Special Salts From The World
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
Switzerland
March 4, 2016 8:02am CST
Do you use special salts to season your food?
If you want to try something different, there are several different natural salts from around the world:
The pink Himalayan salt, is extracted from salt mines in the Himalayan mountains. It is excellent to season grilled red meats.
The Persian Blue, is extracted from salt mines, in the north of Iran (once called Persia). A very good salt to for any kind of meats.
The "Fleur de Camargue" (flower of Camargue), comes from the South of France, a natural salt extracted from the Mediterranean Sea.
The "Gris de Bretagne" (Grey of Bretagne), is also a sea salt, extracted from the Atlantic Ocean, in the northern region of Bretagne in France.
I have taken a picture of my different salt, to show you how they look alike.
Which is your favorite?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Mar 16
I have heard claims too that some of the salts are beneficial for health, especially the Himalayan Pink.
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@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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@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 (223010)
• 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 (223010)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
@LadyDuck In Chile it is. Many imported goods are very expensive here.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• 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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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
5 Mar 16
I had no idea there were so many different salts available
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@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 (471500)
• 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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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Mar 16
@LadyDuck mmmm black salt.... where's that one from.... ??
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@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
5 Mar 16
@LadyDuck Marine salt is very cheap in my country.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• 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 (112484)
• 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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@allknowing (136418)
• 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 (471500)
• 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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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Mar 16
I was unaware there were these things. can you taste a difference?
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• 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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@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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@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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@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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@LeaPea2417 (37353)
• 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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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
5 Mar 16
We recently started using Himalayan salt, we like it.
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@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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@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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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
4 Mar 16
@LadyDuck I haven't heard of that one. I just use the pink but I'm open to trying new.
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@YuleimaVzla (1505)
• Maracaibo, Venezuela
9 Mar 16
The salt of my country is normal, fine and quite iodine salt. I would like to try the pink Himalayan salt, it would make me interesting color.
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