300576 Wed Jul 20 09:05:28 -0700 2005 9 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1671341 Anyone watch his show -_Easy Entertaining? on the Food Network? He frequently uses what he calls "gray salt". What is that mad of? I keep watching hoping he'll address it, but so far I'm still in the dark. Thanks! Wed Jul 20 09:05:28 -0700 2005 0 claree 1 1671349 The product that he shows all the time is something that I believe he sells but he typically makes the point that when we cook at home we should invest in some quality salt. His salt I think is sea salt from France with very large grains (if that is the right term) Wed Jul 20 10:28:28 -0700 2005 1671341 0 Tugboat 1 1671351 Don't know the show but the salt must be Brittany sea salt from France. I use it in salads. It comes in quite large crystals and is a dirty gray colour. I like it for that burst of saltiness when you bite into it. I was originally under the impression that the colour comes from embedded sea minerals but I have recently been told that it's just dirt. Whatever. I like it. Wed Jul 20 10:36:10 -0700 2005 1671341 0 Nyleve 1 1671357 Yes, I have noticed the gray salt too on his show, but have never tried it. Chiarello owns a company called Napa Style that sells the gray salt (see link). It's harvested from France's Brittany coast. Link: http://www.napastyle.com/store/product.jsp?sku=006 Wed Jul 20 11:26:38 -0700 2005 1671341 0 Carb Lover 2 1671364 Pendry's sells Celtic Sea Salt (not French so it MUST be better) which is light grey for 9.57 /lb.. Don't know if it's exactly the same but sure beats 20.00/lb. Might as well buy Fleur de Sel for that price! Bob (just kidding about the French) Wed Jul 20 12:06:34 -0700 2005 1671357 0 Sony Bob 3 1671423 .....for $2.99 for a four-oz. bag, which is sitting on my desk as I type. Excellent quality, too, as is all of their stuff. I bought mine in the Madison WI store, but you can get it from their wonderful website. You might want to try the Pacific sea salt, too. Awfully good, and really inexpensive - as long as you're getting one, go for both...oh, and excellent prices on beautiful vanilla beans, too. Link: http://www.penzeys.com Wed Jul 20 21:38:22 -0700 2005 1671364 0 peg 2 1671376 I have a jar of Esprit Du Sel Grey Sea Salt from France.The bottle says: "Esprti du Sel grey sea salt is harvested from the clay bottoms of French Atlantic salt marshes each summer. Its aroma is redolent of the clean sea surrounding the Island of Re etc" It was not horribly expensive and it smells like salt to me. Wed Jul 20 13:50:52 -0700 2005 1671357 0 Candy 1 1671378 Gray Salt is just sel gris, the ordinary sea salt of France. Wed Jul 20 13:53:17 -0700 2005 1671341 0 PZ 1 1671409 Thanks to all of you for my enlightenment! I will now secure some. . . Wed Jul 20 18:48:13 -0700 2005 1671341 0 claree 1 1671410 Thanks to all of you for my enlightenment! I will now secure some. . . Wed Jul 20 18:48:17 -0700 2005 1671341 0 claree