Hey Steemit foodies :) I used to live in Germany, and for me there is something which is a quintessential part of the German kitchen cupboard: Kräutersalz, or - quite literally - herb salt. It's a finely ground blend of sea salt and a mixture of herbs, such as thyme, oregano, parsley, sage, basil, etc.
My German girlfriend is visiting me here in England, and we were having breakfast together a couple of days ago when the idea struck me to make some. Perhaps it's already available in British supermarkets, but I've never seen it, and anyway, if it's just herbs and salt, how hard can it be?
I took out my food mixer and put the grinder attachment on.
I measured out 5 grams of mixed herbs, and then put in 5 grams of salt. This barely looked like much, so I added 5 grams more. All the grains of salt still seemed to be vanish amidst the flakes of herbs, so I added in another 5 grams. A 1:3 mixture in total.
I blitzed everything in the grinder for a couple of minutes until it resembled the consistency I know.
Here is the finished product:
Verdict - success! In future I will use a little bit less salt; perhaps 5 grams of mixed herbs to 12.5 grams of salt, which would be a ratio of 2:5. But it still tasted great sprinkled lightly on bread with cottage cheese and sliced meats, and was a pretty convincing flashback to all the great German breakfasts I have had in the past.
