Comments on: 15 Fascinating Facts About Salt

By: bob

bob — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:23:17 +0000

not accurate

By: C DePuy

C DePuy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:06:50 +0000

We work (http://www.cashfederal.com) right next to some old salt beds on the San Francisco Bay in Hayward. If you have flow into SFO (San Francisco Airport) during the day-time, you may notice multi-colored beds along the San Fransisco Bay, which I believe are the old salt beds. I am also pretty sure that these are multi-colored because the various life-forms that exist at varying salt concentrations.

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By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:06:59 +0000

To avoid sweet snacks, my mother gave us a half a lemon and a salt shaker. Chinese salty plums give about the same effect. We also salted watermelon, cantelope, apples specially winesaps. We learned you could torture a sibling with the mumps by eating a lemon in front of them. Seven-year-old are experts at torture.

By: kkk

kkk — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:43:20 +0000

salt is better than salt

By: tj bonds

tj bonds — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:56:10 +0000

Number 9, as a couple of people have pointed out, isn’t entirely accurate. The misconception is really that Roman soldiers were probably never paid ENTIRELY with salt, but the historical consensus seems to suggest that they were probably given partial pay or ‘bonuses’ of salt at different times in Roman history.

Any amount of internetting will reveal that this is hotly debated issue, but there are a number of historical references that suggest that Roman soldiers were, at times, at least partially compensated in salt.

By: Tismon

Tismon — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:12:50 +0000

Um… jfrater… I must ask, but why an entire list on salt? I realize that you love the stuff but don’t you have better, more interesting things (not that salt is dull or anything) to write about other than salt? Well, I took my time reading and it’s an interesting enough list.

By: Solana Ston

Solana Ston — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:40:49 +0000

see no 144. same story…

By: balkanibal

balkanibal — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Did you know that the oldest salt plant that’s still operational is located on Croatian island of Pag. They still use 2000 years old techniques cos’ they don’t have money to modernize. If they had any brains they would turn that to their advantage, brand it and sell it ten times higher. But then again we (Croats) can enjoy the benefit of having the world’s best salt for 2 euros a kilo.

By: Solana Ston

Solana Ston — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:26:34 +0000

# 147. Tomo
“With a pinch of salt” i.e. in Latin “Cum granum salis” means in most cases to be sparing/moderate/take everything in slow/minimum doses, as the words from the others, as well the salt itself. Hope I helped you a little, my English is not perfect…