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Wet salt is becoming very popular as a finishing salt among chefs and gourmets. They tend to be very easy to handle and, unlike dry salts, can be crumbled between the fingers. However, people choose to grind wet salt because the salt will also tend to stick to their fingers and can get into anything they handle.
Not all wet salts are the same though. Each can be identified and distinguished by its different properties: the amount of moisture carried in the salt; the size of the salt crystals; and the minerals and trace elements that lend a particular flavor and/or color to the salt.
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One thing that all wet salts do have in common is that they are extremely corrosive to metals, even to those alloys that are normally corrosion resistant. The PEUGEOT wet salt mechanism has been designed with this fact in mind, so that no metal that comes into direct contact with the wet salt. |
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The wet salt mechanism is easily recognized by 3 key features:
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the off-white ceramic mechanism protrudes below its mounting point on the mill body; |
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the retaining bar that keeps the mechanism in place is made of plastic and is color-matched to the mechanism; and |
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c) there is a spiral (auger) inside the mill reservoir that helps to keep the salt moving and reduce the incidence of clumping |
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Suitable for PEUGEOT wet salt mills
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Wet salts such as Guérande; Brittany Grey; Australian Pink (e.g. Muntok white) |
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Note: the more moisture that is carried in the salt, the more it will tend to clump or act like mud. As well, wet salts with finer crystals will tend to do the same thing. |
Not recommended for use in PEUGEOT wet salt mills
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very wet and/or fine salts, as they will tend to clump and grinding output will be lower |
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dry peppercorns, as this mechanism produces inferior results to the PEUGEOT peppermill (true of all ceramic grinders) |
Never suitable for use in PEUGEOT wet salt mills
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dry sea salts and rock salts – they are so hard that will eventually create wear on the ceramic, resulting in ceramic being part of the milling output (this is true for all ceramic mechanisms) |
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soft or wet peppercorns, as they will eventually clog the mechanism |
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chilis or herbs |
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