'Sea salt' the next great marketing gimmick

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

iodine makes salt bitter

No it doesn't. Table salt has a very sharp taste to it. Kosher/sea salt is much softer and a better flavor.

-edit-
AHHH! Bitter, not better. You are correct sir.

 

[gururu2]

umm isn't sea salt a mix of different salts containing other metals besides sodium. i believe sea salt has less sodium than an equivalent offering of table salt.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

iodine makes salt bitter

No it doesn't. Table salt has a very sharp taste to it. Kosher/sea salt is much softer and a better flavor.

He said bitter, not better.

Speaking of bitter, I tried some of my dad's salt substitute. Basically potassium chloride. That stuff ruins food. It's really bitter in normal amounts.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

salt

 

[Rubycon]

Definitely NOT a gimmick.

 

[Tiamat]

Who here thinks the OP purposely set this thread up knowing what the results would have been? Afterall, he hasn't posted since the OP! :evil:

 

[Sumguy]

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

It had iodine in it, which is essential to the human diet.

It helps prevent goitre, as one of its benefits.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Haaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........dly

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I prefer "artisan salts". Because anything that has artisan in front of it must be good.

http://www.salttraders.com/Detail.bok?no=10

holy fuck!

Ive been using kosher for years to cook, especially when i want something seared. I recently came across a finer kosher salt, i cant remember the company name, i havent used any of it yet. Its not as fine as table salt, nor as coarse as the typical kosher salt, and i wonder if it will turn out better or worse for pan searing something like a steak

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Just like water has different flavors, salt has different flavors.

 

[da loser]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Who here thinks the OP purposely set this thread up knowing what the results would have been? Afterall, he hasn't posted since the OP! :evil:

nah, he got owned and is afraid to show his face

 

[BrokenVisage]

Yet we're still decades away from seeing Coke with sugar commercially available in the US.. *sigh*

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Yet we're still decades away from seeing Coke with sugar commercially available in the US.. *sigh*

You just have to go to the right mercato.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Yet we're still decades away from seeing Coke with sugar commercially available in the US.. *sigh*

yup, since the mid 1980s. You can still find it in some areas during Passover thouugh for kosher reasons.

 

[BoomerD]

Find a Mexican grocery store that imports Mexican "Coca-Cola." MOST of that is made with sugar instead of HFCS. (not all of it is, so YMMV)

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Find a Mexican grocery store that imports Mexican "Coca-Cola." MOST of that is made with sugar instead of HFCS. (not all of it is, so YMMV)

Dublin Dr. Pepper is better

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Find a Mexican grocery store that imports Mexican "Coca-Cola." MOST of that is made with sugar instead of HFCS. (not all of it is, so YMMV)

Dublin Dr. Pepper is better

Sure and I've never been to Dublin...or at least not the one in Ireland... so I can't argue that with ya one bit, but, the reply was in reference to:

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Yet we're still decades away from seeing Coke with sugar commercially available in the US.. *sigh*

yup, since the mid 1980s. You can still find it in some areas during Passover thouugh for kosher reasons.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Find a Mexican grocery store that imports Mexican "Coca-Cola." MOST of that is made with sugar instead of HFCS. (not all of it is, so YMMV)

Dublin Dr. Pepper is better

Sure and I've never been to Dublin...or at least not the one in Ireland... so I can't argue that with ya one bit, but, the reply was in reference to:

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Yet we're still decades away from seeing Coke with sugar commercially available in the US.. *sigh*

yup, since the mid 1980s. You can still find it in some areas during Passover thouugh for kosher reasons.

Dublin, TX Dr. Pepper is made with real sugar too

 

[ObiDon]

just wait until the pomegranate craze makes it's way to your area. it seems like everything has that stuff in it around here now!

if that's what i wanted, i could just pour grenadine on/into anything i consume...

 

[BoomerD]

One of the more current fads than pomegranate is acai berries. They contain more anti-oxidants than just about anything else, as well as all kinds of other good stuff...why they're so good, they will even unfuck your girlfriend...;P
My Voc-Rehab counselor is a MLM marketer of MonaVie...a berry juice blend (fucking expensive...$45/750 ml and IMO, isn't that great tasting)
It seems like every where I go, I see acai juice, acai berries, etc.

 

[silverpig]

It was rock salt.

 

[mooglemania85]

Wholesale and Bulk Sea Salts

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: mooglemania85
Wholesale and Bulk Sea Salts

Lifetime supply bulk!

 

[BladeVenom]

I think sea salt has been used as far back as recorded history. I wouldn't call it a modern fad.

 

[warmodder]

On some of the potato chips I've had you can definitely taste the difference in salt. The sea salt variety has big chunks of salt on each chip. I think it's tasty, but probably not all that healthy.