What brand of salt for salt pig?
What brand and kind of salt do you use in your salt pig? Where do you get this salt--Whole Foods, regular market, specialty store?
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18 Comments:
i am a potter and make salt pigs. my customers and myself, we use either the gourmet salts such as fleur de sel or more cheaply "kosher salt". both of these salts are of a coarse grind and that makes it easy to grab a pinch.
hope this helps
alienor at 9:53AM on 06/19/09
I use sea salt in my pig...just plain old fine grind sea salt...I think I got it at a bargain store actually. I keep a small wooden spoon in mine to make it easier to get out of the pig.
mepolo at 11:03AM on 06/19/09
what are salt pigs?
gastronomeg at 11:23AM on 06/19/09
A salt pig is a crockery container with a large opening in front so you can reach in and grab pinches as you cook. Kinda looks like a pig's snout, hence the name. I use kosher salt and I have a little wooden scoop for when I need to salt the pasta water. The pig is right next to the knife block on my counter.
ride&cook at 11:33AM on 06/19/09
Kosher salt is in mine.
soozm32 at 11:46AM on 06/19/09
neat-i've never heard of that before! reminds me of my discoveries of cheese pins & butter bells. i love both pigs and salt-so it's too perfect :)
gastronomeg at 11:49AM on 06/19/09
in one pig I have portugese sea salt (the Spice House)
in another I have plain kosher
huneybumper at 11:56AM on 06/19/09
@gastronomeg - this is what it is
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku6937304/index.cfm?pkey=xsrd0m1%7C16%7C%7C%7C0%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7Csalt%20pig&cm%5Fsrc=SCH
mepolo at 1:23PM on 06/19/09
i thought you all were cooking a dish. thanks for the info.
_greenbean at 1:42PM on 06/19/09
i want a salt pig
mrstkach at 1:54PM on 06/19/09
Kosher salt box sits right next to my stove... no extraneous unitasking dish required
Embackus at 2:38PM on 06/19/09
i just have a ramekin which is perfect but @embackus, they are sooo cute!
mrstkach at 3:42PM on 06/19/09
I have a box of kosher salt on my counter, but I don't have a salt pig. I should add it to my present wish list.
Is it odd that when I read the thread title I wondered why you were salting your own pork?
gingercookiewithlime at 6:23PM on 06/19/09
FYI for mrskatch and embakus...the salt pig is supposed to, according to my friend who inspired me to get one, keep the salt from clumping. The shape and porcelein interior keep every salt crystal separated from one another. Or so I've been told.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
kdjmom3 at 6:30PM on 06/19/09
I searched and searched all over the internet for a cool salt pig,or even a salt cellar.There's no way I was going to pay 30 bucks just for something to hold my salt.Went shopping at Wally World and found a small plastic ramekin,for lack of a better word,for 89 cents,filled it with Mortens coarse kosher salt,and I was in business.When I ran outta Mortens,I went lookin for another brand,just to see if there was any difference in coarse salts.I picked up a box of alessi's coarse sea salt,and was absolutely delighted with it.The salt crystals were so much more "crystally"...lol...and a lot more crunchy.
onepercent99 at 10:09PM on 06/19/09
Received a salt pig from my MIL several years ago and I really like it. It holds quite a bit of salt. I either use regular Morton's kosher salt or natural sea salt purchased at my local Korean grocery store. Both are great, though the sea salt is a bit more expensive it's not anywhere near as costly as the French stuff or the other fancy salts.
wookie at 11:19PM on 06/19/09
I guess you're wondering if you should store your "good" salts in your salt pig? I just use the salt pig for everyday salt. I keep the specialty salts in their original containers.
wookie at 11:21PM on 06/19/09
I got a salt pig for my birthday, and some pink australian salt from a local gourmet grocery store. The salt is fabulous, super crunchy with long pink chards. Very appealing and the best I have ever tasted. A big bag was only about $3 from the self-serve bin, even though it's $29.99 a pound, I guess this salt is lightweight.
cindyvan22 at 12:59PM on 06/20/09