celery salt
{{Short description|Salt seasoned with celery seeds}}
Image:Celery Salt, Penzeys Spices, Arlington Heights MA.jpg
Celery salt is a seasoned salt used to flavour food. The primary ingredient is table salt and the flavouring agent is ground seeds from celery{{cite web|url=http://www.schwartz.co.uk/products/herbs-and-spices/spices/celery-salt.aspx|title=Celery Salt - Herbs & Spices - Schwartz UK|website=www.schwartz.co.uk}} or its relative, lovage.{{cite web|url=http://www.bart-ingredients.co.uk/ingredient/celery|title=CELERY - Bart Ingredients - Not all ingredients are equal|website=www.bart-ingredients.co.uk|access-date=2014-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009144313/http://bart-ingredients.co.uk/ingredient/celery/|archive-date=2017-10-09|url-status=dead}} It is also sometimes produced using dried celery or seed oleoresin.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UL9lpNrx0kwC&pg=PA177 |page=177 |title=Culinary Herbs |isbn=9780660190730 |last1=Small |first1=Ernest |year=2006 |publisher=NRC Research Press }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B0xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA270 |title=Coffee and Tea Industries and the Flavor Field |date=1914 |page=270 }}
Additives
Celery salt normally contains an anticaking agent such as silicon dioxide or calcium silicate.
As a vegetable, celery seeds have potassium as the dominant ion over sodium (ninefold more).{{cite web|url=https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/257?manu=&fgcd=|title=Food Composition Databases Show Foods -- Spices, celery seed|website=ndb.nal.usda.gov|access-date=2016-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321193108/https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/257?manu=&fgcd=|archive-date=2018-03-21|url-status=dead}}
Uses
Celery salt is an ingredient of the Bloody Mary cocktail and the Caesar cocktail.{{cite web|url=http://www.seasonedpioneers.co.uk/seasoning_detail.aspx?ID=33|title=Celery Salt - Buy Celery Salt Online}} It is also reported to be an ingredient in KFC's secret spice mix.{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11698101|title=The Colonel's original KFC chicken recipe found in scrapbook|date=4 January 2017|via=www.nzherald.co.nz|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald }} It is also commonly used to season the Chicago-style hot dog, the New York System wiener, salads, coleslaw and stews. It is a primary ingredient in Old Bay brand seasoning.List of ingredients provided at: http://www.oldbay.com/Products/Old-Bay-Seasoning.aspx
Because sodium nitrate, a chemical that serves as a food preservative, occurs naturally in celery, celery salt is often used by food producers to prevent spoilage while avoiding listing sodium nitrate on the ingredients list directly.{{cite web|url=http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/seasoningflavoring/a/nitrates.htm|title=Are the Health Concerns About Nitrates Overblown?|access-date=2013-02-12|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211103855/http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/seasoningflavoring/a/nitrates.htm|url-status=dead}}{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}.
See also
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