Celery Seed vs. Celery Salt: What's the Difference? (2024)

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Celery Seed vs. Celery Salt: What's the Difference? ›

Celery seed and celery salt have the same ingredient that gives it its celery flavor: dried celery seed. The difference is just in the addition of salt in celery salt. If a dish is already salted and calls for celery seed, using celery salt wouldn't be a good substitute.

To get to know this perhaps underappreciated but no less essential spice, try one of the recipes below. If the recipe calls for celery salt instead of celery seed, swap in celery seed one for one. Just remember to season accordingly and add in a little extra salt if needed.

Caraway Seeds: Another celery seed substitute is caraway seeds, a relative of the carrot family. Caraway seeds bring bittersweet flavor to recipes like rye bread, pork & stews.

During ancient times, Indian Ayurvedic medicine used celery seed to treat colds, flu, water retention, poor digestion, different types of arthritis, and certain diseases of the liver and spleen. Today, celery seed is used mostly as a diuretic, meaning it helps your body eliminate water by increasing urine output.

Celery seed tastes a lot like celery, with the same aromatic and astringent quality in raw stalks of the celery plant. In addition, the seeds have a savory, earthy character as well as a bitter flavor which increases when the spice is used in its ground form as opposed to whole.

Celery salt is a mixture of common table salt with ground celery seeds — or sometimes dried and ground celery stalk and leaves, too. After the celery has been ground, it's blended with the salt in an approximate 2:1 ratio to make celery salt.

Celery seeds have a strong flavor that is, indeed, reminiscent of celery. Though their utilization in Asian cuisine goes back hundreds of years, celery seeds are only more recently available in the Western culinary world. They're commonly used in salads, sauces, marinades, and dressings.

Precautions. Not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding mothers, persons with low blood pressure, kidney disorders, celery or birch pollen allergies.

Celery seed contains compounds that may be beneficial in the treatment of gout. Luteolin may reduce uric acid levels and reduce inflammatory nitric oxide production. 3-n-butylphthalide and beta-selinene both exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Celery seeds, like most other spices, can last up to three to four years when kept unopened and stored properly. However, their potency begins to wane after the first year. Once opened, a jar of celery seed is at its best for about one to two years.

What is celery salt good for? ›

So many ways! Celery salt is good on buttered corn-on-the cob, green beans, in soups, in yogurt, sprinkled over eggs. It's great on things like macaroni salad, or egg salad, this shaved fennel salad, or this buttermilk farro salad.

As medicine, celery seed powder or extract have most often been used by adults in doses of 1000-1500 mg by mouth daily. Speak with a healthcare provider to find out what dose might be best for a specific condition.

Roughly about 1 teaspoon of celery seed is equal to two average celery stalks; however, I found that the flavor is not the same as using fresh celery. There's a distinct difference between the celery seed flavor and fresh celery flavor where the seeds tend to be more bitter and produce an after taste.

Celery salt is delicious seasoning salt made from dehydrated celery (both stalks and leaves) and salt. It adds a delicious flavour kick to your cold salads (such as coleslaw, potato, or egg salad), is a delightful compliment to pork or other meat seasonings, and is great for those Bloody Mary or Caesar co*cktails.