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fiwer t1_itupnsi wrote

Reply to comment by spicybrinjal in [I ate] I just ate soft serve with olive oil and finishing salt. Along with wood fired oven baked chocolate chip cookies. by Marty1966

Finishing salt is meant to be put on the finished dish, as the name implies, whereas salt is usually added before or during cooking to enhance the flavor of a dish. While a well seasoned dish might not taste salty, when you use finishing salt you want to really taste the salt distinctly and it tends to come in larger, crunchy flakes to enhance texture too.

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zenritsusen t1_ituql4n wrote

Sooo, coarse salt. I suppose a wanky name is required by the price tag.

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fiwer t1_itusz36 wrote

Nope. Finishing salt would not be as effective at seasoning a dish, and the coarse kosher salt I use to season a dish would not be as good for finishing. I get that you want to write it off as just wanky and expensive but maybe have an open mind. I use Maldon salt when I want to really emphasize the salt flavor (usually to offset/compliment sweetness) and add a very specific bit of crunchy texture to a dish. It’s expensive but you use very little of it.

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zenritsusen t1_itwlm2s wrote

I use Maldon salt too. It’s the “finishing” name which is wanky. But then again 99.999% of social media is about showing off these days so…makes sense.

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Marty1966 OP t1_itxppxx wrote

It's literally what the restaurant calls it. I'd never even heard of finishing salt. Whatever, I'm not after karma. Just like to share and see people's comments.

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