Maldon Salt
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:31 pm
Long a fan of sea salts and fleur de sels, I've bought and tried many. and from the grays of Normandy to the pinks of Australia's Murray River, I've liked all but one which was so excessivly salty I had to use it very sparingly, which defeats the whole thing as far as I'm concerned. I prize these salts--which for the unintiated are typically sprinkled on top vs. mixed in--as much for texture as for taste.
But I'm a newcomer to Maldon Salt, the very white salt from England (I remember being told this is its natural color). A former habitue of this site was a big fan, so I can't plead ignorance as an excuse, it's just something I didn't get around to finding and buying until recently when I was getting low on whatever it was I was using at the time--there's always a crock of special salt on the countertop tray that also holds the pepper grinders and raw sugar. And I'm sorry I waited so long to get around to it.
BECAUSE I LOVE THIS SALT! It seems to have both a lower salinity and larger crystals--actually, they're flakes--that impart a delicate crunch (for me, the most captivating texture on the planet) to whatever they're sprinkled over, like the orange honeydew melon I just ate for lunch. This salt is, for my tastes, a step above most, and it has made this season of home grown tomatoes and splendidly ripe summer melons feel like I've discovered fleur de sel all over again. I prefer it to all the rest.
Which I would at any price but here's a bonus: it's cheap. IIRC, I paid less than $10 for this good sized box (maybe a pound?--I can't check because the box went out when I emptied it into my crock) which makes it about half the price of the lowest priced salts I've bought from elsewhere.
Splendid product, highly recommended.
But I'm a newcomer to Maldon Salt, the very white salt from England (I remember being told this is its natural color). A former habitue of this site was a big fan, so I can't plead ignorance as an excuse, it's just something I didn't get around to finding and buying until recently when I was getting low on whatever it was I was using at the time--there's always a crock of special salt on the countertop tray that also holds the pepper grinders and raw sugar. And I'm sorry I waited so long to get around to it.
BECAUSE I LOVE THIS SALT! It seems to have both a lower salinity and larger crystals--actually, they're flakes--that impart a delicate crunch (for me, the most captivating texture on the planet) to whatever they're sprinkled over, like the orange honeydew melon I just ate for lunch. This salt is, for my tastes, a step above most, and it has made this season of home grown tomatoes and splendidly ripe summer melons feel like I've discovered fleur de sel all over again. I prefer it to all the rest.
Which I would at any price but here's a bonus: it's cheap. IIRC, I paid less than $10 for this good sized box (maybe a pound?--I can't check because the box went out when I emptied it into my crock) which makes it about half the price of the lowest priced salts I've bought from elsewhere.
Splendid product, highly recommended.