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Q: Novelty Salts


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#1 Jinmyo

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Posted 26 March 2002 - 07:18 AM

What do you think of novelty salts, like fleur de sel or Hawaiin pink salt? Do you find any discernible difference between those and kosher or sea salt?
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#2 Tom Valenti

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Posted 26 March 2002 - 12:25 PM

We mostly use kosher salt here but we also have a coarse sea salt from Brittany in France.