Pickles by Brian Crane for February 03, 2011

I’m with Earl. It all tastes the same.

It’s probably about a toss up with Earl.

Sea salt and land salt are both salt….salt is salt. Any minerals found in sea salt are trace minerals and insignificant. ‘Sea salt’ is just an ad mans dream to push a new ad account for soup and potato chip companies. It’s a fad. Enjoy it……….

Land salt was once sea salt. What’s the difference besides the outrageous price?

If he can’t taste the difference, leave him be, Opal. Sheesh!

I can taste the difference between sea salt and “regular salt”.

I’m with Earl on this one. Besides, I use so little salt that it doesn’t matter. Don’t even have a salt shaker on the table.

I have noticed a difference between the two, but use so little that it really doesn’t matter. My heart and Mr. Sodium don’t get along very well.

I’ve never had sea salt, but I use very little if any salt any way.

I use very little salt but we have a salt cellar that we put on the table each night that has fleur de sel, smoked salt, Himalayan salt and black salt. They really do taste different and each enhances different dishes when used moderately.

I don’t know…my package of sea salt says…made by nature and there is no sugar in it. It does taste different than regular salt

Behold the power of labeling.

Coarse gray celtic sea salt. Cost about 5 or 6 times more than “Morton’s”. You have to use much less. It tastes significantly “fuller” than processed table salt. It is undeniably better to the taste, and slightly healthier for you.

Himalayan crystal salt. You know it’s different because it comes in big rocks and it’s pink. Again, a little goes a long way, it’s a little more healthful than processed salt, and you notice the significant difference in taste as you use it over time.

So there you go Earl, I’ve usually got your back, but food is not food. There is a difference.

Food tastes better without salt, and is much healthier that way. All it does is mask the true taste of what we eat, not enhance its flavour. That enhancement is just a salty taste that makes you thirsty and craving more salt from whatever source you were eating.

It’s been so long since I bought any salt I had to ask a clerk which aisle it was in. That little can should last me for another ten years or so.

I definitely notice a difference between the different salts! My favorite is flaked sea salt. It’s hard to find but so worth it! You don’t want to waste it cooking with it, you just add a few flakes to certain foods and it adds a delicious flavor and crunch :-)