Comments on: Gourmet salts: A season for seasoning

By: dana_t

dana_t — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:45:00 +0000

A wonderful and affordable option is Real Salt, which is mined in Utah (see realsalt.com), in the same manner as the expensive Himalayan stuff. I was introduced to Real Salt while working in the gourmet foods industry a decade ago, and it’s been my home kitchen’s standard all-purpose salt ever since. The flavor is light and clean, and it presents well at a fancy party in little salt cellars: fine grained with maroon and pink flecks.
Best of all, it’s available in the bulk food section at Oliver’s.

By: donna gleckler

donna gleckler — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:41:36 +0000

vann’s spices does a very nice tea-smoked salt [good smoke flavor but not over the top as some of the super concentrated hickory smoked salts can be] http://www.vannsspices.com

By: Mister Satly

Mister Satly — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:37:09 +0000

Cool article. I had a black hawaiian lava sea salt at : Morels French Steakhouse & Bistro Chef J.L.Carrera in vegas. I was getting down with the black salt, just wetting my finger and slurping on the black shards of spicy pumice. I was in heaven — the steak was good too i guess.

By: Janna W

Janna W — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:31:06 +0000

Secret Stash Sea Salts should be of mention in this article. We source as many local and organic ingredients from Seattle-area farmers market to infuse our unique range of flavors.
Unlike the majority of finishing salts in today’s market, we use hand-harvested, flaky Fleur de Sel as the base for ALL of our salts. Likewise, they are 100 percent natural and do not contain anti-caking agents or chemicals.
Most of our salts also involve labor-intensive artian hand-crafting such as reducing sauces (soy, apple cider, pineapple juice) and hand-shaving organic Madagascar vanilla beans.
Nicoise Olive, Coconut Garam Masala, Pineapple Cumin Chili, Almond Cardamom, Lavender Rosemary, Vanilla, Apple 5-Spice, Bloody Mary, and Soy make up the current line.
http://www.secretsalts.com
- Janna
Secret Stash Sea Salts

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:11:30 +0000

We use them for very simply spiced dishes, which is rare in our house. In any spicy meal, the subtlety of the gourmet salts gets lost and kosher salt is used. Morton’s only gets used in baking or gargling.