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Anonymous wrote:I am a longtime fan of Diamond Crystal Kosher! I love how it is virtually impossible to oversalt your food when using it. As another PP noted it is what most recipe testers use as well.
Last year I couldn't find it anywhere other than Wegmans too, and stocked up on a few boxes.
I also weigh my ingredients when baking, but I find salt to be a bit tricky to weigh if the quantity stated is less than 1/2 teaspoon, the scale isn't that sensitive.

Well, I disagree, because I was used to using Mortons Kosher and at one time tried a box of Diamond, and I totally oversalted everything. I couldn't adjust. It's like, visually, a quantity of Diamond looks the same quantity of Mortons, but is much saltier.

It's the reverse, actually, if you're converting a recipe: Diamond kosher salt is, for lack of a better word, "fluffier" than Morton's kosher salt.

Maybe it tasted saltier because it has more surface area so more of it was touching your tongue?

Anonymous wrote:I am a longtime fan of Diamond Crystal Kosher! I love how it is virtually impossible to oversalt your food when using it. As another PP noted it is what most recipe testers use as well.
Last year I couldn't find it anywhere other than Wegmans too, and stocked up on a few boxes.
I also weigh my ingredients when baking, but I find salt to be a bit tricky to weigh if the quantity stated is less than 1/2 teaspoon, the scale isn't that sensitive.

Well, I disagree, because I was used to using Mortons Kosher and at one time tried a box of Diamond, and I totally oversalted everything. I couldn't adjust. It's like, visually, a quantity of Diamond looks the same quantity of Mortons, but is much saltier.

The Capitol Hill Safeway had a bunch of 3lb boxes last week.

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Anonymous wrote:What is so special about it?

The salt content in 1T of kosher salt varies brand to brand. Many professional chefs use Diamond so often professional recipes are tested using it so it is more likely you won’t oversalt your dish if you use it when following recipes.

I’m PP who bought from Wegman’s. If you can’t find Diamond, you can measure by weight. Volume of Morton and Diamond, for example is different, but 6 grams is the same no matter the brand. I weigh my ingredients for more accuracy.

whatever happened to 'salt to taste'.

Online at Amazon

I believe I’ve seen it at Williams Sonoma.

In the past I’ve found it at our Kroger-owned grocery store but it was dusty and on the bottom shelf.

I got it recently through amazon fresh delivery.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure I bought it at Costco????

Our Costco has Diamond granulated salt, not kosher.

In the past I've gotten Diamond kosher in person at Penzey's (but they don't always have it). Most recently, our local Safeway has carried it!

I haven’t found diamond kosher salt at any Costco. I end up buying Morton’s kosher salt.

I used to buy it all the time at Costco.

I am a longtime fan of Diamond Crystal Kosher! I love how it is virtually impossible to oversalt your food when using it. As another PP noted it is what most recipe testers use as well.
Last year I couldn't find it anywhere other than Wegmans too, and stocked up on a few boxes.
I also weigh my ingredients when baking, but I find salt to be a bit tricky to weigh if the quantity stated is less than 1/2 teaspoon, the scale isn't that sensitive.