NOT ALL SALT IS CREATED EQUAL

Extracted from Taste: The Infographic Book of Food by Laura Rowe, illustrated by Vicki Turner...

FINE TABLE SALT The stuff you put in your salt shaker. Often with added iodine and anti-caking agents. Best for baking as it will evenly distribute HIMALAYA N SALT Harvested in the foothills of the mountain range. Distinctive pink colour from the amount of minerals it contains. Considered ‘pure’', it is some of the most expensive salt you can buy KALA NAMAK Also known as black salt, although actually pink/grey in colour. Has a strong ‘eggy’ smell - vegans love the stuff SEA SALT Generally larger and coarser crystals. The most famous is fleur de sel from Brittany in France. Great flavour and best as a final seasoning SEL GRIS Another French speciality. The natural grey colour is from the minerals absorbed from the clay lining the salt ponds ALAEA SALT Hawaiian sea salt that has been mixed with mineral-heavy volcanic…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2016 - Issue 53

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