Salt Stuff

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:22:56 -0700, Pico Rico wrote:


Why is that people can't just admit when they're wrong rather than
some pathetic insult that just makes them more of a dweeb? At least
Sheldon usually just slinks away when he's wrong. That's preferable
to just calling the other guy a "poopie-head".

-sw
 
On 24/04/2011 9:57 PM, David Harmon wrote:


According to Wikipedia it is primarily composed of the these salt
ions:

Chloride 55.03%
Sodium 30.59%
Sulfate 7.68%
Magnesium 3.68%
Calcium 1.18%
Potassium 1.11%
Bicarbonate 0.41%
Bromide 0.19%
Borate 0.08%
Strontium 0.01%

Everything else...... 0.01%
In other words, the other 70 minerals make up 1/10,000th of the salt.
How could we even try to live without it?
 
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I've never seen that. I've seen melt only such as "melt butter", never
"stir the salt in the water until it melts".

It is probably out there somewhere, though.
 
I am wrong. But his response was still too cute for words. In fact, I
think he baited us on this one.

I have thought about this, and I must say I have never heard anyone use the
word "melt" when they were describing something "dissolve". I have never
heard anyone say they "melted" a teaspoon of sugar in their coffee. I have
never heard anyone say "melt one cup of salt in a gallon of water". I am
sure some of it is because I hang around with science types, and maybe some
of it is due to what is common in my neck of the woods.

But I wonder for those of you who live in various places, is it common in
your neck of the woods to say "melt" when something is dissolved?

I am wrong, yes. Don't try to convince me, I agree. I am now just curious
what is common in your spheres.
 
On 4/19/2011 5:10 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:

Oh! Come on, what's different about Morton Salt? They even make
"Certified Kosher" salt that works fine. I think store-brand salts are
made by Morton under contract anyway.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm "not"
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On Apr 24, 6:46?pm, Mark Thorson wrote:

I'm a bit confused: the faq for rec.food.cuisine.jewish says the
sciatic nerve and certain parts of the fat must be removed from the
hindquarters.
 
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:10:30 -0400, James Silverton
wrote:


All pure NACL tastes exactly the same, except depending on
application... an ounce of regular salt and an ounce of kashering salt
dissolved in a liter of water will taste exactly the same, but when
sprinkled on the surface of foods the larger crystals will taste
saltier, because larger crystals dissolve more slowly in the mouth.
Sea salt is simply dirty salt, it's evaporated sea water with nothing
removed, it contains all the minerals that are dissolved in that body
of sea water and all the solids that float in that sea water, like
plankton, bits of seeweed, sea life excrement, even human piss, turds,
and condom/tampon contents. No one should ingest sea salt on a
regular basis without approval of their medical professional... many
components of unpurified sea water can aggravate particular medical
conditions and affect Rx drugs.. pregnant/nursing women should never
ingest any sea salt. Several of the elements contained in sea salt
accumulate in the body and cannot be eliminated, several are dangerous
like arsenic, lead, cadmium, and murcury. Never give children or pets
sea salt... as adults feel free to poison yourselves. People have
known that impure salt was toxic since before salt was used as coin of
the realm... it's only relatively recently that technology has
advanced that enables us to have purified salt... only the imbecilic
pinheads prefer to use sea salt... and mined salt is still sea salt
until it's purified. Much of what's marketed as sea salt is merely
unrefined mined salt, save money buy bying rock salt.... dissolve rock
salt in water, sieve to remove stones, and allow to dry. That's how
the ancients acquired salt, they didn't know how to precipitate out
the dissolved impurities especially not the toxic heavy metals, and
nowadays the planet's seas are a whole lot more toxic. Think very
carefully before using sea salt, especially yoose pinheads who believe
in organic farming.
 
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