Q: What is the difference between sea salt, kosher salt and table salt?— W.L.H., Columbus, OhioA: In general, salt is salt — the chemical compound known as sodium chloride.Table salt is the fine-textured version of sodium chloride. Kosher salt is a coarser version of table salt. Its coarser grains are needed to treat meats to make them kosher.Table salt typically has iodine added to it, a tradition that dates to the 1920s, when iodine deficiencies were causing thyroid ailments. [...]
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