On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:16:23 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:18:53 -0600,
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:03:45 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:54:07 -0600,
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:10:23 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Really, really good and pretty simple to make. It called for frozen
>>>>>>green peas
>>>>>>or any other vegetable of your choice. I chose a cup of frozen cubed
>>>>>>hash browns
>>>>>>as my addition. It also called for a teaspoon and a half of chopped
>>>>>>fresh thyme,
>>>>>>but all I had was McCormick's dried thyme and I used a slightly rounded
>>>>>>teaspoon.
>>>>>>Dried herbs are stronger than fresh and I believe I could have gotten
>>>>>>away with
>>>>>>just 3/4 teaspoon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It also called for 2 teaspoons of kosher salt but that is something I
>>>>>>do not
>>>>>>stock. I used a slightly rounded teaspoon of regular salt it was the
>>>>>>perfect
>>>>>>amount; not lacking salt nor too salty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A store bought crust topped this pie because I am lazy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>kosher salt is salt by another name, you would never tell the
>>>>>difference in a dish, it is basically a marketing scheme. Edible salt
>>>>>is sodium chloride. That means sea salt, table salt, kosher salt, ALL
>>>>>salt. The only salt that may have a slightly different flavor is
>>>>>iodized salt.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bummer I guess no one read my other post.
>>>>
>>>>Whether you can taste the difference or not . . .
>>>>Kosher salt is larger grained than ordinary table salt and weighs far
>>>>less for an equal volume of table salt. So substituting one for the
>>>>other means you need to make adjustment in amounts.
>>>
>>>
>>>so basically what you are saying is it is coarse sea salt?
>>>
>>>except kosher salt may contain additional chemicals. That is not
>>>something I would want in my salt. If the recipe calls for kosher salt
>>>just use coarse sea salt....
>>>
>>>Kosher salt is sodium chloride without iodine but may contain
>>>anticaking agents
>>>
>>>Sea salt is by far the most natural and best tasting salt because it
>>>contains no added chemicals
>>
>> Let me clarify. Kosher salt is a flake. I believe it has been
>> through an evaporative process. To my knowledge there are no
>> additives. I was pointing out that there is a difference when
>> substituting kosher vs. table salt and vice versa because of weight
>> and size which you should note since you say you are an experienced
>> cook to avoid making serious errors. However. Talking about
>> additives. Sea salt comes from the sea shore and whatever washed up
>> with it. It would be better to look up ingredients and know what is
>> in them rather than off the cuff speculation. You are speculating
>> that iodized salt is the only salt that might taste different.
>
>I thought that was always the case. So imagine my surprise when I got this
>salt from Amazon!
>
>https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
>Gotta watch the wording. It is sea salt that is certified kosher but it is
>not what we think of as kosher salt.

Ahh so maybe you can understand what I meant in my last post

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