{"id":92715,"date":"2015-06-15T00:50:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T07:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=92715"},"modified":"2015-05-26T09:55:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:55:25","slug":"recently-i-discovered-a-jar-of-kosher-salt-in-our-cupboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/06\/recently-i-discovered-a-jar-of-kosher-salt-in-our-cupboard.html","title":{"rendered":"Recently, I discovered a jar of kosher salt in our cupboard…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026prompting the question, \u201cWhat is the difference between kosher salt and just plain salt?\u201d<\/p>\n

To the Internet, wherein the answer surely shall be found<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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In truth, the name \u201ckosher salt\u201d is misleading. A better term would be \u201ckoshering salt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blood is not kosher.\u00a0G\u2011d<\/span>\u00a0commands us in the\u00a0Torah<\/span>:<\/a>1\u00a0\u201cYou shall not eat any blood, whether that of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.\u201d After a kosher animal is properly slaughtered, all blood must be removed. This is normally accomplished by salting the meat, as salt draws out blood. Table salt is too thin and will dissolve into the meat without drawing out the blood, and salt that is too coarse will roll off. The salt that is \u201cjust right\u201d for koshering meat is called \u201ckosher salt.\u201d Some people prefer to use it in certain recipes because of its consistency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026prompting the question, \u201cWhat is the difference between kosher salt and just plain salt?\u201d To the Internet, wherein the answer surely shall be found! In truth, the name \u201ckosher salt\u201d is misleading. A better term would be \u201ckoshering salt.\u201d Blood is not kosher.\u00a0G\u2011d\u00a0commands us in the\u00a0Torah:1\u00a0\u201cYou shall not eat any blood, whether that of fowl […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[510],"class_list":["post-92715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-miscellany"],"yoast_head":"\nRecently, I discovered a jar of kosher salt in our cupboard...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"...prompting the question, "What is the difference between kosher salt and just plain salt?" 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