Morton Popcorn Salt Shakers, 3.75 oz

Table salt does not stay on popcorn. The crystals are too heavy for a dry, curved surface, so most of what you shake on rolls down through the bowl and collects in a salty drift at the bottom. Morton Popcorn Salt exists to solve that: the same salt milled to a superfine, almost powdery crystal with enough surface area to catch on the butter and steam of a fresh-popped kernel and stay put.

This is the small 3.75 oz shaker, the countertop format, with a dispenser top built into the canister. That matters more than it sounds. Popcorn salt works best applied in thin layers as the bowl fills rather than dumped over the top at the end, and a shaker you can hold in one hand while you toss with the other is what makes that possible.

The same fine grind earns its keep on fries straight out of the oil, corn on the cob, nachos, and a buttered baked potato.