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It is all about Advertising.
The same can be said about the latest craze here in the States; plant based butter. In actuality, there are no major differences between "margarine" and "plant based butter". Which sounds healthier? Which sounds more wholesome, and vegan/vegetarian friendly?
At the end of the day, it is all bullshitery.
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Slacker007 wrote: there are no major differences between "margarine" and "plant based butter".
I guess that today, you are essentially correct. But historically, margarine has been made from both animal fat, like lard, and marine oils, such as herring or whale oil. In my childhood, margarine based on soya was something new; the old margarines where whale based (and hard as stone when you fetched in from the fridge). The brand names are still the same, but they have been 'improved' (sounds better than 'changed'!) into pure vegetable based versions today.
Maybe animal / marine based margarine never was very common in the States, but margarine is certainly not by definition plant based.
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You may live in the past, I sure as hell don't. Margarine currently, here in the states, is almost identical to "plant based butters". There are tons of web site articles on the subject.
So, my comments are still true, and still stand. You have not convinced me otherwise.
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My father told how margarine was sold with a separate packet of coloring -- to mix in at home. Apparently pressure from the Dairy industry would not let them sell margarine that was the color of butter. No idea what ingredients were used to make that margarine.
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Wikipedia: Margarine[^] tells about the raw material in old days, as well as about the 'color wars'. Norwegian Wikipedia tells that German butter manufacturers demanded that margarine be colored blue or green, to distinguish it from butter (the demand was rejected).
Also, margarine was to be packed in cubic packages, whereas butter was sold in rectangular prism packages. I remember this from my childhood, but I never knew that it was a legal requirement!
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The only differences between the various brands of NaCl are the trace elements & impurities. Many commercial brands add some iodine and a dessicant (makes the salt run more easily in damp climates), and I suppose that the impurities could affect the look of the salt and perhaps the taste.
IOW, it won't make any difference whether you use the cheap stuff or salt collected from the Himalayas by underage Sherpas. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Eh, not really.
I had experience with some premium salt with more potassium (because it's better) and it was bitter, it ruined every dish.
The mine sal I bought, which I admit was the cheaper I ever found, was too fine, dirty and ruined every dish - I used it for the road.
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There's "Sea Salt Chocolate" which taste better (I'm convinced) than one made with table salt. Sea salt seems to taste less salty. Then there is the black kind for variety (I guess).
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I read "today's music - Sea Salt" and got really excited for a moment 
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It DOES sound like the name of a musical artist you would appreciate!
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I once seen "suited for lactose-intolerant" on a bottle of water.
The lengths marketing departments go to sell products to idiots never cease to astonish.
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Rock salt is essentially sea salt that was left behind when ancient seas evaporated.
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I don't buy many processed foods (where marketing plays a large roll), but I do use both sea salt and Himalayan, and here's why:
1) they are saltier than chemically produced salt which makes a difference in baking
2) they have no additives - table salt has an anti-caking agent that is iffy on safety and iodine (good on the face of it, but not naturally occurring)
3) Maybe it's just me, but the table salt tastes chemical to me, and I think I can tell the difference between the pink and sea salts (it may be all in my head since I haven't actually tested it)
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First, totally agree that it's an overhyped thing that most people would never notice the difference and marketing people use to push their products. That being said, this would fall under terroir[^]. Normally used when referring to wine, but I think it can apply in this case too. Someone with a trained palette can probably identify different salts and regions vs the average person who wouldn't and just may like one more than the other.
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The only advantage I see with sea salt is that the salt grains are larger than the regular Morton salt grains. It's easier for me to see (old eyes), so it's less likely for me to over salt whatever it is I'm adding salt too. Personally, I don't buy it but the wifey buys into all the hype on salt, vitamins, etc.
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"Worth it" is pretty debatable but I think it is at least detectable if you mix several different kinds vs using just one for some things like roasting vegetables in oil under a broiler.
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In my experience the only thing that really distinguishes different salts is the additives:
* Iodine
* Anti-caking agents
Iodine is frequently added to salt to help with a common deficiency. Anti-caking agents help prevent the salt from clumping. There are usually fewer anti-caking agents added to salt with larger granules. This site seems to have some useful information:
2.12.4: Foods - Salt Additives - Chemistry LibreTexts
In Short - Salt is salt.
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Thanks to the person who moved the menu back on the left hand side. It no longer feels squeezed here.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Everyone, scream at 3: "We love being sandwiched". 1....2....3
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Funny how it disappears again if you make your browser window too small.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Doh. I never noticed that it moved.
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I know this is a rubbish clue. I was bogged down with meetings at work. Sorry.
Americans spelt it wrong (7)
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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English 
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"EVERYTHING" is ten letters ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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