You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

Salt was so valuable in ancient Rome that soldiers were sometimes paid with it. In fact, the word 'salary' comes from the Latin word sal, for salt. When a soldier was doing a lousy job, his paycheck might be cut, which is how we got the expression 'not worth his salt.'

[Lee Stewart]

Amethyst Bamboo 9x salt, which rings up at $398 a pound, may be the most expensive in the world. This pricey stuff takes a lot of time to produce—it’s roasted nine times inside a bamboo pole at temperatures exceeding 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit.

[Lee Stewart]

Sea salt may sound healthier than table salt, but most sea salts contain roughly the same proportion of sodium—about 40 percent—as table salt.

[Lee Stewart]

The No. 1 use of salt in the United States isn’t on food at all. In 2016, about 44 percent of salt went toward de-icing roads, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Only 3 percent was used in agricultural and food processing.

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

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