--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Jim, > > > > Running the kitchen at Sidhaland started my cooking/food > obsession. > > I've been running it hard ever since. Since I cook for Thai and > > Vietnamese friends, my table often resembles a scene from Fear > Factor! > > Asians eat EVERYTHING. Thanks for the salt tip, I'll swing by > > Williams Sonoma and try it. I go in and out of interest in fancy > > salt. I enjoy the crunch factor and have some Ile de Re French > grey > > salt. My fingers are calibrated for plain old kosher salt, so I > can > > feel how much I need for a dish more reliably when I pick it up. > But I > > am a sucker for new, odd foods so I'll check it out. I think > Trader > > Joe's just stocked a red and a black salt from Hawaii. Sometimes I > > think it is just salt with dirt on it, and sometimes I think I can > > taste something. Weird black salt sounds like a good way to > celebrate > > Halloween! There is a great book on the history of salt from one > of > > my favorite food writers, Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History. > > http://www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark- > Kurlansky/dp/0142001619 > > > > > > Be careful with sea salt; it can tend to be in very large > chunks...so if you're used to a certain amount of kosher salt in > your fingers, the feel of the same amount of sea salt can be about > twice as much once it's on your food.
I learned that the last time I made curry, but then was able to actually use the 'too much salt' remedy of raw potatoes put in to soak up the salt, and it worked beautifully-- actually had to use thawed frozen fries because I was out of fresh potatoes, and they worked too... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
