Pure kosher salt

The pickle recipes here call for pure kosher salt (I used Diamond brand in developing these recipes), which contains no additives like anticaking agents or iodine, which can result in a cloudy brine. There should be only one ingredient listed on the salt container: salt. You can certainly use canning and pickling salt instead—it’s also pure—but because it’s finer-grained than kosher, use scant measures. If you don’t care about cloudiness, any old salt is fine.