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[arib]

I had to explain to a classmate today that "no, Kosher salt isn't the only kind of salt that Jews can eat..."

(For the record, kosher salt is used in the process of making meat kosher after it's been appropriately slaughtered. Salt is applied to the meat to draw all the blood out. Kosher salt is more diamond shaped, and will stick better than other kinds of salt, which are more cube shaped.)

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[mycroft.livejournal.com]

And if you buy a brand that doesn't suck (i.e. not Morton's), it doesn't have iodine or cornstarch added.

Now, is sea salt parve?

[arib.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sea salt comes from seawater, not fish. :-)

(I could imagine that copopods or other microscopic sea-life might get stuck in the salt during the evaporation process, but I'll leave that to the experts)

[arib.livejournal.com]

Also, fish are considered pareve, anyway. :-)