This salt is such garbage, why is it so popular?

It's expensive, therefore better.

>>8984403
A lot of people think that sea salt is healthier because it contains some trace minerals.
Sadly, with the increased contamination of the oceans you also get mercury, cadmium and plastic. Pure salt from the mountains would be a much better choice (but of course not the pink Himalaya salt bullshit).

>>8984403
>>8984408
t. plebs
just use it in two different dishes and eat them, you can tell a difference

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>>8984403
i like that shit
it make food taste better and you can tell the difference
but i mostly use kosher salt because my nigger Alton Brown said it was cooler, plus it's cheaper

but fuck iodized salt in it's synthetic-tasting ass

>kosher salt
why not just call it coarse or rock salt?

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>>8984478
Be a good goy and don't question your overlords.

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>>8984478
rock salt is a totally different thing you putz

>>8984456
>it make food taste better and you can tell the difference

The taste difference comes mostly from the structure of the salt - some recipes call for coarse salt, others for fine grained. Also the time when you add the salt has quite an influence on the taste.
But if you really think you can taste the difference between sea salt and rock salt in e.g. a stew that has simmered for an hour you are delusional.

what the FUCK is kosher salt and why do amerifats eat it so much?

>>8984537
its just salt flakes

>>8984537
Historical reasons - it was used to remove surface blood from meat to make it kosher and the name stuck.

>>8984478
Its salt used for making food kosher. Really it should be called Koshering salt.

>>8984537
Similar to pickling salt. If the term "kosher" assblasts your antisemitism just use pickling salt.

fleur de sel is the patrician's choice of salt

i prefer using flake salt because it's easier to judge how much you're putting in by hand, and you can always put it in a grinder if you want it fine.

how the fuck can salt be 'bad' though

so there is sea salt and rock salt

the finely ground stuff is table salt

>>8984536
this
the structure of the salt will change the texture
texture is a part of flavor

>>8985143
pickling salt is fine salt anon, finer than table salt. It's fine enough to dissolve in water. So I wouldn't salt meat with it since it dissolves on contact and is hard to know how much you've seasoned. This is why chefs use kosher salt:

1) it's easy to pinch
2) it doesn't dissolve fast (and disappear) on meats so they can see how much they have seasoned.

I do use pickling salt in brines and seasoned water.
I also finish meats/veg with maldon salt.