Salt Conversion

[Rainmaker]

I am going to be brining a turkey and want to use some salt I have in the cupboard.  It is a coarse salt (says it is for canning and pickling).  I weighed a cup and it weighs 8 oz.  I think that is the same as kosher salt.  Do I use the same amount in my recipe?

[viper125]

No its not. Takes more Kosher to equal pickling salt. But here is a page that will show you the answers on salts .

http://www.mortonsalt.com/salt_guide/index.html

[Rainmaker]

Thanks Viper.  Based on the table, I will cut back a bit on my salt.

[Habanero Smoker]

Learn something new each day. I've never seen a coarse canning/pickling salt. It is generally the same grain size as table salt or purified salt. The canning/pickling salt on the Morton site will weigh a little over 10 oz per cup. The grain size for what you have is unusually large for canning salt; and is equivalent to Morton's Kosher salt that also weighs 8 oz per cup. Can I ask what the brand name that is on the label of the pickling salt. Or maybe someone reused the container and filled it with Kosher salt.

So the salt you have will measure the same as Morton's Kosher salt. I prefer using canning/pickling (purified) salt in brines because if dissolves much easier then Kosher.

Keep in mind Diamond Kosher salt weighs 5.5 oz per cup.

[Mr Walleye]

Habs

Up here in Canuckville I use Windsor Coarse Salt which is made by Canadian Salt. It is used for pickling as well. Incidentally the plant is just a few miles away, it is a by product from solution mining potash. Saskatchewan is one of the largest producers of potash in the world... Ok.... enough of a history lesson on it... Here's a link to it. It is a very course salt.

http://www.windsorsalt.com/food_salts/coarse_salts.html.htm

Mike

[Rainmaker]

This salt is made by Windsor and is very coarse.  A cup weighs 8 oz. 

[Habanero Smoker]

Habs

Up here in Canuckville I use Windsor Coarse Salt which is made by Canadian Salt. It is used for pickling as well. Incidentally the plant is just a few miles away, it is a by product from solution mining potash. Saskatchewan is one of the largest producers of potash in the world... Ok.... enough of a history lesson on it... Here's a link to it. It is a very course salt.

http://www.windsorsalt.com/food_salts/coarse_salts.html.htm

Mike

Thanks for the link. That would be the same as the Morton's Kosher salt we use done here. Kosher salt is also a purified salt.

This salt is made by Windsor and is very coarse.  A cup weighs 8 oz. 

Mike beat you to it.  ;D So Windsor Coarse Salt is the same as Morton's Kosher.

[Rainmaker]

Windsor also makes a Kosher salt.  Not sure how it differs from the coarse salt though.