With this type of Salt in it: 
Would any salt brand work or is there a "better" brand out there?
With this type of Salt in it:
Would any salt brand work or is there a "better" brand out there?
Don’t tell Bloomberg.
Must contain Iodine? Why
There are plenty of other sources.
I buy the Hain brain with iodine, but I don’t know about salt with selenium. I know that’s supposed to be good for your thyroid.
Crystal Diamond salt (yes that’s a brand name). They have several different versions including iodized.
If you were to user kosher salt (really describes a salt with a specific shape not a religious salt) in preparation of your food (and it doesn’t take a lot to bring out flavors) then you wouldn’t need to use this grinder stuff on the table (except maybe for salads or raw foods)
The mccormack grider is a mother to refill. I’ve tried it. It is plastic too so it was made to be disposable.
Can you afford it on your salary?
Dead Sea?
sea salt is dirty salt. makes you twice as thirsty...there’s a reason you don’t drink sea water
I get my sea salt and many related products from http://www.saltworks.us/
I usually buy the bulk products, but I’ve purchased some of the retail gourmet salts as gifts.
I love that site!
I like the Himalayan pink salt. It’s an ancient sea salt deposited that’s been protected from pollutants. The stuff they ‘mine’ from the ocean can contain stuff you don’t want.
Check out gourmetnut.com
Don’t know about the iodine, but there are other sources.
Its all good. Just buy some. We have 3 different kinds.
I have heard good things about Himalayan sea salt and other “pink sea salt” ...Seriously, not being facetious, when did the Himalayas get a sea?
You don’t need to grind salt. You grind pepper because it has volatile oils.
Redmond gets salt from Utah Salt Mines. They are good.
http://www.vitacost.com/redmond-realsalt-kosher-salt
The pink rocks contain over 80 essential minerals including iodine. Tastes great too. You can get it most times at Marshalls or TJMaxx at a discount. Indefinite shelf life so stock up.
Salt is a rock, a mineral. Only impurities make it different. Iodine is an additive to NaCl.
If you have an iodine deficiency, then get salt with iodine added. Other than that, salt is salt.
I could make you all the dishes you want and you couldn't pick out the dish with the sea salt unless it meets the criteria above.
The chef is here. Good eats for everyone.
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Favorite sea salt? Sailing offshore and tossing out a bucket with a line to fill the cookpot.
Well it looks as if you got plenty of opinions regarding the salt, so how about an opinion regarding the mill.
I would recommend staying away from mills with pot metal grinding disks as the salt tends to cause these disks to rust.
I would also recommend avoiding the plastic grinders as they are intended to be used up and thrown away.
The best salt mill has ceramic disks. They are harder to find and you’ll pay a little more for them, but as the old saying goes... you get what you pay for.
Grace...do NOT buy salt with iodine in it. This is typically refined (ie stripped of all good nutrients) and then iodine is put back in, and only in a high enough dose to ward off a goiter.
Buy unrefined salt; either Real Salt by Redmond or Selena’s Naturally Celtic Sea Salt.
Buy iodine in the form of either Lugol’s (liquid) or Iodoral (pill) which will give you MILLIGRAMS not MICROGRAMS.
Let me know if you have more questions. There are 2 fantastic books out by Dr. David Brownstein, one is ‘Salt your way to health’ and the other is ‘Iodine, why you need it why you can’t live without it.