On 11/19/2019 4:50 PM, A Moose in Love wrote:
> 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?
>

I winter I collect the road salt off the street. You get extra minerals
that way.