Comments on: Organic Sea Salt http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-756 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:40:35 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-756 Chris, not sure if we have a finer flakier salt on one part of the salt beds. Frankly, I went into a salt bed here and was shocked about hygeine conditions that I didn't want to stick around looking too closely at the salt/water. My understanding is that the shape of the salt and the related "burst" effect of saltiness is the key, because all salt is chemically nearly identical. Chris, not sure if we have a finer flakier salt on one part of the salt beds. Frankly, I went into a salt bed here and was shocked about hygeine conditions that I didn’t want to stick around looking too closely at the salt/water. My understanding is that the shape of the salt and the related “burst” effect of saltiness is the key, because all salt is chemically nearly identical.

]]> by: Chris http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-745 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:04:03 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-745 Hi MarketMan! I read somewhere that the pyramid shaped maldon salt crystals are formed in a specific area of the saltbed. I think around the edges? and the rest of the salt produced are shaped liked regular salt crystals so they have to carefully harvest the pyramid crystals by hand. I wonder if local saltbeds also produce those pyramid crystals? Hi MarketMan!
I read somewhere that the pyramid shaped maldon salt crystals are formed in a specific area of the saltbed. I think around the edges? and the rest of the salt produced are shaped liked regular salt crystals so they have to carefully harvest the pyramid crystals by hand. I wonder if local saltbeds also produce those pyramid crystals?

]]> by: stefoodie http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-366 Wed, 11 May 2005 03:36:10 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-366 ah, another maldon lover. i prefer mine sprinkled on tomato concasse, freshly harvested from the garden in the summertime.... just the tomato and the salt, but a divine combination.... juice dribbling down my chin.... wonder if steingarten and rosengarten ever talk to each other...hmmmn... they're both so anal about their food. ah, another maldon lover. i prefer mine sprinkled on tomato concasse, freshly harvested from the garden in the summertime…. just the tomato and the salt, but a divine combination…. juice dribbling down my chin…. wonder if steingarten and rosengarten ever talk to each other…hmmmn… they’re both so anal about their food.

]]> by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-361 Mon, 09 May 2005 21:44:52 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-361 Yup, perhaps "natural" is a better word to use. But they do still refer to organic salts in the sense that they are produced without additives, irradiation, artificial processes... Organic typically refers to something living and salt is a mineral, but it is in sea water that has lots of other living things in it... At any rate, I do mean salt from the sea, with nothing but evaporation to create it! Maldon is my current favorite, and it's not as expensive as some of the other chi-chi salts. At a Williams Sonoma store in the U.S., I saw the pink Himalayan salt, some reddish Hawaiian salt, very expensive French salts, outrageous Balinese salt (that looks exactly like ours), etc. at up to $15 for a cup or two! Outrageous. Thanks for the site address...really interesting stuff. Yup, perhaps “natural” is a better word to use. But they do still refer to organic salts in the sense that they are produced without additives, irradiation, artificial processes… Organic typically refers to something living and salt is a mineral, but it is in sea water that has lots of other living things in it… At any rate, I do mean salt from the sea, with nothing but evaporation to create it!

Maldon is my current favorite, and it’s not as expensive as some of the other chi-chi salts. At a Williams Sonoma store in the U.S., I saw the pink Himalayan salt, some reddish Hawaiian salt, very expensive French salts, outrageous Balinese salt (that looks exactly like ours), etc. at up to $15 for a cup or two! Outrageous. Thanks for the site address…really interesting stuff.

]]> by: schatzli http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-359 Mon, 09 May 2005 18:34:22 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt#comment-359 I thought there is NO organic salt..because WATER CAN NEVER BE ORGANIC. Natural salt, rock salt maybe. Check this site http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si_organic_info.asp I have HIMALAYAN PINK SALT which I brought from the UK which I spilled (so i thought maybe time to post about salt) The other day my husband gave me a present: FLEUR DE SEL of Camargue and just before reading this post I served balsamic and olive dip with a small bowl of Maldon. What is life without a pinch of salt. Great pic! I thought there is NO organic salt..because WATER CAN NEVER BE ORGANIC. Natural salt, rock salt maybe.
Check this site
http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si_organic_info.asp

I have HIMALAYAN PINK SALT which I brought from the UK
which I spilled (so i thought maybe time to post about salt)
The other day my husband gave me a present:
FLEUR DE SEL of Camargue and just before reading this post I served balsamic and olive dip with a small bowl of Maldon.

What is life without a pinch of salt.
Great pic!

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