Pink Himalayan Sea Salt - "Best By Date"???

[s&wchad]

I've got a grinder with chunks of this stuff. It comes from mines near the Himalayas in Pakistan that were formed millions of years ago when an ancient ocean dried up. They say it's more nutritious than regular salt because it contains minerals and other nutrients. I'm sure it also contains the remains of everything that died in that ocean. Yum!!!

My container has a "Best Buy Date" of 2021.

I fail to understand how salt that's millions of years old can go bad a few years after it was packaged. It still tastes salty, so I'm not throwing it out!

Now I need to check and see if my bottled water is still good...

 

[pharmer]

Yeah, my Isopropyl Alcohol has a "freshness date" in 2025. I'm not losing sleep over it. Joe

 

[kozmic]

Sniff it to see if it still smells ok, but I think it's good until it turns green.

 

[ditrina]

 

[Telecaster]

On its expiration date, you'll have to throw it out and trample it underfoot. Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

 

[DWalt]

This is the USDA story on "best by" dating on food products. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safe...ration/food-safety-basics/food-product-dating

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The FDA requires a "Best By Date" on anything you consume. Salt when exposed to Oxygen and/or humidity begins a slow process of deterioration. Being in a grinder or container slows that down as opposed to being in a bowl.

I find that my bottles of water and containers of salt expiring is one of the best First World problems to have, pretty much, "No harm/No foul!", but still gives me the entertainment of complaining about it!

I see I'm in good company!

Ivan

 

[Rustyt1953]

This stays at Ruthie's end of the table. I suspect she is a descendant of the late Mrs. Lot.

 

[Jebus35745]

Nutritional value? Asked the cardiologist if there was a “not so bad salt” and he said to stay away from all salt. I know it’s in everything! I pay attention to his advice because of having quadruple bypass 1 1/2 yrs ago. Just use less or none, Larry

 

[LVSteve]

It's rather sad watching guests over the years scan the table looking for salt before they have even tasted their food. Salt has become a reflex for too many, so the look of growing angst rising towards panic as they scan the table ever more frantically does give me a kind of perverse pleasure. Could this be why so few come to dinner here?

 

[Rustyt1953]

For inquiring minds;

 

[kozmic]

It's rather sad watching guests over the years scan the table looking for salt before they have even tasted their food. Salt has become a reflex for too many, so the look of growing angst rising towards panic as they scan the table ever more frantically does give me a kind of perverse pleasure. Could this be why so few come to dinner here?

A good friend of mine was a recruiter for a very large, now defunct accounting firm. If at an interview lunch or dinner a prospective candidate put salt or pepper on their food prior to tasting they got no second interview.
The only exception was for a 6'-8" SEC power forward grad they wanted for their city business basketball team.

 

[FlyFish]

The FDA requires a "Best By Date" on anything you consume. Salt when exposed to Oxygen and/or humidity begins a slow process of deterioration. Being in a grinder or container slows that down as opposed to being in a bowl.

Ivan

Salt (sodium chloride) does not react with oxygen and therefore can not deteriorate in the presence of oxygen. As we all know, salt can clump when exposed to excessive moisture, but that's a physical, not chemical, change and salt that's been affected by moisture can be dried and returned to its original state - perhaps requiring a little grinding - with no deterioration.

Mandating an expiration or "best by" date on salt, as is the case for many other foods, is just government over-regulated silliness. Many such dates are simply made up and not backed by any theoretical or empirical science.

 

[NYlakesider]

A good friend of mine was a recruiter for a very large, now defunct accounting firm. If at an interview lunch or dinner a prospective candidate put salt or pepper on their food prior to tasting they got no second interview.
The only exception was for a 6'-8" SEC power forward grad they wanted for their city business basketball team.

I have see the salt addicted at work a few times. They can be rather opinionated for a fact but no where up to the ketchup slupers. Its a wonder some of then do not mix it in their coffee or tea.!

 

[DWalt]

There is no federal requirement for food label "sell by" or "use before" dates, except for baby food. Read the attachment to my posting #6 above.

 

[handejector]

It's rather sad watching guests over the years scan the table looking for salt before they have even tasted their food. Salt has become a reflex for too many, so the look of growing angst rising towards panic as they scan the table ever more frantically does give me a kind of perverse pleasure. Could this be why so few come to dinner here?

Some of us just knooooow......
It's a gift.

 

[M1A]

Just so you know the Abominable Snowman pees pink.

 

[DWalt]

I seldom use salt, but I do put black pepper on most everything. Prevents radiation poisoning.

All salt is just NaCl, no matter where it came from, what color it is, or how old it is. And Kosher salt was not blessed by a Rabbi either.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The best use of table salt is to keep your beer mug from sticking to your bar napkin.

 

[s&wchad]

Just so you know the Abominable Snowman pees pink.

If my pee was pink, I'd see a doctor.

Back when I played sports and worked in factories, salt tablets were given out like candy.

My doctor wants me to cut out salt, but he doesn't eat meat. I should probably find another doctor.

Eggs... Good, bad, good, bad. Fowl would be extinct without them. Just saying...

Butter or margarine? You better bet your butt I buy butter. Moo!

The best use of table salt is to keep your beer mug from sticking to your bar napkin.

The best boss I ever had taught me that trick!