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Wet Salt Issue

by Tom Troiano » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:07 am

This is probably a really dumb question but I bought some sea salt from a place on Cape Cod and its a bit wet and it causes havoc in my salt grinder.

What do you do? You can't really add rice since its in a grinder, correct?
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Re: Wet Salt Issue

by Redwinger » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:27 am

Haven't tried this, but perhaps you could attempt to dry some in your oven at the lowest heat possible. Another idea, might be to try a food dehydrator??
IIRC, they do make grinders for wet salt.

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Re: Wet Salt Issue

by Mark Lipton » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:23 pm

No need to heat it at low temperature: salt doesn't melt until it reaches 1,400°. Just put it in an oven at 250° for a while and it should dry out (though it might cake).

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Re: Wet Salt Issue

by Tom Troiano » Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:00 pm

Thanks!!
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