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Table Salt vs. Kosher Salt

GrateEggspectations
GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,597
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Likely not a revelation for most of you, but a helpful video for those who may not know the difference and the corresponding impact on recipes.

https://www.wimp.com/chef-explains-the-important-difference-between-table-and-kosher-salt/

(I recognize the voice in this video from that featured in my go-to Dutch baby recipe, which is killer - http://foodwishes.blogspot.ca/2014/10/dutch-babies-almost-as-easy-to-make-as.html?m=1)
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    edited May 2019
    Great info. I like Chef John, even though he always sounds like this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY


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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,597
    SmokeyPitt said:
    Great info. I like Chef John, even though he always sounds like this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY

    I figure that’s his schtick.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,735
    SmokeyPitt said:
    Great info. I like Chef John, even though he always sounds like this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY


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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    This is all you'll find in my house besides specialty salts. I buy 9 lbs at a time from Amazon. Can't find it locally, only Morton 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Chef John didn't always sound like he does now. This from 2007... bland.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6_kRAZXyu0&t=236s

    As for Kosher salt sodium content...
    Morton's, 480mg per 1/4 tsp
    Diamond Crystal, 280mg per 1/4 tsp
    Or, How to cut your sodium intake (almost) in half without even trying! =)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    Carolina Q said:

    As for Kosher salt sodium content...
    Morton's, 480mg per 1/4 tsp
    Diamond Crystal, 280mg per 1/4 tsp
    Or, How to cut your sodium intake (almost) in half without even trying! =)
    Unless you cook by weight.
    NOLA
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    buzd504 said:
    Carolina Q said:

    As for Kosher salt sodium content...
    Morton's, 480mg per 1/4 tsp
    Diamond Crystal, 280mg per 1/4 tsp
    Or, How to cut your sodium intake (almost) in half without even trying! =)
    Unless you cook by weight.
    True, but I never do, not for salt anyway. Most recipes seem to specify salt in teaspoons or "to taste". Never saw one that specified weight. Unless baking and even then, I don't trust my scale for the really lite weights so I use measuring spoons. I do weigh the flour and water of course. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    Carolina Q said:
    buzd504 said:
    Carolina Q said:

    As for Kosher salt sodium content...
    Morton's, 480mg per 1/4 tsp
    Diamond Crystal, 280mg per 1/4 tsp
    Or, How to cut your sodium intake (almost) in half without even trying! =)
    Unless you cook by weight.
    True, but I never do, not for salt anyway. Most recipes seem to specify salt in teaspoons or "to taste". Never saw one that specified weight. Unless baking and even then, I don't trust my scale for the really lite weights so I use measuring spoons. I do weigh the flour and water of course. 
    Sure, anything savory is generally eyeballed for sure.  I did pick up a jewelry scale for measuring small amounts of spices.
    NOLA
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  • dharley
    dharley Posts: 377
    Carolina Q said:
    buzd504 said:
    Carolina Q said:

    As for Kosher salt sodium content...
    Morton's, 480mg per 1/4 tsp
    Diamond Crystal, 280mg per 1/4 tsp
    Or, How to cut your sodium intake (almost) in half without even trying! =)
    Unless you cook by weight.
    True, but I never do, not for salt anyway. Most recipes seem to specify salt in teaspoons or "to taste". Never saw one that specified weight. Unless baking and even then, I don't trust my scale for the really lite weights so I use measuring spoons. I do weigh the flour and water of course. 
    None of this makes any sense. You weigh water, but not salt? The Imperial measurement system is based on the weight of water. An ounce is an ounce, a pint is a pound. As for salt; it's a rock, sodium chloride, sodium. If you want less sodium, use less salt. Half of your 1/4 tsp of Diamond Crystal is air, ie. larger crystals, that why there's half the amount of sodium. 
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