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Kosher Salt.... why?

watna · 2007-06-29 15:13:55

I use a lot of recipes websites online when I'm cooking. Most of them are American and they nearly all say to use kosher salt. Now, I know that kosher food is food that has been prepared in accordance to Jewish laws but i always thought that it only referred to meat and other animal products like milk/cream. So what is…

29-06-2007 04:13PM

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watna

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I use a lot of recipes websites online when I'm cooking. Most of them are American and they nearly all say to use kosher salt. Now, I know that kosher food is food that has been prepared in accordance to Jewish laws but i always thought that it only referred to meat and other animal products like milk/cream.

So what is kosher salt and why do most recipes suggest it? Surely not everyone creating the recipe is Jewish. Is it better for cooking than ordinary table/sea salt?

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#2 29-06-2007 04:21PM

Alun

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There was a thread on this not so long ago ... see http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055079515

It's just coarse grained salt.

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#3 29-06-2007 04:24PM

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Thanks, don't know how I missed that as it was only two months ago!

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