Everything You Ever Need to Know about Salt

http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si_Gourmet_Reference.asp ^ | 03/11/2010 | vanity

[sodpoodle]

American salt manufacturers began iodizing salt in the 1920's, in cooperation with the government, after people in some parts of the country were found to be suffering from goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by an easily-preventable iodine deficiency. People require less than 225 micrograms of iodine a day. Seafood as well as sea salt contains iodine naturally and the supplement is unnecessary if there are sufficient quantities of either in one's diet. Note: Natural sea salt is a healthy replacement for ordinary table salt.

[Squawk 8888]

I recall reading about the disaster plan for a nuke plant here; they keep a stock of iodine tablets to distribute to the local population.

[ApplegateRanch]

Note: Natural sea salt is a healthy replacement for ordinary table salt.

Note 2: Note 1 is BS; "sea salt: is STILL NaCl: all the sodium, with the added 'benefit' of "natural" contaminants.

[ApplegateRanch]

...but then you have to give it a sprinkle of corriander, as well.

[Global2010]

Thank you fanfan.
That is the collection I have.

I got a few names wrong upthread.

I smoke meat/salmon to the point I dont care too anymore or bbq after all these years.

Hence why I bought the Artisan collection.

Thanks for correcting that.

[Bellflower]

They strain at gnats and swallow camels. MSG is rabidly rife in American foods and is horrible for us in a host of ways. Canola and soy oil are very bad too.
Everyone needs to go to and study extensively:
http://truthinlabeling.org/

[Califreak]

I’m one of those tinfoilers who believes that our food is engineered to make us sick, weak and compliant.

[Califreak]

I’m one of those tinfoilers who believes that our food is engineered to make us sick, weak and compliant.

[firebrand]

Someone once called Irish Coffee the perfect food: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.

[Dr. Ursus]

Your employer pays for most of your health care unless your
self-employed.People with good health plans pay for medicare and emergency room patients.Personally,I resent
paying for healthcare for people who do not attempt to take
of themselves.However,I believe you have the right to make
your own decisions.Unforunatly,there’re a large portion of
Americans that are too stupid to take of themselves.

[Roos_Girl]

That looks like a nice gift for someone that’s in to trying different salts. I’ll have to check out their website and see what I can find.

[FrankR]

"Your employer pays for most of your health care unless your self-employed."

Well, actually...they don't. My insurance at work is part of my compensation package; this means in addition to my salary, I trade MY labor and skills for the portion of my insurance which the employer pays, and I pay the difference. All the employer does is "group" it so that they can get better rates.

The part of insurance that everyone is griping about - "pre-existing conditions" - is the part where the insurance companies are trying to curtail the wasting of money on those who "do not take care of themselves". However, the definition of one "taking care" of oneself varies from eating health food and running five miles per day, down to just quitting smoking...it's subjective. Do you want to define that for yourself, or do you want obamabots deciding it for you? Of course, in this current nanny-state of a society, everyone wants something for nothing, and they want it for life.

But, insurance is insurance; it's a business of risks; a company who says if "X" number of people pay premiums, we will pay for "Y". They have bean counters to calculate risks and investments, or simply put..."the odds". Some people pay premiums for years, and never get sick, some are catastrophic...but that's the risk, that's the game the insurance company agrees to play by setting up an "Insurance" business. If the risks are calculated as too great, the rates go up. This is not figured solely on "salt eaters" and "risk takers", but use many aspects including increases in medical/doctor rates, etc. But, I have had many health insurance plans in my 64 years but I have never been asked if I "eat salt".

I think it is "obamacare" collective thinking that has convinced everyone that healthcare is a "shared" commodity; if I am a greater risk because of age, or medical history, then my rates AND my deductable will be higher to compensate.

The progressives in the white house are putting the government in competition with the insurance companies; the government produces nothing and has no concept of "profit"...especially the hippie, anti-capitalist, radicals running things right now.

The government can claim anything they want, because they're using OUR MONEY. Insurance companies use THEIR MONEY and have to make some profit to pay the people to process and keep up with the claims. I think I heard the highest profit of any health insurerer last year was a little over 4%. I think the insurance companies could use some reform, but to buy into the progressive collective thinking is not correct. I like my insurance plan...it's not a "cadillac", but it's comforting to know that if I have a catastrophic illness, that it is there for me.

As for your "emergency room patients", maybe some do overcharge insurance companies to compensate for the uninsured, but it isn't working very well, as hospitals are all hurting right now, and many have gone bankrupt. Over half that problem could be solved with "immigration reform". As Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge used to say, "The United States can't be Santa Claus and Policeman to the whole world."

Of those that are "too stupid to take care of themselves", much of it is that someone (the government) steps in and coddles them from cradle to grave...they don't HAVE to take care of themselves, and the government won't let them LEARN HOW.

America's problems are not its "stupid people", it is the "stupid politicians" that set things up for failure.

[Moonman62]

I learned about iodized salt in school cooking class. Did not see any reference to the thyroid/iodine requirement in yesterday’s post on the proposed ban. Looks as if we will all soon be walking around with big ol’ goiters.

Salt that you add yourself isn't a problem. The problem is the sodium (which doesn't include iodine) that's added to food before you buy it.

[fanfan]

My pleasure. Thanks for the info. Hubby’s birthday is coming up, and since he does all the cooking, I think I’ll get him that same set.

[pabianice]

Geez. Two words: potasium chloride. Have been using it for a decade.

[elli1]

I love cinnamon sprinkled on grapefruit; cinnamon makes grapefruit taste sweeter. Plus you gain the other supposed benefits from eating cinnamon.

[elli1]

Possibly you're thinking of salt in yeast breads?

Small amounts of salt can actually help yeast function better (0.5 - 1%), whereas 1.5-2.5% salt (by weight to flour) acts inhibitory. Salt is necessary for bread gluten structure, however, as well as for taste.

Bread Yeast FAQs

I have found that I can use much less salt in breads than the recipe often calls for--usually 1/4 to < 1/2 the amount and still have great results & a tasty product. This is in high hydration, long ferment recipes that I've been baking using high gluten bread flour.

[elli1]

Onion SALT & Celery SALT or, shouldn’t that be Onion & Celery POWDER?

[elli1]

Looks a lot like a walleye—another very tasty fish.

[Global2010]

I did mention I bought the 5lb per bag set didnt I?

Price and well just to stock/supply for the year.

If you guys ever do prime rib the Durango and mix in choice of fresh herbs and olive oil makes an awesome crust for the prime rib roast.

And having the 5lb bags on hand whenever throwing together a lil gift/care package together adding samples of that set to the care package has seemed to be a big hit.

[colorado tanker]

I don’t know if they are working, but restrictions have been put in place on fishing for Chilean Sea Bass to keep the fishery sustainable.