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A Little Too Much Salt

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I was home on Monday due to catching Husband’s cold. The Postie came and delivered a package of kosher salt I had ordered from Amazon. If laughter is the best medicine, I should be cured by now.

I think I wrote a while back about ordering more fresh yeast than I intended, getting one case of 24 lbs instead of the 1 lb block I thought I was ordering. I am happy to report that the yeast is holding up well in the freezer. On the down side, I seem to have made a similar mistake with the salt.

Many of the recipes I see on-line or on the NYT cooking app call for Diamond Crystal kosher salt. We read up on it, and found that it is preferred by professional cooks and food writers because it has 53% less sodium than other kosher salt due to the manufacturing process. We can’t get it here, so I ordered what I thought was two boxes with 1.5 lbs of salt in each box. Instead, I ordered four boxes, each containing 3 lbs of salt. We now have 12 lbs of kosher salt.

In my defense, I think that some of the ordering information on Amazon is hard to decipher. As I looked back at the page I ordered the salt from I saw where my mistake was, but it is really not clear at first glance. I think our son and daughter will be receiving some salt in the mail soon.

What have you laughed at yourself about lately? Any creative ideas for using up all this salt?

27 thoughts on “A Little Too Much Salt”

  1. You must have some cheffy friends or acquaintances you could gift with a box of salt. I suspect that sending a 3 pound box of salt via USPS would cost more than the salt is worth.

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  2. Do you use a cast iron skillet? I’m finally getting to the point where I mostly just scrape and wipe it out after use, avoiding water whenever possible. I recently heard someone on the radio advocating use of Kosher Salt as an abrasive when cleaning cast iron. 

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    1. You and me both, BiR. IF laughter is the best medicine, then laughing at myself alone should make me the healthiest old fart in Lake Woebegon country. I do silly stupid things on average probably ten times a day. It helps if you stop taking yourself and life so seriously by this age. We’ll all end up as cosmic dust sooner or later.

      Chris

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    2. I don’t like shoe stores (and I can’t say why), but it has meant that I purchase what little footware I get online. When my current “church shoes” came, I discovered that the left one fit, but the right one was too small. I hadn’t imagined that my feet were different sizes. Eventually I took out a utility knife and slit that one at the back, punching holes in the side of the slit and tying a shoelace at between them (trimming it off) to create more room. It works.

      The trainers were slip on lace less, but were BOTH too small. So the knife came out again, and slits turned them from “struggle ons” to “slip ons”. Its time for new trainers, and I suppose that the church shoes have lasted a couple years, so I’ll replace those, too. But I’ll buy larger ones this time.

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  4. Rise and Shine, Baboons,

    Renee, I think it is time to learn to pickle things! That is a lot of salt. You grow many green beans–time to pickle them. Asparagus also pickles nicely. You could also brine as many turkeys as you want with all that salt.

    One of the most laughable things I ever did happened early in my career. I was in Child Protection at the time. Several Social Workers and I met with a psychologist who was know for intimidating techniques, combined with a lack of cooperation. During this meeting I advocated strongly for the information I wanted from him. The back and forth went on for over an hour. I did not pay attention to how I was sitting, and did not notice before standing up to leave that my right leg had fallen asleep. I stood up, then fell down on that leg at the feet of the psychologist. Oh, brother. What a move.

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  5. I agree with Jacque’s comments on pickling and brining turkey, as well as cleaning cast iron pans.

    One negative memory about leaving too much salt out and unattended: many years ago when the Faribault Regional Center closed some of my former coworkers brought clients home with them on waivers. One such coworker brought home a young man whom everyone adored. She always gargled with salt water and was in the habit of leaving a glass half full of salt on her vanity counter in the bathroom. The young man went in to use the bathroom and filled the glass with water and drank it. He began having convulsions and they couldn’t save him. It was a devastating incident for a lot of people, especially my former coworker who has never really gotten over it. Never leave quantities of salt where children or pets can get it.

    Well, I am checking in on my Delta app and scanning my passport this morning. We leave tomorrow. *GULP!*

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  6. Yes to all the brining ideas. Especially brining poulty and pork before cooking. Virtually guarantees the meat comes out tender and juicy. Once you learn how much salt to use, you can perfectly season the meat too, infusing it with just enough saltiness to accent the other seasonings.

    Consider curing fish like salmon too. Just buy about fifteen or twenty gigantic fresh filets from Costco or Sam’s Club and salt away.

    Another idea is to make homemade ice cream in the old fashioned ice cream makers. They usually call for rock salt, but kosher would probably work.

    Chris in Owatonna

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    1. Talking Heads

      Stay Up Late

      Donny is a little Baby.

      There he is fast asleep.

      He’s just a little felon.

      Why not wake him up?!

      Cute, cute little baby.

      Little pee pee. A little doze.

      Now he’s coming toward me.

      Drool across the courtroom floor.

      Baby, Baby please let me see him

      Don’t you wanna make him stay up late?

      Yeah we do!

      Just a glimpse at my postings. I love me.

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    2. I have to admit that I’ve been wondering why the price of 12 pounds of salt didn’t alert you to the fact that something was amiss? It had to cost a pretty penny compared to what you’d expect to pay for 3 pounds. Likewise with the yeast.

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  11. I’m laughing at myself now. I have been trying all afternoon to reset my Apple Watch. It’s older and it’s refusing to work properly anymore. Now it won’t let me set it back up. I know I need a new one, if I’m going to have one, but I wanted to wait until after this trip. I might be going without it. It still won’t let me complete the set-up.

    While trying to do that, I received closing documents for the woods that my brothers and I own together. We listed it just over a week ago and had five bids almost immediately. We close on it right after my trip. They sent documents and a different electronic signing format that was really hard to use.

    Then my Delta app notified me that it was time to sign in. I bumbled and fumbled through that and finally got it done. By the time I got the closing documents signed and checked in for the flight, I was trembling. I’m pretty anxious today anyway. I feel like such a klutz.

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