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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Kosher Salt Crystals
From: leowesson at gmail.com (LeoWesson)
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 20:34:13 -0600
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Jayanand,

It's a flat crystal salt used in the koshering process.  Popular in the US  
as an alternative to finely ground table salt. 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_salt?wasRedirected=true


Thanks!
Leo Wesson
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Feb 2, 2011, at 20:28, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is Kosher salt, i.e. what should or should not be done to it to 
> qualify
> as such? Looks like sea salt to me.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> When it is raining outside, I like to find a photo subject inside the
>> house.  While experimenting with extension tubes yesterday, I decided to
>> look at grains of salt.  My wife's Kosher salt was handy.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Kosher+Salt+Crystals.jpg.html
>> 
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>> 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
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