/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10738398
Nope, I have not tried this.

>>10738398
>Himalayan
>sea

The outlaws got me a new bike. What do you think?

>>10738637
250 million years ago there was. That's why there is a massive salt deposit there.

>>10738637
Wow, you really cracked the case, Detective Pic Related

This
>>10738694

>>10738637
Salt is salt faggot. Sea salt really only refers to the grain size at this point.

>>10738948
Pretty sure it refers to the source, anon

>>10738637
There's a big lake up in the mountains, you nigger.

>>10738971
Obviously. But the point of sea salt isn't that it comes from the ocean. It's its irregular and large grain size in comparison to regular table salt.

>>10738398
They are fucking stupid. They take too long to heat up, are annoying to clean and store, and don't do any better job of seasoning things.
You'd be better off grinding it up so you'll have a large supply of regular salt.

>>10738977
4u

>>10738398
I got one a while back and have only used it twice (for steaks both times). I must be missing something, because I couldn't taste any difference.

>>10738637
Its seasalt prepared in the Himalayan fashion.

>>10739001
this. it's a fucking meme.

>>10739001
I was in a store that was selling these the other day and was wondering about how the fuck you're supposed to clean it. Also what is the point? Does it just make food saltier? Why not just add more salt if so?

>>10739062
if it's supposed to make it saltier, they don't work.

They are not terribly practical or great at seasoning. That being said, when used properly they can yield some very nice results.

First up, you need to get it hot. REALLY HOT. Its a ROCK, so this takes a lot of heat and time. Either under a broiler on max for 20 minutes or so or on a charcoal grill with the lid closed for 30 minutes.

Add something that you want to sear and that cooks quickly. Shrimp are a great choice.

Enjoy.

>>10739075
>salt block
>doesn't make food saltier
Well that's retarded.
What the fuck is the point then?

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>>10739001
Those steaks look like total shit, like the kind of thing that gets posted by advise-seekers here on /ck/ who've never cooked a steak before

>>10739118
Based pastaposter

>>10739220
I think it looks every bit as good as the last steak I boiled.

>>10739001
>grey steak
>No crust
>didn't even season the meat
Gross

>>10739252
>seasoning the meat
>when literally cooking it on a block of salt

>>10739253
I don't know about you but I like more than just salt on my food.

>>10739253
Why not just boil your steaks in sea water. That's what I do. Exceptionally delicious.

>>10738637
>eurokek education

>>10739262
>not in milk

>>10738977
oh sorry I forgot that a lake is the sea

>>10739112
kys

>>10738988
No, it's the crystal structure.

>>10738637
Based

>>10738637
wow. I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a post get btfo this bad

>>10738948

to be fair pink salt does have more potassium

>>10738398
If some inlaws did that to me I'd say thanks and just break the motherfucking thing, if they expected me use it in front of them I'd tell them to fuck off and get the fuck outta my house.

>>10740127
Gotta get married first

>>10740139
Just you wait. The longer it takes the bigger the payoff.

>>10740142
Sounds like you're going to marry the Queen of Infinity, tough guy.

>>10738694
>>10738694
>Sea salt is salt produced from the evaporation of seawater, rather than by being extracted from sedimentary deposits.

Still not sea salt

>>10740139
Yeah, I tried once and it's a fucking exhibition. One can tell a lot about a chick during that time, unfortunately that one was not for me. Luckily I saw that.

>>10740178
So some woman's parents bought you an oversized chunk of salt and you jilted her? Big man.

>>10739262
I marinate them under my armpits.

>>10740185
Indeed

>>10739279
I'm canadian, you idiot.

>>10740127

>>10740197
Technically isn't Canada still hoity toity part of the commonwealth? You do have the Queen of England on your money.

>>10740207
Good times, he looks like a proper lad who wont take shit from idiots.

>>10738637
Technically, all salt comes from dried up sea water. Had a show that investigates certain dubious aspects of food, and they found out that manufacturers are legally allowed to claim this

>>10738398
doesn't work great for steaks, the block doesn't really get hot enough for long enough for a good sear, but for thinly sliced meats and seafood it works pretty well

>>10738637
it's okay. you didn't know the earth was flat and occasionally we all are under salt water that only appears to be air because when steve jobs, jim henson, moby, bono and george lucas invented the earth and gravity and water n shit, they wanted us to not ever agree on what we were swimming through on our way to buy beanie weenies and cigarettes. how do you think rust happens? it's the sodium in the ocean that penetrates everything and causes cancer. thanks obama.

>>10738637
also i think you're right about it being not sea salt, but maybe pink salt? OP just had a momentary lapse that made him type sea instead of what was correct.

>>10740373
>the block doesn't really get hot enough for long enough for a good sear
That's not a problem with the block, that's user error: not preheating it long enough or high enough. Salt doesn't melt until about 800C so there's no reason you couldn't get it ripping hot.

hopefully it doesn't explode in your face and impale you with molten salt shards

>>10739001
Aw yeah. Nice and gray.

Wouldn't the salt slab just oversalt anything cooked on it to the point of it being inedible?

>>10742033
Nope. It doesn't dissolve that easily.

>>10740208
and in their hearts.

>>10739004

>>10740151
so then take a stand anon, words mean something god damnit. start calling it "deposit salt" then, fuck being able to be understood as long as you're correct, amirite?

