What's the difference between kosher salt and other salt? Sea salt...and just regular salt? Is one version more potent than the others? I do know that WRT cooking I definately don't use as much k salt as I do regular salt... Physically (not pertaining to religion)  is there any difference? TIA David

What's the difference between kosher salt and other salt? Sea salt...and just regular salt? Is one version more potent than the others? I do know that WRT cooking I definately don't use as much k salt as I do regular salt... Physically (not pertaining to religion)  is there any difference? TIA I guess I should qualify this WRT my thinking... I have been using this thing that sprays salt water up the nostrils and I think it really works. My problem is, I am running out of the packets of sea salt that I mix with the distilled water.. I really like the formula that this kit has with it... I am wondering if I can use other salts (K salt) and would it have the same effect... Sorry.. I know this  might be gross... but for some of us with horrid sinuses... It might be an important question.. My allergies and and sinuses have really calmed down.... TIA for anyone that helps... David

What's the difference between kosher salt and other salt? Sea salt...and just regular salt? Is one version more potent than the others? I do know that WRT cooking I definately don't use as much k salt as I do regular salt... Physically (not pertaining to religion)  is there any difference? Kosher salt's granules are much bigger, and not generally mixed with an iodine compound ( iodized salt ). From wikipedia: Kosher salt has a much larger grain size than regular table salt, and a more open granular structure. Like common table salt, kosher salt consists of the chemical compound sodium chloride. Unlike common table salt, Kosher salt typically contains no additives (for example, iodine), although kosher salt produced by Morton contains sodium ferrocyanide as a free-flow agent. The term kosher salt is restricted to North America; in other parts of the world, it is called (coarse) cooking salt. The term koshering salt has been proposed as more accurate and is sometimes used in industry (e.g., The Salt Institute, but it is rarely used in everyday language. The chefs I know that call for it like it because since it's a bigger flake of salt, it's more potent and dissolves slower.  Some also claim to notice a chemical taste to iodized salt. Sea salt I suspect is closer to kosher salt, in that the flakes of salt would be bigger.  Sea salt sometimes has its own flavors, too, as a result of being less processed for purity I believe. Tim

What's the difference between kosher salt and other salt? Sea salt...and just regular salt? Is one version more potent than the others? I do know that WRT cooking I definately don't use as much k salt as I do regular salt... Physically (not pertaining to religion)  is there any difference? TIA I guess I should qualify this WRT my thinking... I have been using this thing that sprays salt water up the nostrils and I think it really works. My problem is, I am running out of the packets of sea salt that I mix with the distilled water.. I really like the formula that this kit has with it... I am wondering if I can use other salts (K salt) and would it have the same effect... Sorry.. I know this  might be gross... but for some of us with horrid sinuses... It might be an important question.. My allergies and and sinuses have really calmed down.... TIA for anyone that helps... David Kosher salt is coarser than table salt.  Without that coarseness, it could not draw the blood out of the soaked meat or out of the liver while broiling.  This is step two in obeying the commandments not to eat blood which is part of the Noachide commandments as well as from Sinai: Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10-14; Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 12:16, 23-25. Kosher salt is also used in pickling. Cheers

TIA for anyone that helps... David MM I don't want to spend as much time on the net as I once did, or in newsgroups. In the past I responded to almost any reply to me, because I thought silence meant assent to some people. But it shouldn't. So once I make my points, I may not reply again. Especially if no new arguments are made on the other side.  Please don't take that to mean you have convinced me or anyone.  

What's the difference between kosher salt and other salt? Sea salt...and just regular salt? Is one version more potent than the others? I do know that WRT cooking I definately don't use as much k salt as I do regular salt... Physically (not pertaining to religion)  is there any difference? Kosher salt is coarse, primarily created to kasher meat by making it tough and salty. Most kashering also adds gristle and fat to beef and cartilage to lamb chops, cut from the shoulder. Combine this with kosher cooking which insures that the meat is REALLY dead and creates excellent sandal soles. On TV, kosher salt is used in cooking demonstrations because you can see it when the chef drops it on the floor or wipes it off his fingers on his tie. In my house, if I were to do either with kosher salt, the house mother would make her preferences known in clear and understandable language, whereupon I would find myself on my hands and knees washing the previously pristine kitchen floor. Table salt, on the other hand, is used to salt all food before tasting, God forbid it should have any subtle flavors or be prepared lovingly with exotic spices. And don't get me started on pepper. Leon