On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 1:49:40 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:09:05 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> >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.

So Sheldon, do you think that Himalayan salt is better?