"As my southern friend says this "makes you want to slap your mamma"! Made exactly to the recipe, and is absolutely fabulous. just waiting for the baked potatoes to finish. You definitely need kosher salt, not table salt. I buy a big box and keep in a covered pinching dish handy, and thats all I cook with unless I'm baking. It is not a big investment and worth every penny. I found the roast at Fresh Market, and the butcher cut and tied it for me. It looks just like Ina's. A little fat is necessary, similar to a prime rib."