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  • If it is flakes it is not kosher salt. Kosher salt is always coarse. You want coarse salt for curing whole pieces of meat.
    – Neil Meyer
    Commented Sep 29, 2022 at 17:42
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    "Flakes" was used in quotation marks....I change to "crystals" to clarify for you.
    – moscafj
    Commented Sep 29, 2022 at 18:03
  • @NeilMeyer I use David's kosher salt and it is flakes 100%: "... our coarse flake ..."
    – JimmyJames
    Commented Sep 30, 2022 at 13:54
  • Salt is salt? I don't understand why people insist on something so clearly easily shown to be untrue. Table salt is mostly NaCl perhaps with added iodine. Kosher salt is purified and is therefore nearly pure NaCl. Sea salt varies but can be more than 10% other types of salt than NaCl giving it a 'fuller' flavor. Naturally mined salt (e.g. Himalayan) is essentially sea salt from prehistoric seas.
    – JimmyJames
    Commented Sep 30, 2022 at 14:11
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    @JimmyJames Himalayan salt is something like 98 percent sodium chloride, while sea salt is about 90% or more sodium chloride. For all intents and purposes, especially in the kitchen...salt is salt.
    – moscafj
    Commented Sep 30, 2022 at 14:57