Salt of the earth

sutty · July 9, 2010

So an intro to this thread. In honour of Adam Saxo and his salty expertise and noting the lack of the salt knowledge of many here in the great “the digestive is it salt debate?” we’ll be looking at a range of salt products in our new regular feature “salts of the earth”. Think match of the day but with salt instead of match and the day bit being effectively representing how often I can be arsed to do this. Which will probably just be this once. Many thanks to Adam Saxo for his input and expertise on this.

So… Onto the 1st salt product and it’s a classic.

Ladies and gentlemen today’s salt of the earth is Malden Sea Salt. Acknowledged as one of the great all rounders in saxophile circles Maldon sea salt can be used for a number of purposes – cooking – where it’s greater subtlety than standard table salt allows the chef to better tailor the seasoning of the food, putting on soup and giving slugs a slightly classier more luxuriant death. Great on chips when appropriately applied but it can be over powering if you fail to crush it up enough before applying it to the chips. This is the down side of malden sea salt’s product.

What the producer says…

“There is no substitute for Maldon Sea Salt and it is now one of the best recognised brands in the market. Its soft white flaky crystals are completely natural, without artificial additives, giving Maldon Sea Salt a distinctive texture and salty flavour, which means less, is required. Free from the bitter after-taste often associated with other salts, its characteristic clean fresh taste enhances the flavour of all natural and fine foods.”

What Adam Saxo says..

“I always have at least 7 boxes of Maldon in the house, you know, just in case one runs out and another gets wet and we’re having a curry. I like to sprinkle a handful of Maldon on me toast for a healthy breakfast. I also always have a box in every jacket I own, just in case I come across a woefully under seasoned bag of kettle chips.”

The Adam Saxo rating…

“I give this 8 salt shakers out of 10. It’s a class product but there’s other things saltier out there. Like that pizza I had in Malta”

Salt fact of the day: Inappropriately high levels of salt consumption has been linked to health problems, such as high blood pressure, strokes and cardiovascular disease

fyds · July 9, 2010

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