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PyroBoris wrote:am a self confessed salt noob...is Kosher salt better than rock salt/sea salt/table salt? (I feel this could and probably should be a thread in its own right)

Well, salt is salt for the most part. I specified Kosher salt simply because it is more consistent in size than table salt, which varies depending on brand.

derrickchapman wrote:

PyroBoris wrote:am a self confessed salt noob...is Kosher salt better than rock salt/sea salt/table salt? (I feel this could and probably should be a thread in its own right)

Well, salt is salt for the most part. I specified Kosher salt simply because it is more consistent in size than table salt, which varies depending on brand.

The problem arises when you get a recipe which measures by volume. A cup of table salt weighs more than a cup of kosher salt - so if you substitute table salt based on volume, it will be saltier (perhaps too salty).

As always, AmazingRibs.com have a great writeup:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/my_ingre ... _salt.html