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Feeling Salty: A Guide to Seasoning

Grit

The finer the salt, the saltier your food may end up tasting if you aren’t careful! If you’re a precise measurer when you cook, be mindful of the grit of salt a recipe calls for and always taste as you go. The smaller and more uniform the pieces of salt are, the more you can physically fit into a tablespoon.

Coarser salts add a nice crunch to food when used as a finishing salt, but aren’t a good option for baking as you need a more uniform distribution of ingredients. For example, a coarser sea salt would be lovely sprinkled on avocado toast or to season a steak, but wouldn’t be the best option for adding to cookie or cake batter.

Mineral Content

All of these salts are beautiful looking and each offer a slightly different flavor and color depending on their mineral content. Black lava salt has a mild sulfuric taste that can make for a nice addition in a tofu scramble or other vegan egg replacements. These salts tend to be a little more expensive than your run of the mill kosher salt, so use them in applications where they can shine! Don’t salt your pasta water with black lava salt, but rather use these salts as a finishing ingredient so you really taste them. Many nutritionalists say that these salts are better for you due to the mineral content.

Iodized Salt and The Fear of Overseasoning

Iodized salt is salt that has been processed to remove all the minerals and is then fortified with iododine. Iodine is a necessary nutrient, but there are many other sources of iodine-rich foods like yogurt, beans and even Himalayan sea salt. Why many chefs advice home cooks to throw out their iodized salt is because of its chemically flavor that tends to build on the palate, leaving the eater feeling like their food has been overseasoned.

What to Do with this Information

Ultimately you should use whatever salt fits your personal taste preferences and budget. But having a few different grits and types of sea salt isn’t too expensive of an investment. Salt is simple, but it’s an important and vital part of cooking! Hopefully now you feel inspired to experiment and try something new!