"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> pavane wrote:
>>
>> | > Why not use regular salt for your fried rice? I seriously doubt you
>> | > will taste any difference between regular table salt and finely
>> | > ground sea salt in your fried rcie.
>> |
>> |
>> | Yup...and only fools buy "sea salt" anyways...in fact the term "sea
>> salt" is
>> | ridiculous as *all* salt is "sea salt", it's one of those silly terms a
>> la'
>> | "shrimp scampi".
>>
>> Yeah. You'd better send an email out to Mayo Clinic correcting their
>> website. It's www.mayoclinic.com and just give them your credentials
>> and ask them to correct the article.:
>> http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sea-salt/AN01142
>>
>> "Sea salt is produced through evaporation of seawater..."
>> "Table salt is mined from underground salt deposits..."
>
> There was a little more to that article. It said that sea salt is less
> refined and has trace elements. It also said that table salt has additives
> to prevent clumping. It also often has iodine added. FWIW, in Canada, all
> table salt is iodized.
>
IIRC in the UK as well to prevent goitre.
Graham