>>10743013
Call it Himalayan rock salt or just Himalayan salt.
Calling it sea salt is just wrong.

whats wrong with a cast iron

>>10739117
What's the point of a pan or a grill? It's just a hot surface you put your steaks on to cook.

>>10743395
It's pink Himalayan salt.

>>10743490
The tip on a $120 steak is larger than on whatever your cheap iron steak is worth.

>>10743571
>paying someone to cook a steak for you
cuck

>>10738398
Tell them thanks to be polite then throw it in the trashcan. Inlaws are always stupid, always.

>>10743672
How is that a cuck, you seem like the one that's never worked for company before. Explain yourself with the "cuck" statement.

>>10743672
>Being this poor

>>10743721
Julie's been working for the drug squad.

>>10743686
lel

>>10738398
They're used purely as a parlor trick and bring nothing to the table when cooking.

>>10739001
>Waiting for that steak to sear

>>10739118
Thanks, anon

>>10738398
try using it for something that requires a gentle cooking, like fish or seafood.
Don't use it for steaks, they will turn out like crap

>>10738694
that's exactly the definition of you know, rock salt.

>>10746297
Sounds like you're too inept to preheat properly. Why should anyone take advice from you?

>>10743571
are you really defending this block of salt?

>>10746317
You can't heat a salt block hot enough to properly sear a steak you dumbass, no matter how long do you keep it on the stove.
Not even in official presentation videos they can't make a decent steak:
>>10739001

>>10746412
Why not? Salt doesn't melt until 800C which is far hotter than any sane person would sear a steak at. Therefore the problem must be people failing at preheating. 2 hours in the oven at 500 or under the broiler on high works well, as does about 30 min on top of a gas burner cranked up high.

>>10738398
its a meme.

maybe cook veggies on it.

>>10746317
Who in their right mind wants to wait around for six hours to "preheat" in your words a block of fucking salt which adds nothing? I don't care what your making the only people that care about stupid rocks of salt for cooking are idiots and soccer moms.

>>10746431
Yeah right, did you buy a lot of salt blocks and are trying to pawn them off on people? This isn't the right place to do it.

>>10743571
>What's the point of a pan or grill
Obviously to cook things. But why inconvenience yourself with a hard to clean, quickly deteriorating block of salt when according to the people I was asking for say it doesn't do anything different? It seems less practical then a pan or girll in every way.

>>10746431
You might have better luck pawning your shit on craigslist and reddit. People call each other's bullshit out here.

>>10738637
Ew, europeons

>>10746475
Claiming that you're too lazy to preheat it, or that you don't think it's worth the effort is an entirely different argument, cockholster.

>>10746494
>People call each other's bullshit out here.
Yeah, that's what I just did.

>>10746772
>>10746779
You're trying and failing to deflect. What does that so called himalian salt add? Why don't you answer that question?

You're the one making the assertion so prove it out.

>>10746772
>>10746779
You're real idiots thinking the "preheating" a block of salt is going to add jack shit instead of just throwing the food on a grill or skillet.

>>10746755
uromorons, fucking pathetic.

europeaons are fun to deal with, they're so fucking easily manipulated, they're pathetic.

>>10746801
>What does that so called himalian salt add? Why don't you answer that question?
I never claimed it added anything anon. I agree its kind of a silly gimmick.

My only point is that it's flat-out stupid to claim that it cannot be heated properly. That is what I was addressing, nothing more. There are plenty of legit complaints about the meme salt block, but stating that it cannot be heated sufficiently is not one of them.

>>10739001
>that boiled steak

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Why would they not do another take? They obviously have the budget for it

>>10739009
with rancid yak's butter?

>>10746818
>Amerishart calls others easily manipulated
Kek.
Ignorance is bliss I guess.

>>10738398
Worked fine for me, though you'd better love salt because it will make everything saltier than normal.

>>10739001
those steaks looked amazing untill they cooked them.

>>10746334
No. I never said it was a good idea, except if you want to scam idiots at your restaurant.
It's not a great novelty, like pic related and similar.

>>10746485
Thinking about it, it works as a slightly less dangerous, less practical, flame less, table top stove thingy like in Korean BBQ places. And arguably looks better.
Using it as a pan at home is kinda stupid.

>>10748563
>using a pan at home is kinda stupid

>>10738398
>>10738637

>>10739001
All the flavor developed from cooking the steak stuck to the fucking rock.

>>10746857
Those burgers look dry and grey as shit. Maybe if this idiot didn't waste his money on a salt block, he'd afford to get a decent burger bun instead of sliced bread. Did he just give up in the end and start filing the block down by hand to use it as a seasoning? That's the only use this meme salt has.

>>10741911
underrated dubs

>>10749358
>this much ass pain

kek

hold on, if you lick the block, does it taste like salt?
fucking crush it up and use it on stuff

>>10749164
You misread. And misquoted.

>>10749557
>does a block of salt taste like salt?
Yes.

>>10738398
I have one, been using it for a couple years. It's pretty good for steak and vegetables but not very versatile. Also when you get tired of it you can break it and grind it

>>10749534
The good times are never coming back

>>10738684
Underrated kek

>>10739262
I have mine flown to LEO, secured outside the spacecraft, and they cook during re-entry into the atmosphere.