Reply #15: At work we use Sysco's kosher salt [View All]

[Chulanowa]

On the box, it says "kosher for passover!"

I feel a little dumber every time I see that box, and this dumbass just racheted it up several notches.

Kosher salt is not called that because it is kosher. There's nothing Jewish or religious about kosher salt; it's just flat salt. The reason for the name is that flaky salt was used to draw the blood from meats; it had a greater surface area than rock or coarse salt, so did the job more effectively. This, the salt could make meat kosher by ensuring that all the blood was out of the meat.

Now, if I understand the theology correctly... shouldn't Christian salt then put blood back into the meat?