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Do you know your Black Salt from your Celtic Salt? Me neither. I only have Maldon
sea salt in my kitchen - big flakes in a pot, some in the grinder and pounded into a fine powder by the pestle and
mortar - but as this page shows there are
plenty of different types with various uses.
As well as detailing various types, there are some interesting background snippets. For example did you know that table salt, which is refined, is mostly iodized in America and has been since the 1920's. This was to prevent a goiter (an enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by iodine deficiency). We require less than 225 micrograms of iodine a day; sea salt contains the iodine naturally. It is only mined salt that requires the addition.
[Image Andrew Barrow]
