grind sea salt before using?

[flyinion]

Ok, I picked up some of the celtic sea salt today and it's fairly rough, like something I would normally use with a salt/pepper grinder. Do I need to grind it before use? Also, I have a Schilling sea salt grinder, a pre-packaged throw-away grinder filled with sea salt. Is there a huge difference between Celtic sea salt and just sea salt?

[rawpriestess]

I don't know about your sea salt, but Celtic Sea Salt is made on the coast of France, and has been for over 2000 years, per their PR.

The workers rake the salt into brine piles, and let it wind and sun dry, never with any heat or machines.

Then they take it and package it. You can NOT use a regular salt grinder with Celtic Sea Salt, it has too much mineral content and witll desintigrate your grinder, you can buy a special Celtic Sea Salt grinder from them.

I use it as is, as I don't salt my food, I always use it in a recipe, so it gets ground up in my food processor, or Vita Mix.

French Atlantic Sea Salt is very similar and a little cheaper, but regular sea salt, is not raw. and has chemicals, as far as I know.

Good luck,
Rawpriestess

[flyinion]

Ok no problem. I was using it in a dressing so I was checking. Of course the dressing uses a blender which I don't have yet so I threw everything in a bottle and shook it up, hopefully the salt dissolved.

[vegangelist]

yes, it is too moist for a grinder...you won't get much of anything. i know, i tried it already. however, whole foods (and surely other places, even Ebay believe it or not) sells celtic sea salt (the undried, mineral-rich, moist grey variety) in bulk (and pre-packaged) in a fine grind.

kristi

[askcassyfirst]

I have been using the celtic salt from the Grain & Salt Society for some time. What others wrote is true, you can't use a standard grinder with metal pieces, it will rust out in no time. I don't have the grinder, so I either buy the fine grind, or I will use the rough type and pulverize it with a morter & pestal, or put in in between parchment and roll over it with my rolling pin.

Necessity is the mother of invention. :D :D

Cassy :)

[flyinion]

yes, it is too moist for a grinder...you won't get much of anything. i know, i tried it already. however, whole foods (and surely other places, even Ebay believe it or not) sells celtic sea salt (the undried, mineral-rich, moist grey variety) in bulk (and pre-packaged) in a fine grind.

kristi

Hmm, I actually bought mine from a whole foods. It was the only kind they got, the guy said they were just now carrying it. Maybe I'll just have to check one of their other stores in the area, too bad since while the one I went to is about 25 miles from home it's only 5 minutes from my work lol.

Charles

[vegangelist]

i don't know if you have an HEB Central Market in those parts....but, if so, they probably carry it too. for either place, CM or WF, check the bulk bins.

kristi

[veggiemom2]

www.rawfoodchef.com has a ceramic sea salt grinder for 9.00. Really good deal.