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Salt

Salt weights by crystal size: table 6 g/tsp, Morton kosher 5.5, Diamond kosher 2.8 — the reason weight-only salting won.

Table salt 1 tsp

6 g

Morton kosher 1 tsp

5.5 g

Diamond kosher 1 tsp

2.8 g

Fine sea salt 1 tsp

7 g

Why the spread

crystal shape traps air

The fix

any salt by weight is just NaCl

About Salt

Salt is the clearest argument for weighing: a teaspoon of flaky Diamond kosher carries half the sodium of table salt — recipes written for one fail with another at volume. By weight, salt is salt (adjust for additives). The practical standard: weigh salt, taste everything, and remember brines cure by weight regardless of crystal style.