What is the difference between table salt and kosher salt for use in recipes?

Answer 1

Iodine is necessary for the thyroid gland to make thyroxine hormone. In case iodine is deficient in our diet, e.g. not eating enough fish and other seafood that contains natural iodine, there is a possibility that we might suffer from goitre.

Iodine deficiency can also produce mental retardation and is a global problem. Excessive use of table salt (NaCl) is also harmful, so a balanced seafood diet is better against mental and other malnutrition problems.

Previous answer:

It's the same thing except to iodized salt they add a little bit of iodine because it helps the thyroid gland.

Iodised salt has had iodine added to it. Table salt is iodised salt that has a texture fine enough to go through those little holes in salt shakers.

Answer 2

There are several types of salt. Basically they are all sodium chloride (NaCl). Some have additives to prevent clumping, some have iodine to prevent goiters, some are from the sea and some are mined. There are edible salts and other use salts for (water softeners, sidewalks and ice cream makers)

Common types are:

Table salt: This is the common salt normally found on every table. It is a fine-ground, refined rock salt with some additives to keep it free-flowing. Smaller particles mean more particles per measure and more surface area (dissolves faster) than coarser grinds.

Coarse salt (cooking salt): Coarse refers to the grind. A good choice for sprinkling on pretzels or corn on the cob because the edges tend to cling.

Iodized salt: Salt which has iodine (sodium iodide) added. Iodine is a mineral necessary to the body to prevent hypothyroidism.

Kosher salt (also a cooking salt): This is a coarser grind of salt with large, irregular crystals. It contains no additives. It has a good texture and brighter flavor.

Rock salt: Less refined and grayish in color, this is the chunky crystal salt used in ice cream machines and sidewalks.

Pickling salt: This fine-grained salt has no additives and is generally used in brines to pickle foods. No additives means the pickling brine does not become cloudy.

Sea salt: Recovered from sea waters by evaporation, it can be fine or coarsely ground.

Answer 3

Kosher salt is the same as table salt, just larger granules.

Answer 4

Cooking with pool salt might prove to be lethal as regular salts may not.