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Salt comes from two main sources: sea water, and the sodium chloride mineral halite (also known as rock salt). Rock salt occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that result from the drying up of enclosed lakes, playas, and seas. Salt beds may be up to 350 metres (1,150 ft) thick and underlie broad areas.
An "old salt" is an old sailor or mariner who tells oral history and sea stories. Sometimes deemed a sage within their domain, and while sometimes a raconteur , much of the history and traditions of mariners are passed from generation to generation as told and retold by old salts.
Salzach means "salt river" while Salzburg means "salt castle", both taking their names from the German word Salz, salt. Hallstatt was the site of the world's first salt mine . [ 26 ] The town gave its name to the Hallstatt culture that began mining for salt in the area in about 800 BC.
Old Bay Seasoning is a blend of herbs and spices that is marketed in the United States by McCormick & Company and originally created in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]The seasoning is a mix of celery salt (salt, celery seed), spices (including red pepper and black pepper) and paprika. [2]
Pages in category "History of salt" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Old Salt Route; S. Salt Commission; Salt in Chinese history;
The sting of climate change is often viewed as an issue for future generations and as unimportant as a few degrees of temperature change. But for a region of farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat ...
Map: Old Salt Route. The Old Salt Route was a medieval trade route in Northern Germany, one of the ancient network of salt roads which were used primarily for the transport of salt and other staples. In Germany it was referred to as Alte Salzstraße. Salt was very valuable and essential at that time; it was sometimes referred to as "white gold."
2. Zozzled. Used to describe: Being drunk An alteration of the older sozzled—which originated around 1886 —zozzled means to be drunk, with sozzle meaning to spill something in a messy manner.