Salt Problem
Recently, i've been super thirsty and craving salty foods like mad. I'm constantly thinking about ramen, potato chips and ordering salt & pepper grinders. I've done a little researching online and it looks like i either have some dehydration salt/water imbalance and/or i'm craving the minerals found in real sea salt. Apparently iodized table salt is so refined it's very bad to consume, while sea salt which holds 84 minerals and has a similar composition to tears and sweat, is quite good for you.I must say that sea salt does taste better than iodized salt. The flavor is lighter and the flaky texture is nicer to eat. I know i must sound insane, but it's true! There are a lot of stores that sell some pretty fancy sea salts, and i'm thinking of trying some out!
Meanwhile, the dish that lead me to all this salt research is Nong Shim's Black Bean Paste Noodle. It's not ramen soup, but a thicker noodle dish with a black bean sauce. I've had it once before at a Korean noodle shop on 32nd St with MYi, board president, and it was really tasty but difficult to eat with slippery metal chopsticks. The instant version i made tonight is quite good but now i'm worried i've consumed too much sodium + saturated fat and i'm still craving a glass of water AND a salty snack!
PS: check out this awesome salt & pepper dish set! I once read that people used to serve salt in a little dish because the natural, unrefined sea salt was too moist to shake out of anything.
posted by beXn @ 2:35 AM
1 Comments:
hey, i'm having lunch at my desk today and just saw your salt post, so of course i have to respond:
1. i love sea salt-- it absolutely rocks.
2. have you heard of the salt pig? it's another way to keep your sea salt fresh, check it out: http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/jump.jsp?itemID=11070&itemType=PRODUCT&searchid=inceptor
adam is lusting after one of these. he also wants the butter thing that's on that page.
3. speaking of butter, we recently bought the fresh-churned vermont butter (sold in a little basket-- very vermont) that had sea salt in it instead of regular salt. it's amazing and yummy, you should try to find it. salt and butter, what could possibly be better.
4. remember fleur de sel (the french restaurant we went to that time)? i've been thinking of buying that kind of salt soon. it's pricey, but apparently it's the best sea salt.
5. what's better than salt and butter? chocolate, right. let's do that tour soon.
peace out,
k in philly
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