Morton's water softner salt?

[lostinthewoods]

Can you use this stuff for things like salt curing meat and such in the kitchen? I was thinking it is insanely cheaper than table salt.

Thanks as always!
lost

[tufhelp]

Not sure about that, but table salt approaches insanely cheap when you buy it in 25 lb sacks - we get ours at Sam's Club. We bought out last sack in 1998, transferred it all to 2 liter plastic soft drink bottles and put it away in the pantry... I labeled the caps with the date: October 1998. Unfortunately I don’t remember how much it costs, but I know that I found it ludicrously cheap, and even more so when I stepped over and glanced at the cost in a typical cardboard cylindrical container.

[Southern_Gent]

I don't see why you couldn't use it as such, so long as it doesn't have any additives to remove iron. Most of the salt used in water softeners is either acquired from undergroud deposits or by evaporation of sea water. Only drawback is that you'll likely have to grind it, as wate softener salt comes in either pellets or course crystals.

[lostinthewoods]

tufhelp,

You make a good point. You know I work at Sam's and have never even looked at the salt there. DUH! :-/

As for the grinding I did know that the salt was pelleted. I'll have to check the additives to see what other nasties it contains. I'll let you know.

lost