a pinch of salt...

...and a shaker of salt from foodie buddy S.
We are salt fans and nowadays they rival bottled waters in flavours, origins and colours (don't even go there with bottled waters!)...so what is it with kosher salt?

Well the name for one.
'the name is actually shortened from koshering salt and therein lies the clue to what it is. This type of salt was commonly used in the koshering process of removing blood from meat, in accordance with Jewish dietary laws, and the name stuck. It is made up of coarse particles, quite different to the small uniform cubes of table salt. The absorbant kosher salt flakes cling to the surface of the meat, and are more effective at drawing out moisture'.


and of course there is always more to learn about kosher salt