kosher salt

[msher]

anyone know if any supermarkets or shops in limerick area stock kosher salt for brining my turkey or substituite

 

[mercman]

I think the only place you will be able to purchase any Kosher ingredients in the Republic is Supervalue in Churchtown, Dublin. There is a place where you can order pre cooked kosher foods. Let me know and I will send you the details.

 

[mathepac]

AFAIK, kosher salt or koshering salt is not a kosher food in that it doesn't conform to Jewish food laws. It is used to brine foods and leach the last of the blood from meats etc. thereby making them kosher. Any coarse-grained cooking salt is sufficient for the job.

 

[mercman]

kosher salt or koshering salt is not a kosher food in that it doesn't conform to Jewish food laws.

Good point mathepac, but it likely has a 'kashrut' stamp on it to enable orthodox Jewish people to use it. OP you might be best to find the nearest large abattoir that kills for Jews and Muslims,kosher and halal, and they would have the salt you are seeking.

 

[seantheman]

funny that,was in a builders providers in donegal today looking for course salt for the driveway and i noticed that the 25kg bags said kosher salt, from the dead sea in israel

 

[MOB]

Not particularly on topic - but I remember my grandmother in Donegal telling me of a man who had come into my grand-aunt's shop and (Gaeilge being his first language) had asked for "stormy salt" - which needless to say was produced without demur.

 

[msher]

thanks guys,i think ill have to settle for the coarse,they say ordinary will just pickle it,incidentaly was looking for big bags of salt for my driveway myself but backed of it cause a lot of people said it would really do a lot of damage to it

 

[seantheman]

Looked at the bag more closely this morning. Says "25kg granular sea salt, dead sea works ltd, kosher under supervision of Tamar Megilot Rabbinate" Costs E7 for 25Kg

 

[csirl]

Salt is salt - HCL. There are no animal components in it, so it is all kosher.

 

[bullworth]

Salt is salt - HCL. There are no animal components in it, so it is all kosher.

Thats what I thought too. I noticed chefs on tv shows talk a lot about
''sprinkle some sea salt' in a pretentious manner as though its something high class and exclusive. Salt is salt, isnt it ? Either its pure salt or its not ?

 

[RonanC]

Salt is salt, isnt it ?

Not really.

Sea salt is 100% natural and contains naturally formed elements and minerals. Unrefined sea salt is the best choice.

Table salt has been stripped of its natural minerals and then has additives added to it to prevent caking. Silicon dioxide is often added. Iodine is sometimes also added.

Kosher salt is pure sodium cloride, nothing is added to is and often comes from coarse crystals. It isnt a kosher product in the strictist terms but can be certified as kosher.

 

[mathepac]

Salt is salt - HCL...

NaCl, sodium chloride is the common table salt IIRC - the sea salt version may contain iodine and traces of other chemicals. "Low sodium / healthy salt" will have less than 50% NaCl with other stuff added.

... There are no animal components in it, so it is all kosher.

As I tried to explain badly above, it is unusual to have salt declared / labelled as kosher (or pure in a Judaic food law sense). Where confusion arises is that "kosher salt" is generally regarded as an Americanism and the term I more used to hearing is "koshering salt" or salt used in the process of purifying meat by removing blood residue. Ordinary table salt can do this but as pointed out above results in pickled or cured meat products.

 

[csirl]

Not really.

Sea salt is 100% natural and contains naturally formed elements and minerals. Unrefined sea salt is the best choice.

Table salt has been stripped of its natural minerals and then has additives added to it to prevent caking. Silicon dioxide is often added. Iodine is sometimes also added.

Kosher salt is pure sodium cloride, nothing is added to is and often comes from coarse crystals. It isnt a kosher product in the strictist terms but can be certified as kosher.

The differences between sea salt and salt is just a myth.

Salt is sodium chloride full stop. In order for something to be labelled as "salt" it must pass a strict purity test. Minerals are not stripped from salt. A raw material, which is not salt, may have the other minerals removed to leave the pure salt, but the minerals are not part of the salt. The only difference between sea salt and ordinary salt is the size and shape of the crystals.

Some brands of table salt may have additives, such as anti-caking substances, but these are clearly labelled. If you buy pure salt, all you'll get is sodium chloride.