Among the 'boxes' in my pantry I treasure, is one marked 'Salts: different kinds'
From that here's one
Black salt , kala namak (Hindi), beet noon (beet salt; Bengali). Terrific stuff but in very small doses - smells like rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide.
Use in lassi, chaat or as I did recently, in Kolkata style rolls 👇🏽 https://mastodon.online/@SRDas/112527801868835844
The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads.
"Here in Oregon two groups on the coast are trying to unlock the secret of making pure, clean, edible salt from sea water. One is a modern company that has gained a reputation with foodies for its delicate sea salt flakes. The other group is dressed in buckskin and wool, tending a copper-lined kettle over a campfire, making a concerted effort to time travel back to the winter of 1805"
this is me showing my nibling how to harvest salt from the shoreline rocks. it hasn't rained for 3 weeks (very unusual for east hawai'i! it's because of El Niño.), so the salt nooks were in peak shape!
every patch tasted just a bit differently!
the story i had heard was: to gather salt at the shoreline, wait for a big storm with big waves. then, wait for everything to completely dry out. then go look for white salt deposits in the depressions in the rocks.
i figured that even though i hadn't remembered a big storm, 3 weeks of zero rain would certainly result in some good salt buildup. i was right!
cliff salt isn't just salty, it tastes like the sea. a friend told me: "it's concentrated mana from the ocean." it's not like eating table salt.
plus, we were just using the tips of our fingers to get a little out of the caves, so we weren't eating it by the tablespoon. we didn't harvest any to take home, we just did taste tests. by the time we'd tried a bunch, we didn't want any more salt.
it's good to know that should the boats ever stop coming to the island, i know where my nearest salt is: a mere 5 miles away, completely downhill. 🌊 🌋
The US Embassy in Brexitania weighs in on Teagate…
“We want to ensure the good people of the UK that the unthinkable notion of adding salt to Britain’s national drink is not official United States policy. And never will be.”
“The U.S. Embassy will continue to make tea in the proper way — by microwaving it.”
I'm not sure why it's pink. Wikipedia says it's mineral content including iron, so I guess it's rusty salt or something.
But I literally use half the amount of this than when I use generic table salt. I mean, I used pure salt/kosher salt in the past and I might have had the same result but I don't remember.
But the Himalayan stuff seems to add real flavour.
The ponds in Salinas de Maras have been used for salt extraction since the pre-Inca period, and have been in continuous operation since then. Located in the Sacred Valley, the Salinas consist of approximately 4,500 salt pans, set in stepped terraces of irregular stone walls that follow the Qaqahuiñay hill. These traditional salt mining practices have a lower environmental impact than industrial methods.