PrintJosh Ozersky in 'Edible Brooklyn'
Josh Ozersky, editor of the food blog Grub Street and recent burger-book author, was interviewed [warning! PDF!] in the spring issue of Edible Brooklyn. Based on the number of different kinds of salt he has in his apartment, some might suggest that he's a "foodie" or maybe even just a fancy-pants. How many kinds of salt does Ozersky admit to owning? The answer after the jump.
More than any normal person should ever own: six.
The official list of types of salt that Josh Ozersky has in his apartment:
- Table salt
- Fleur de sel (to finish meats)
- Rosemary salt (for dry rubbing)
- Hibiscus salt (for specialty pastas)
- Kosher salt (for cooking)
- Volcanic rock salt (for the table)
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8 Comments:
I don't know. I think his list is reasonable. I'd buy his justifications on all of them, though I only have two types in my own arsenal: table salt and coarse salt.
Adam Kuban at 12:47PM on 05/12/08
That sounds like a reasonable salt collection to me too. I have fine sea salt for table use, coarse sea salt & kosher salt for cooking, and alder smoked sea salt for finishing. The rosemary & hibiscus salts sound very interesting!
mepolo at 12:54PM on 05/12/08
I'm a little ashamed to admit i've got about twice that many:
kosher, rosemary, lavender, truffle, bottarga ("Sea & Salt"), szechwan peppercorn (home mixed), vanilla salt (home mixed), flaky sea salt from hawaii (similar to maldon), pink/clay salt from hawaii, greek black salt, matcha green tea salt, and 2 or 3 different kinds of smoked salt. Some of these are fairly old/rarely used, since I use kosher 90% of the time while the others sit in the back of the cupboard/drawer.
eatme at 1:03PM on 05/12/08
I don't think anyone should feel ashamed. If you have that many salts I think it's time to embrace your fancy pantsness.I don't know that I would kick my pepper out of it's mill though. I would just spring for another mill to keep it fresh ground.
maxpickles at 1:36PM on 05/12/08
There's a funny picture of Josh posing in the article with two knives. I wonder if its to ward off possible salt thieves?!
maxpickles at 1:43PM on 05/12/08
Where's the bacon salt???!
Pammeh at 3:26AM on 05/13/08
I just read the article - what a racist! I can't believe he casually uses the term "Paki"!!
opiuqwer at 5:27PM on 06/08/08
Whoa, "paki"?? Does he also like "chink" food and "nigger" plates?
opiuqwer at 9:28AM on 06/27/08