Don’t Use Salt Without This!

[SkrToon]

As someone who grew up only with iodized table salt, I would love a quick primer on what to use where & when

[tiffany]

Day 19 of asking Josh to start and document a culinary garden.

[JordanNHoule]

Many years ago, before he passed away, my dad came to visit me and thought my fleur de sel near the stove was sugar in a small bowl. He attempted to use two tablespoons to sweeten his coffee and then went outside for his morning smoke.

Through the window I watched him take a big first sip and then did a spit take at the fence! When I asked him what happened he told me that my sugar was bad.

[Rachel-rsvh]

As a chemist, sodium chloride is sodium chloride. Hope this helps!

[mixermaster]

Meanwhile me: Table salt, take it or leave it

[AbyssalMelody]

I think I'll use my flaky salt to dry brine my steak tonight, great idea josh! Thanks for the tip 👍

[Pastry]

For some reason when I'm down I binge watch your videos and i feel so much better something about your cooking brings me comfort

[MessersRecap]

People say that all salt is the same. The thing is is if you season with flakey salt during cooking and you then taste the food and get a lump of the salt then you will think its over seasoned when it's not. Or the other way around, not getting enough of the salt and then putting more salt to correct the seasoning. And it takes longer for the flakey salt to combine with the food

[HulatSaWala]

Where I'm from, sea salt is more affordable and accessible. If used for baking, just weigh and dissolve w/ liquids.

[michalzuk]

Okay, but in Europe, kosher salt is nearly impossible to find. So I pretty much have to use a flakey salt like sel de guerande if I want the same precision and control kosher salt provides pre-cooking.

[catwiesel_]

Joshua,

I have been a live long apostle of Alton, I have drank water from the firehose that is Kenji, I have travelled the world in Samins footsteps, I have waded through years and years of mediocre and painful and sometimes entertaining food network shows, and more. I have temporarily left the walled garden of cooking and visited the strange lands of baking with Saffiz. I have forgotten more about cuisine than most amateurs care to ever learn.

And I still yearn to know the answer to one single simple question. Living in Europe, where the fuck will I find kosher salt or something similar that works the same and wont break the bank.

its all table salt, rock salt, or finishing salt here...

What is actually being used in the mac daddy of cooking which is the french quisine?

That all being said. thanks for all the content, you rock!

[trickvro]

Use the cheap iodized stuff for bulk seasoning while cooking, or any other application where you're adding a measured quantity that will be dissolved and dispersed throughout. (You can get non-iodized if you regularly eat dairy or seafood, or if having goiters is your idea of fun.) Kosher is useful for seasoning on the fly because it's easier to pinch. Save the fancy stuff for finishing.

[Zigfryed]

I'm not gonna lie, I'm 29, and in Brazil the only salt we have... Is salt. I have never heard of any other types of (cooking) salt. I've just come in contact with the fact that different types of salt exist, because of YouTube content

[CyrusBluebird]

Have fun finding Koshering salt in Central Europe

[Petrolpelican]

Dude you're hilarious i love your videos

[HireMichaelEverson]

I've had a 2 hour long conversation about salts with my vegan chef friend. She has 47 different kinds of infused salts and I have 3 unless you don't count Tony Chachere's. Then it's two.

[RevWoody]

I'm ready for a Morton's vs Diamond Crystal throwdown

[bigdoggetom]

I use Himalayan rock salt for everything - shit goes hard

[dahlilawilson]

Gotcha! Thanks papa! I'll remember that!

[yzabellekys]

I been using the Himalayan pink salt supposedly it’s healthy or something?? But I also use iodized once in a while. Gonna go buy kosher salt now👍