Question about salt for brining
"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> Use what you have. Kosher salt dissolves easier. Diamond brand has not
> additives for anti-caking, table salt may or may not be iodized. Once
> dissolved in the water, salt is salt.
From the Virtual Weber Bullet site...
Table salt and kosher salt do not have the same saltiness in a flavor brine
when measured by volume--but they do when measured by weight.
Table salt weighs about 10 ounces per cup, while kosher salt weighs 5-8
ounces per cup, depending on the brand. If using kosher salt in a brine, you
must use more than a cup to achieve the same salt flavor you would get from
a cup of table salt.
The chart below shows equivalent amounts of table salt and the two most
popular brands of kosher salt.
Ordinary Table Salt 1 cup
Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt 2 cups
Morton Kosher Salt 1-1/2 cups
Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt weighs about 5 ounces per cup, making it half as
strong as table salt. Morton Kosher Salt weighs about 7.7 ounces per cup,
making it three-fourths as strong as table salt.
For sea salts and other brands of kosher salt, use a kitchen scale to
measure 10 ounces of salt. That measure will be equivalent to 1 cup of table
salt in terms of its saltiness.
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