Special Salts From The World

@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

This is the excuse of my husband when I say that he uses too much salt.

You are right it seems that it has some health benefits.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

@Marty1 Yes, I bought all of them in my grocery store, that is not even a very big one.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

6 Mar 16

@Marty1 Yes, they taste good, my husband loves the Himalayan salt, I prefer the French sea salt.

fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

4 Mar 16

How interesting, now I have to go on a hunt for some of those salts. Very cool thanks for sharing.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

Many shops sell a package with different salts, my husband loves to try many.

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

4 Mar 16

@LadyDuck Ok I will be sure to keep an eye out for that type of packaging as well.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

4 Mar 16

I either use normal salt bought at the super or marine salt that is usually made and sold by the people who live at certain places near the sea. THe rest are so expensive I would not buy them.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

4 Mar 16

@LadyDuck In Chile it is. Many imported goods are very expensive here.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

@marguicha The Hawaiian salt is very expensive, but not the pink salt, the blue one a little more.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

No, Himalayan salt is no more expensive, you can find it everywhere in the supermarkets.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

5 Mar 16

I had no idea there were so many different salts available

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

There are many more, but those are the most common.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Mar 16

me either. I knew of like 2, with kosher and not. lol

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

4 Mar 16

sea salt,garlic powder or salt?plain salt.Lot fo them do not have iodine in them.Which is what we need for our body

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

The real sea salt has iodine it is the salt extracted from mines that does not have iodine, but it is added before selling it.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

@amadeo This is strange, there is iodine in the sea salt I buy here and those that do not contain enough are iodized.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

4 Mar 16

@LadyDuck well I did not know this.I thought the sea salt that I buy here have not?

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susan

@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

4 Mar 16

they all sound nice.... we were given some red sea salt .... which is very nice too....

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

I have a small jar of that one too and a black salt that I have not really appreciated.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

@sueznewz2 The Black Salt is from Hawaii. The salt get the coloring from activated coconut shell charcoal.

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susan

@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

4 Mar 16

@LadyDuck mmmm black salt.... where's that one from.... ??

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

4 Mar 16

I do not use a lot of salt, but when I do I am content with the local produce from the mines in the neighbouring county.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

5 Mar 16

@LadyDuck Marine salt is very cheap in my country.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 16

I prefer the taste of sea salt, my favorite is the Camargue salt.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

@marguicha Your country has a long seashore, I can imagine that the sea salt is also very good.

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youless

@youless (112586)

• Guangzhou, China

7 Mar 16

Here the salt is usually table salt and rough sea salt only. We cook by the table salt and we make some marinated food with rough sea salt. But actually we seldom use the rough sea salt anyway. We don't have so many different salts here.

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youless

@youless (112586)

• Guangzhou, China

7 Mar 16

@LadyDuck In fact here most of the salt is iodized as it is the law.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

7 Mar 16

Raw sea salt is much better than table salt because it contains natural iodine, the other is iodized. .

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

7 Mar 16

@youless Same here, the regular table salt is iodized.

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@allknowing (137781)

• India

5 Mar 16

We are recommended to use iodised salt

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137781)

• India

6 Mar 16

@LadyDuck We have different companies that produce iodised salt here.No knowlege how they do it,

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

6 Mar 16

@allknowing Edible salt is iodised by spraying it with a potassium iodate or potassium iodide solution. You should know that an opened package of table salt with iodide, rapidly lose its iodine content.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

The sea salt is naturally iodised, the mine salt is not and the iodine is added.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

7 Mar 16

I suppose that they do taste like our salt here ? It's also extracted from the sea . It's nice to know that there are different types of salt . I only know iodized salt and rock salt though .

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

7 Mar 16

There are many different kind of sea salts and they all taste different according to the different places of the world where they are collected.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

7 Mar 16

@LadyDuck Oh i see . I thought since they all come from the sea they taste the same . Now , i know . Thanks to you , my dear friend .

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Mar 16

We have never tried anything different but sea salt. I wasn't even aware of the different salts you mentioned.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

13 Mar 16

I love the raw sea salt for cooking, my husband loves the different salts.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

14 Mar 16

@LadyDuck I think I will see if they have any different salts the next time I go grocery shopping.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Mar 16

I was unaware there were these things. can you taste a difference?

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

Yes, I can taste the difference. The Himalayan has a taste similar to the sea salt. It is very hard, you can find serving platters carved from Himalayan salt, you can even cook on them. The Blue it's milder, with a aftertaste of iron.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

@Jessicalynnt The plates of salt only release a little salt, but they do not disintegrate. I have seen them in specialty stores, but they are pretty expensive. I have seen the salt candle holders, my husband has one.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Mar 16

@LadyDuck so the plates of salt, do they dissolve a bit and add salt to your food? eventually they disintegrate? I have seen salt candle holders of something like that, but never considered it as a material for holding food. And now I want a box of different salts to cook with!

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

9 Mar 16

I actually have a special bath creme that i get from France every year , 4 bottles to last me a year at a time. Buts its not this kind, however its very soft and doesnt affect my skin. keeps it soft and silky

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

9 Mar 16

Is this comment for me? I was talking about salt from France here, not bath creme.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

9 Mar 16

@Inlemay Now I understand, my favorite salt is the one from France.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

9 Mar 16

@LadyDuck it is for you - I dont use salts but was stating that i get a bath creme from FRANCE, where your salts come from . . . just chatting

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arbie bee

@brokenbee (11090)

• Philippines

19 Mar 16

we use only one kind of salt at home and it's rock salt, without iodine.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

19 Mar 16

I buy the sea salt for cooking, it has natural iodine, no need to iodize it.

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arbie bee

@brokenbee (11090)

• Philippines

19 Mar 16

@LadyDuck yes. We prefer that kind of salt. My mother doesn't want the iodized salt.

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Morning Girl

@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

10 Mar 16

I wonder how each them differ in taste. I've using sea salt but has no idea what sea it was taken from.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

10 Mar 16

Usually it's not specified from which sea is extracted the normal sea salt on the shelves, only for the special salt the origin is declared.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37379)

• Toccoa, Georgia

11 Mar 16

I have never tried the different salts, but you writing about it here, encourages me to look into it and try some.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

11 Mar 16

I am happy with raw sea salt, but my husband loves to use different salts.

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Audrey

@lilnana1111 (2305)

• United States

5 Mar 16

We recently started using Himalayan salt, we like it.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 16

I like the taste too, it's sweeter than the usual salt.

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Audrey

@lilnana1111 (2305)

• United States

5 Mar 16

@LadyDuck I didn't think my hubby would use it because it's pink, but my daughter bought it for us, and he can't tell her no.

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Gabby Bugwadia

@Gabugs (1895)

• United States

14 Mar 16

@ldyduck Wow! I had no idea there were several different kinds of salts. Had only heard about Pink Himalayan salt. Thanks for the information.

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@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

14 Mar 16

The pink Himalayan is the most known, there are so many special salts around the world.

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Jeanne Marie

@Jeanniemaries (8237)

• United States

4 Mar 16

I use the pink Himalayan salt for everything. I love it. I wish it came in packets to carry with me for French Fries. The salt they use for French Fries have zero flavor.

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