Different kinds of salt do have different bulk densities.  Regular
table salt weighs the most per teaspoon, kosher (large crystal) salt
less, and those expensive sea salt flakes the least.

One bread-baking book I have says to use about twice as much kosher
salt as regular table salt if substituting in recipes, in the absence
of a scale.

I wonder, does sea salt make a "truer" saline solution than regular
table salt, due to the additional minerals?  Might it be kinder to
delicate tissues?

Margaret
Longmont, CO

>Interesting.  I did a google search on 'one teaspoon of salt weighs' and
>got results stating that it weighs 'about 4 grams', 'about 5 grams', and
>6.6 grams.  Perhaps different types of salt have different weights
>depending on the size of the crystals.  How critical is it to have the
>proportions exact?
>
>-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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