# Iron Chef: 15 Years To Master Salt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878 "2006-02-24T03:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/121 "2006-02-28T20:11:52Z")
Commissioner of Condiments here. Would you like some ketchup with that? Sweet or dill relish? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/122 "2006-02-28T20:31:10Z")
Grand Dame of Guacamole, at your service. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/123 "2006-02-28T20:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] . There’s regular table salt, kosher salt (slightly coarser…makes a huge difference when salting something because the coarse flakes are easier to control. Also tastes different,) coarse sea salt (usually ground or milled,) grey sea salt (moist, minimally processed salt with lots of minerals,) fleur de sel (unprocessed, unwashed sea salt harvested by hand from the Atlantic salt marshes on Ile de Re. Includes lots of minerals, is fantastic for cooking, and has a subtle, earthy, mineral-y flavor,) /QUOTE] According to some food book I read, all Salt is NaCl\*, and has the exact same flavor- Kosher, Mineral, Sea- \*all the same. \* Now, true, some salt has a different texture to start, which as Ogre said, can effect control, etc. - the exception being the grey or Fleur de sel salts, which are not pure NaCl, and thus do have a very slight different taste. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/124 "2006-02-28T20:43:59Z")
Margrave of Mashed Potatos here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jakeline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jakeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeline)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/125 "2006-02-28T22:19:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > According to some food book I read, all Salt is NaCl\*, and has the exact same flavor- Kosher, Mineral, Sea- \*all the same. \* Now, true, some salt has a different texture to start, which as Ogre said, can effect control, etc. > > - the exception being the grey or Fleur de sel salts, which are not pure NaCl, and thus do have a very slight different taste. At least in my local market, the default table salt is iodized salt, not just pure NaCl. So, if you’re buying table salt and aren’t paying attention, you probably aren’t buying pure NaCl. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/126 "2006-03-01T02:03:27Z")
I am the Czar of Czardines! I know, I know, I must duck and run for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/127 "2006-03-01T03:18:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > According to some food book I read, all Salt is NaCl\*, and has the exact same flavor- Kosher, Mineral, Sea- \*all the same. \* Now, true, some salt has a different texture to start, which as Ogre said, can effect control, etc. > > - the exception being the grey or Fleur de sel salts, which are not pure NaCl, and thus do have a very slight different taste. THe book was probably “It must have been something I ate” by Jeffery Steingarten. And Fleur de sel _was_ indistinguishable from table salt in that test. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/128 "2006-03-01T13:45:10Z")
I’m not as exalted as all of you. I’m just a Colonel of Corn. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/129 "2006-03-01T13:56:48Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I’m not as exalted as all of you. I’m just a Colonel of Corn. The Potentate of Popcorn has been looking for you and the Duke of Oil. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/130 "2006-03-01T14:40:23Z")
> [@Crab Rangoon](#): > > Commissioner of Condiments here. Would you like some ketchup with that? Sweet or dill relish? You are _dish_, not a purveyor of condiments. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/131 "2006-03-01T16:19:07Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > You are _dish_, not a purveyor of condiments. 😉 Should I be in-salt-ed by this? Have my credentials as the Commissioner of Condiments been a-salt-ed?? I have sel-dom seen such affrontery. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/132 "2006-03-01T16:35:24Z")
> [@Crab Rangoon](#): > > Should I be in-salt-ed by this? > Have my credentials as the Commissioner of Condiments been a-salt-ed?? > > I have sel-dom seen such affrontery. Dispense with your terrible puns or I shall cover you in glorious pasty avocado goodness! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/133 "2006-03-01T17:35:25Z")
First of all, thanks to folks like **Shalmanese** , **Ogre** and others who have actually contributed to fighting ignorance about salt through their informed posts. Secondly - bow before the **Grillmaster** , aka the Grand Coordinator, Architect of the Perfectly Timed Meal ™ when all elements are ready at the same time! ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/134 "2006-03-01T18:49:06Z")
“Lady Marmelade, may I present the Fürst of Wurst, the Graf von Glögg, Field-Marshall Frikadeller, the Bantiarna of the Poteen, Freiherr Fritter, the High Commander of Halvah and the Emir of Emmenthaler?” Rodd Hill, Thane of Scones. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/135 "2006-03-01T18:58:21Z")
Oh dear, left out the Mikado of Miso, the Nizam of Noodles, and the Badshah of Buckwheat. There will be one hell of a row in the kitchen about this… ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/136 "2006-03-01T20:37:51Z")
I’ll be the Field Marshal of fricassee! ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/137 "2006-03-01T23:59:21Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Dispense with your terrible puns or I shall cover you in glorious pasty avocado goodness! :eek: Holy Guacomole!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/138 "2006-03-02T02:31:51Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > First of all, thanks to folks like **Shalmanese** , **Ogre** and others who have actually contributed to fighting ignorance about salt through their informed posts. What am I, chopped liver? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/139 "2006-03-02T05:23:59Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > What am I, chopped liver? No no no, that won’t do at all. You are the Knight-Commander of Chopped Liver! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/140 "2006-03-02T12:47:36Z")
> [@Captain Amazing](#): > > Wow. Most people use meat, too. Okay, I’ve seen dozens of people claim it on this and many other boards, but never before in my life have I actually, literally snerked a beverage through my nose as the result of a messageboard post. Managed to miss the keyboard, thankfully, but Mt. Dew still feels funny going out the wrong end. Well played, **Captain**. Well played. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878.md?page=8)