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sea salt for brining pork?
Topic Started: Jul 19 2015, 11:55 AM (115 Views)
sue
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Not something I do very often, but wanted to try brining a pork roast for tomorrow. All the recipes I see call for kosher salt. Can I save a trip to the store and use coarse sea salt? Should be similar, no?

I could spend an hour googling to get advice, but I trust you guys more. :wave:
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Renauda
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I think kosher salt is another term for pickling salt, salt without iodine added. I may be wrong though.
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TomK
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All salt (that for the most part you are going to eat) is sodium chloride. That's it. Some salts (sea salt for example) may have trace elements of other chemicals that people like to think make them healthy--maybe.

Kosher salt may have larger crystals than other salt, but that means nothing when it is dissolved in water.
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Mikhailoh
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You will be fine. I have used both. Like Tom says, it's all salt and it all helps break down tissue and make tender.

Brining a pork roast will make it fantastic.
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Brining is the most delicious-making thing. That's where magic comes from.
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sue
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cheers guys. I couldn't see how it could make much difference, but found it puzzling that recipe after recipe specifies kosher salt. which, considering I was looking at pork recipes, is also a bit humourous.
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Sue, others may have a better answer, but here's one answer for you which, you will observe, is illustrated brilliantly by not one, but three pictures:


(I am so BAD.)


One poster in the Chowhound site wrote: "The main difference in various salts is the shape of the crystals. The shape of the crystals can affect the measuring of the salt: there will be more fine salt in a tablespoon than coarse salt. So using one instead of the other could change the salt content of your dish. But once salt is dissolved in water, it's all pretty much the same."

At another Chowhound site somone wrote that the conversion of kosher to sea salt is equal, that is, one cup to one cup.

At Bon Appetit magazine they cavil a bit at this, saying sea salt weight can vary depending on where it comes from, and only by weighing it can you be sure of the saltiness you will end up with. That seems awfully pernickety to me . . .

Generally, I gather sea salt and kosher salt are more or less the same crystal size, and are more or less interchangeable. The main point is that they together both differ very much from table salt, which has a much finer "crumb".

Also, it's kind of funny to be talking about using kosher salt to brine pork. :D
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sue
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Jul 19 2015, 12:50 PM
Also, it's kind of funny to be talking about using kosher salt to brine pork. :D
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you are so sweet! thanks for all that research.
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And believe me, all us guys, like all you girls.

But not only because you're a girl. Because you've survived.
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Yeah. We like 'em tough. :lol2:
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Aww-w-w-w- . . . :smooches:
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Jul 19 2015, 01:09 PM
But not only because you're a girl. Because you've survived.
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