“Salt: A World History” by Mark Kurlansky

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  • Chinese were the first to mine salt
  • Gunpowder is made from salt
  • Egyptian tombs have two parts, the below ground burial and an above ground offering
  • Proteins unravel in the presence of heat, salt
  • Salt mines shift under their weight and close their own cracks as brine fills and dries
  • The Celtic economy was based on salt
  • “Common salts” is a Roman idiom
  • Curing fish enabled mass distribution of fish and people who could eat fish rations
  • Milk curdles under contact with animal skin, especially the stomach
  • Fat resists salt which is why oily fish need to be salted more and pressed

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