Comments on: Salty Salt from Around the Globe…

By: MAD

MAD — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:43:02 +0000

I’m not fond of adding salt to my food but my latest “acquisition” is a pack of Hawaiian Black Sea Salt. They look pretty like black onyx crystals. I just sprinkle them on fruit. Other than that, it turns any dish black!

By: Dodi

Dodi — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:55:15 +0000

Hi!
FVR salt is local iodized salt from the Pangasinan province. I think it was being promoted way back during his term as containg the right amount of iodine and your kids msut take it , otherwise they become”bobo” due to lack of iodine!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:46:29 +0000

Rex, thanks for that “tidbit” – it is fascinating how salt is made and how reasonably priced it is considering the work that goes into it! I also had an earlier post on organic sea salt from Batangas… you can check it out here https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/organic-sea-salt if you are interested…

By: Rex Flores

Rex Flores — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:56:23 +0000

Here’s a cultural tidbit on the subject of salt: the province of Pangasinan derives its name from “Panag-asinan”, the pre-hispanic name for the region where salt is made (in the northwestern coast of today’s province).

I once participated in a videodocumentary which brought us to the salt beds of Dasol, Pangasinan. Salt is manufactured by trapping the incoming tides on plots of brackish soil lined with shards of clay pots. These ‘salt beds’–oceanic versions of the inland rice paddy–impound the crystals that remain after natural evaporation. The resulting salt is then raked, gathered and refined through endless boiling and reboiling in huge conatiners over earthen hearths the size of cemetery tombs.

Excellent-tasting sea salt at Php150.00 per sack!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:59:14 +0000

izang, yes, I visited the store about a week or so ago after reading about it on Joey’s 80Breakfasts blog…I got those stirrers you mention and some other spices…it’s worth a visit, I agree.

By: izang

izang — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:47:24 +0000

my sister and I visited a newly opened store near the hap chan resto at the ground floor of market! market! called spices and flavours…their collection of spices were wonderful…literally up to the ceiling…..they have different salts but not the himalayan yet…wla p daw… and reasonably priced….they have coffee stirrers that are cinnamon sticks with sugar crystals…neat!

i bought 100grams of star anise for only P27.00…they also have iranian saffron by the gram….we were like kids with a new toy!….check it out….

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:08:37 +0000

Shoppaholique, no, I haven’t come across black salt yet…hmmm, now you have me wondering… sha, I paid Euro6 for the pink salt or about USD8.50…

By: sha

sha — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:51:46 +0000

market man my cupboard looks like yr collection here
the himalayan i paid 4UK pounds…

By: ShoppaHolique

ShoppaHolique — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:34:17 +0000

Marketman, the Indian minimart along UN avenue (i think it’s called Assad) sells “black salt” but it’s coloured pink… any information on this?

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:50:05 +0000

My pantry may sometimes look forlorn but I never run out of salt. Yes, I do have Maldon, Fleur de Sel from Camargue, Gros Sel from Ile de Re.I thought I was too weird to have so much salt in my pantry. It’s my secret until now…