Light Grey Celtic coarse sea salt, 1 lb. bag (Grocery)

   I first heard about this sea salt in the book, "Real Food", by Nina Planck, who touted its health benefits and delicious taste. Unlike most salts available today -- including gourmet sea salts, kosher salts, and table salts -- Celtic Sea Salt is hand-harvested, unprocessed, and unrefined in Brittany using centuries-old techniques. This means it retains its original natural minerals, the absence of which in today's diet can contribute to a range of health problems.So fine, it's good for you. But how does it taste? As a regular user of expensive sea salts (purchased in gourmet food stoes, Whole Foods, etc.) before finding this one, I can say it is by far the best tasting one on the market. It actually has a delicious stand-alone flavor and tastes less metallic than other sea salts I've purchased and more like authentic salt should. I purchased some at Whole Foods and kept it out in a salt cellar on our table. It quickly became the only salt we use, both to season our...Read more

   This is my preferred salt for my OXO Good Grips Salt Grinder (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CDK0KO/ref=wms_ohs_product_img) that I also purchased from Amazon. However, the salt is not completely dry in the package. If you're going to use it in a grinder, you will need to dry out the salt before hand. It's actually easy - set your oven to about 225, spread the salt over a cookie sheet or 9x9 or equivalent baking dish and cook for about 1 hr. After 30 minutes or less the salt will develop a crust so just stir it with a wooden spoon and bake for the remaining 30 minutes. This is much cheaper than buying the sea salt grinders at your local grocery store.Highly recommended.

This unprocessed sea salt has much more than just sodium chloride in it. There are dozens of trace minerals in it making it much healthier for you. It is coarse, so just a little pinch sprinkled into your cooking or table food will do it. The taste is strong and goes a long way, but is SSOOO much better than normal table salt. If you want it fine, you can grind it in peppercorn grinder or buy the fine ground for a little more money.