Salt
Where does one begin a food blog? God created man. Man needed to eat. Food was created. But it was bland. So God said, Let there be SALT! That’s where we start --SALT of the earth. Simple, right? I’ll just head over to my highly-organized (ahem!) pantry and pull out salt. Okay, here’s the Diamond Crystal stuff that I order on Amazon because my grocer doesn’t carry it. The chunky sea salt, the kosher sea salt, the French Grey salt, the pink salt, the fine-grain sea salt, the Fleur de Sel, the truffle salt, which is great on eggs – and that’s just the first shelf! Then to make matters even less simple – they all vary in saltiness when measured to the exact same proportion – 1 tsp of pink salt doesn’t equal the saltiness of 1 tsp of grey salt, and so on. There is a recipe cure for not-enough-salt -- just add more! Sadly, the remedy for too-much-salt is somewhat less savory. The fixes range from cooking tw...