Cooking Food on Slabs of Salt

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on May 6, 2009 at 1:14 am


Pink salt from the Himalayas has been used for seasoning by chefs at fancy restaurants … and now, you can cook food directly on the slabs of the stuff!

The thick 8-by-11-inch piece of solid salt can be placed directly on a stove burner and heated gradually; it will not melt. Lightly brushed with butter or oil, it will fry eggs that come away with quite enough salt. The same goes for jumbo shrimp, fish steaks or fillets, thin slices of beef and portobello mushroom caps.

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12 comments to "Cooking Food on Slabs of Salt"

  1. nickolas_warner
    May 6th, 2009 at 1:27 am

    I wonder if they can make it thin enough for an eating plate.

  2. Larfin Jackarse
    May 6th, 2009 at 6:37 am

    @nickolas_warner
    Yeah why not? It comes thin enough to stick to your arteries.

  3. Notorious M.O.L.
    May 6th, 2009 at 7:52 am

    My husband is a salt addict. We're always joking that he may be part deer and should have a salt lick on the coffee table.

    I think I smell birthday present here. Happy Birthday honey! I got you high blood pressure!

  4. Edward
    May 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Coolest gift I have seen in years.

  5. Geekazoid
    May 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Whoa, that is totally neat. Eliminates the need for pans and probably seasons the food just right too. Will definitely have to get this one.

  6. Kalel
    May 6th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    For $40, is it worth its salt?

  7. cuimhne
    May 6th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Now that is neat...but probably incredibly unhealthy.

  8. MightyCow
    May 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Because my top priority in cooking is that it take as long as possible and over-season my food.

  9. Thomas
    May 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    How do you wash it without it dissolving?

  10. LisaL
    May 6th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    They explain how to clean it in the article, pretty much just scrub it and quickly rinse it off. Let it dry completely before each use.
    I'm a salt addict but I dunno if I'd like something like that.
    Food probably does taste great though cooked on it, specially something like steak.... *drooool*

  11. Frau
    May 7th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Guess I should stop using that old refrigerator shelf as a grill.

  12. Michelle
    May 14th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    Well, I DO love the pink himalayan sea salt that I got from http://www.sustainablesourcing.com/, so I imagine this would add that same great flavor!


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