Enbrethiliel has some answers — actually a mini Bible study on salt.
If permalinks are acting up, scroll down to April 17, “Why Salt?”
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Enbrethiliel has some answers — actually a mini Bible study on salt.
If permalinks are acting up, scroll down to April 17, “Why Salt?”
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In the old ritual for baptism, salt was used. I don’t remember the exact reasons, but I bet you would find it in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Salt, unlike pepper, is necessary for human existance. We must have a certain percentage of salt in our blood stream or we die – too much and we also die. The percentage is 0.9% – that is how much salt is in the water of tears, of blood, of the amniotic fluid that cradles and nourishes the unborn. When a person is low on salt, food tastes bland until salted.
Until quite recently, table salt contained not only sodium chloride but other trace minerals that the body needs. Some sea salts still have those
‘impurities’ that the body also needs. Salt may have added flavor from such elements as magnesium, potassium, and iodine.
The most expensive salt I have seen is fleur de sel, a french sea salt produced by slow evaporation of sea water into a very fine grained crystal. Truly, salt is something at which to marvel!