Celtic Sea Salt = Morton's Sea Salt?

[mikeshafer]

Hey folks, I just moved to San Francisco and I'm trying to find some celtic sea salt. Is Morton's "Sea Salt" the same thing? It says on the label "Sea Salt from Spain". Is this raw?

[SeaSprite]

Hi Mike. I'm sure it's better than regular table salt with iodine, but I"m thinking that since Morton is known for their salt not caking (when it rains it pours is their motto) it might contain an anti-caking agent. If you ask at a health food store they'll be able to get you some good salt, they may even sell it in bulk. I'm absolutely in LOVE with himalayan pink crystal salt. I live in Lake Tahoe and can't get it locally, so order it from oneluckyduck.com... but I have a feeling you'll find that at your whole foods store too. Good luck!

April

[mikeshafer]

Sweet, thanks April. I'll check the nearby Whole Foods! Thankfully there are three of them within a few miles here in Silicon Valley.

[juliebove]

Celtic Sea salt is different. It's large, greyish crystals. I use it for some things, but sparingly. It has a really strong taste. On most things I use Real Salt. Not sure if it is raw or not.

[solarliving]

I second the Himalayan salt. It is supposedly the highest mineral content salt available.

[mikeshafer]

Real table salt is pretty far from raw -- real salt is purplish in color. Table salt is actually pretty toxic.

[barose]

You can find real Celtic salt and Himalayan just about anywhere. I live in Berkeley and can find it anywhere either in bulk or packaged, so I'm sure its widely available just across the bay. Do you go to Rainbow Grocery?

[juliebove]

Real table salt is pretty far from raw -- real salt is purplish in color. Table salt is actually pretty toxic.


It's not purple. It's brown. And it says it has no additives of any kind. It also says it is not bleached, kiln dried. No heat processeing of any kind. That's fine with me!

ETA: Sorry, I just reread that and may have misunderstood what you were saying. If so, just ignore me.

[bodaflower]

Hey folks, I just moved to San Francisco and I'm trying to find some celtic sea salt. Is Morton's "Sea Salt" the same thing? It says on the label "Sea Salt from Spain". Is this raw?

I saw a bottle of sea salt at my brother's (not raw) the other day, i think it was morton's, it said something about "sea salt does not contain iodine, a necessary nutrient"

I felt like they were just trying to boost the sales of their 'regular' salt :rolleyes:

[GHOST27M]

Sea salt must NOT BE WHITE ! White sea salt is just SALT with no trace minarals. Color really depends on region its from.

It also should be moist you dont want dry salt.

That is the only facts you need now go buy some salt.

[EZ rider]

How can salt be raw ? Is salt a plant ?

[GHOST27M]

How can salt be raw ? Is salt a plant ?

I Know your kidding but by raw we mean not washed bleached and heat dried.

Salt is a mineral. Without it we would die. So valueble in fact that it was used as Currency.

[mikeshafer]

I think the Romans valued salt so much as a preservative for their food, not for its mineral value. But yes, in fact "salary" derives from the Latin word salarium, which means salt. Romans often paid their soldiers with salt as a salary.

[Pierre]

How can salt be raw ? Is salt a plant ?
Refined salt is heated to 800 °C or so, at which point it melts and different minerals are separated. Raw salt is not processed like that. You can heat salt to 100 °C and it's still raw, but I'm not sure what the limit is.

[puzit19]

Than...

I've actually bought some salt...
and I wonder if it's raw...
It's from France..
And says 100%

my dead read the labels and the information (since I do not speak french and he does...) and it says it is made in a way it was made years ago... No factories or anything .. like a traditional way...
It's a bit gray... and moisty... so I ugess it's still quite alive?

http://www.emarkys.com/caviar/image.php?productid=16721
This one :)

cheers ^_^
Love
Mary