KCl (potassium chloride) adds a very unpleasant and odd flavor to food.
When major food manufacturers began lowering sodium content in processed foods (to avoid regulation), they replaced NaCl (salt) with potassium chloride.
This is why so many canned, processed foods taste different from what people remember eating as children. Campbell’s Chicken Noodle and Tomato soups are prime examples.
I had thought of that. However, for half of my cooking I follow recipes, so I will use the equal amount in volume. I.e., I use half the volume when using morton table salt. For bread, I have done it both ways: adjusting the volume or using the same weight in table salt.
Well, I found one smoked salt at the stores I shop in. I tried it tonight with some stir-fried and braised Swiss chard stems. There was no noticeable smokiness, but there did seem to be an extra element of flavor, some mellowness. I’ll have to use it a bit longer to form a definite opinion, and maybe even dig up some others.
Do you know what kind of wood it was smoked with? I am a newbie to smoked salts but I’ve been smoking meats for probably 20 years now. I am kind of getting into smoked salts and finishing salts lately. It is fun. I’ve been a long time kosher salt fan 
Did you use the smoked salt when cooking or as the finishing salt? There’s a noticable difference, i prefer using as a finishing salt and i just use minimal if any salt when cooking the dish.
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the 37th grain from a box of morton salt DEELISH
Fellow meat smoker here (though I haven’t nearly your experience!). Thinking of putting a dish of kosher salt into the smoker next time I fire it up and seeing what happens!
The salt is from England, from a company called Cornish Sea Salt Co. The smoke is from oak, apple, and cherry wood. As I said, it was the only smoked salt that was readily available. I’ll keep experimenting with this one before searching for others.
No, I used it for cooking. I may be way off base, but I figured that that would better allow the taste to integrate into the dish. But I’ll try other things, too.
I use it for both. I made a smoky butternut squash soup that came out great using smoked salt. DH loves to rim his hot and smoky margarita with it (the drink is his own concoction)
My local market makes one that is very good. I don’t know what kind of wood they use.
Tonight I made two different dishes using the smoked salt: braised carrots and tomato sauce. I couldn’t tell the difference between tonight’s versions and the usual versions I make.
I have too many salts! In general diamond cystal, but table salt for cake, smoked for steaks, and Maladon for finishing. Just bought some fine sea salt which I like as well.
From seriouseats
https://www.seriouseats.com/2013/03/ask-the-food-lab-do-i-need-to-use-kosher-salt.html
The Serious Eats article you link to is a helpful and entertaining read, @shrinkrap. I especially appreciate the part about kosher salt and table salt not being equal by volume.
That is, the irregular shape of kosher salt crystals means that they don’t pack together as tightly as table salt. I have thrown couple of hefty pinches of table salt in a dish when there was no kosher salt at hand and learned that salty lesson.
:Yes, it is an old thread, but it seemed the place to post. Like others, my go to is Diamond Crystal, bought in large boxes. It is great everywhere. I have several salts that often sit unloved. Someone gave me some of that pink salt. Ok but not wow. A friend brought some ultrafine Bex back from Switzerland. It is great on popcorn. We use a lot of Maldon, regular and smoked. For some things, Celtic grey salt is the bomb, like a composed salad of sliced tomatoes, onions, and avocado. Halen Mon is even better but hard to find. I recently succumbed to hype and bought some Sel de Guarande. I was not blown away, but for that type of salt, Jacobsen’s from Oregon is awesome. It has that very bright kick I get from Halen Mon. It is just too pricey where I can find it to justify dropping into the rotation, but I do think of it, mainly I suspect because of my love for that part of the Oregon coast.
I recently ran out of Diamond Crystal and went to buy a new container, only to find out that it is now sold as Superior Crystal:
Sadly, despite its “the finer salt” claim, it is no longer the wonderful powdery fine salt it used to be! The new stuff is maybe a little bit finer than regular table salt but absolutely NOT fine enough to stick nicely to fried foods. Harrumph. I ended up having to buy “flour salt” to get the texture I was after.
I wonder if they sold off that business. On their website, they only show two products now. One is the kosher salt and then this:
I don’t recall seeing this baking salt anywhere, but I haven’t shopped for salt recently. Maybe this is closer to what you used to use?
Yes, I found that when I was searching online - I am sure it’s closer to what I used to use, but the price is ridiculous - $7 for 8 ounces? Fortunately I was able to buy two pounds of “flour salt” from Oh Nuts! on Amazon for $6 - that will last me a good long while, since I only use this type of salt for popcorn and salting fried foods. I think the Oh Nuts! stuff is even finer than the old Diamond used to be - very happy with it thus far!
