Sea salt

Salt from evaporated sea water. Coarse or flaked, such as Maldon. Fine ground sea salt has its own record. For a pickle brine, use sea salt with no iodine and no anti-caking agent. Iodine can darken the vegetables. Anti-caking agents can make the brine cloudy. Read the list of contents. Always weigh it. A flake salt fills about two times the volume of a fine salt at the same weight.