How to Season with Salt

1. Most often, coarse kosher salt is used as a ______________ salt.

• a)  finishing
• b)  road
• c)  pickling

2. A tablespoon of kosher salt __________________ a tablespoon of granulated table salt.

• a)  is more intense than
• b)  is less intense than
• c)  has the same intensity as

3. When seasoning foods, the best tool for measuring salt is often:

• a)  measuring spoons.
• b)  a scale.
• c)  your fingers.

4. By seasoning food only at the end of the cooking process, you will likely:

• a)  have a tendency to use more salt than necessary.
• b)  focus more on the salt flavor, rather than the food itself.
• c)  numb your taste buds by repeatedly seasoning and tasting.
• d)  all of the above.

5. Unrefined sea salts are multi-dimensional in flavor because they contain many natural minerals and elements from the sea.

• a)  True
• b)  False

6. To best develop the skill of knowing how much salt to add to a dish:

• a)  always follow recipe guidelines.
• b)  taste as much as possible during the cooking process.
• c)  always use measuring spoons.

7. Every component of a dish should be seasoned.

• a)  True
• b)  False

8. When brining foods, you should never use table salt.

• a)  True
• b)  False

9. Which salt below is most often stripped of its nutrients and minerals during processing?

• a)  Fleur de Sel
• b)  Table Salt
• c)  Gray Salt
• d)  Kosher Salt

10. You can easily mask the amount of saltiness in a dish if you’ve added too much.

• a)  True
• b)  False

11. When seasoning food, it is important that you season until you taste salt.

• a)  True
• b)  False

12. All salts, listed as sea salt, are pure and contain natural minerals and elements from the sea.

• a)  True
• b)  False

13. It is best to cook with salted butter, rather than unsalted, so you don’t have to add much salt to your cooking.

• a)  True
• b)  False

14. If you add salt throughout the cooking process, you will:

• a)  add too much salt to your diet.
• b)  over season the food.
• c)  learn to season food properly.

15. Fleur de sel is most often used as a ___________ salt.

• a)  brining
• b)  finishing
• c)  road

16. Salt has the ability to open up the pores in foods and extract the natural juices from ingredients.

• a)  True
• b)  False