Deciding between sea salt or iodized salt for your cooking 15 Articles

by Peter Messerschmidt

Iodized salt, or sea salt? When deciding which one to use for cooking, a good starting point is to look at what goes into the making of each of these salts. Iodized salt is generally mined salt. We sometimes know it as ...read more

by M.L. Brooke

Specialty salts have become all the rage these days where you can find black salt from India that has its own unique taste and pink sea salt from the coast of Hawaii that carries the flavors of that region's coastal clays....read more

by Dolly N

Edible salt is the most common ingredient of any recipe. There are various forms of salt available for cooking. To decide whether to use sea salt or iodized salt is a matter of preference, choice, taste, flavor. However le...read more

by Joseph Parish

All Salts are not created Equal Many people believe that by using kosher salt or Sea Salt it is a healthier alternative to our common table salt. Many feel it is better for them should they be on a low sodium diet. Noth...read more

by C S Slockbower

I suppose I'm just simple folk. I don't feel the need to buy a separate gizmo to slice my eggs, mince my garlic, or chop my vidalia onion. I already own one gadget that can tackle all those tasks. I call it a "knife." I...read more

by Ginger Kazay

Who ever said that sea salt does not have iodine already in it? The "iodized table salt" that we are familiar is mined on/in the land and has had the minerals removed. So, we have to had to add iodine to it to help pro...read more

by Annemarie Garrett

I once was an innocent cooking neophyte who thought, naively, that salt is salt. Ignorance really can be bliss. Once the world of salt opened up before my eyes, I was presented with a quandary: which salt do I use? ...read more

by Lin Edwards

Iodine was first added to salt because of widespread iodine deficiencies in populations, and its widespread use in the developed world has seen these deficiencies almost disappear. That doesn't mean they'll never return, h...read more

by Jared Garrett

Why do we cook? To eat! What do we like to eat? Good food! Can I get an 'Amen'? If you are cooking and are looking to make the best dish you are capable of, there are a few things to keep in mind. One of these things is as...read more

by Will Kester

Sea salt comes from the sea, and iodized salt came from the sea, many years ago, so sea salt is fresher, by a few million years, but tastes about the same. The difference is how it adds to our foods, or doesn't. Kosh...read more

by Liz Roberts

There's nothing like adding a bit of salt to your food. It brings out the earthy flavor of French fries and baked potatoes. It brings out a salad's freshness. It adds to any sauce or gravy, imbuing them with a richer, more...read more

by Richard Fernandez

In cooking, flavor is an essential to any delicious meal. On the other hand to much flavor can decrease the taste value of any food. There are many flavor enhancers that boost up the flavor of the food. One in particular i...read more

by Keitha Fisher

While I would never coin myself a food snob, it's hard for me to remember a time when I didn't prefer sea salt to "table" salt. (I know that while some table salt may not actually be iodized, I've never had one that wasn't...read more

by Krishna Shanmukh

Salt is the nature's gift as it comes from the sea. Its chemical name is sodium chloride. Salt is must and should item in any dish or recipe. Salt is so powerful that it can turn the normal dish in to gourmet dish , or it ...read more

by Brenda Lachman

Sea salt contains about 80 mineral elements essential in the diet of humans, animals and plants. it is also vital because water and salt is what regulates the water content of the body. Iodized Salt when unrefined, cont...read more