What Is Table Salt?
Table salt is the fine crystals that youll find in most salt shakers.
Table salt is often iodized, Brekke notes, which means that iodine has been added.
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Table salt has a metallic taste because of the iodine that’s added.
Do a-side-by-side tasting with kosher salt, you’ll be shocked by the difference.
What Is Kosher Salt?
The size of the grains are also larger than table salt.
Kosher salt has a larger, flakier grain that gives you more control when seasoning.
That means 1 teaspoon of kosher salt is less salty than 1 teaspoon of table salt, Clarke says.
And lets talk about flavor: kosher salt is clean and bright.
I am telling you, once you taste the difference, you don’t go back.
The actual difference can vary based on the bang out of kosher salt and even the brand.
Measuring salt by weight rather than volume, when possible, can be helpful.
