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More Herbs Less Salt Day

Herb seasoning mix

The 29th of August is More Herbs Less Salt Day, to encourage us to think about healthier ingredients such as herbs to add flavour to our food, rather than always reaching instinctively for more salt.

Presa di Sale

An Italian imprecise measurement for salt. Much more than “un pizzico di sale” (a pinch of salt), it’s as much salt as you can scoop up with the ends of your four longer fingers held together. Though it means literally a “taking of salt”, it’s perhaps better thought of in English as a (hand) scoop…

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Salmuera

Salmuera is Spanish for brine, or put even more simply salt water. You’ll see it called for sometimes in Latin American recipes, especially Argentine ones. Cooking Tips Because it’s just salt water, it’s very easy to make. Whisk 2 teaspoons of fine salt or 1 tablespoon of a coarser salt, such as Maldon, Kosher or…

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Salt Potatoes

Salt potatoes are small nuggets of potato and salt — more specifically, small, unpeeled boiled potatoes encrusted in salt. They end up looked like small little “doughnut holes” (the part that doughnut shops in North America “cut out” to make the hole and fry up and sell separately) dusted with sugar. The potatoes actually taste…

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