but much like Kosher flaked, it is a
>>>> finishing >> salt. You can tell a recipe is bogus if they add it to
>>>> liquid bases and >> soups. Thats just pretencious (sp?)
>>>>
>>>> Kosher flaked salt is a cooking salt. That is why if you are
>>>> substituting regular table salt for kosher salt by volume you must
>>>> use less table salt than kosher salt
>>>
>>> You can use kosher flaked salt for table use. The reason you have to
>>> adjust the volumetric measurement is because the flakes do not pack as
>>> tightly in the spoon as the more cubic crystals of table salt, leaving
>>> more air between the crystals and resulting in less salt.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton

>>
>> Yup. Using Sea salt in a cooking liquid is silly though.

>
> Silly and unhealthful. Sea salt is not purified NACL, sea salt
> contains whatever pollutants happen to be in that particular sea
> water, some of which interact with one's Rx drugs, including the
> contents of used condoms, and whatever **** and shit (literally) is
> contained in that sea water. Anyone contemplating ingesting sea salt
> needs to have a discussion with their doctor. Using sea salt is
> really no different from sharing hypodermic needles.
>


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