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VARIATIONS: This drink can be served up or blended, as well as on the rocks. For an up cocktail, combine the ingredients, shake vigorously for 10 seconds, and strain into a chilled martini glass. For a blended drink, combine the lime juice, tequila, and triple sec in a blender with a scoop of ice, blend for 15 seconds, and pour into a margarita glass.

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HOW TO SHOP FOR SALT

PACKAGING: If a salt contains moisture, be sure it is sold in a resealable container. Any moist salt sold in cellophane or a box should be avoided if possible. Dry salts such as flake, rock, and dry traditional salts may be shipped in porous containers.

BULK BINS: Bulk salts are every bit as good as salts sold in individually sealed packages, provided the bins are well sealed to keep in moisture—preferably lined with glass or food-grade plastic. Salts bought in bulk bins should be stored in airtight containers.

TINS: Salt is hygroscopic, meaning it collects moisture from the open air. Combined with moisture and oxygen, salt will quickly rust metal. Avoid buying any salt product that comes in tins, unless the tins are small enough or your consumption is rapid enough that you can beat the inevitable rust. Most tins are coated to ward off rust, but the moment you remove and replace the lid, grinding a few fine particles of salt between the lid and the container in the process, rust will start to form. At The Meadow, we sell one-ounce tins of popular salts for rapid consumption, but tins larger than that tend to rust in the spice cabinet.

EXPIRATION DATES: Most salts do not spoil, ever. Some can grow stale. Wet salts will lose their moisture, and dry salts may take some on. Again, sealed containers are helpful for keeping salt in its best possible condition. Some salts, such as kala namak, do have minerals or compounds like sulfur that react with moisture and oxygen in the air, making the salt lose some of its potency. Kala namak should be bought coarse if possible and ground as needed to benefit from its full aromas. Other salts, such as smoked or infused salts, will indeed go stale if left unsealed.

Guidelines for shelf life:

Fleur de sel, sel gris, moist traditional salt, and shio in a sealed glass container will last indefinitely.

Flake, dry traditional, and rock salts will last indefinitely under dry to moderately humid conditions, indefinitely in cardboard or other containers.

Smoked, blended, and infused salts will last one year in a sealed glass container.

WHERE TO SHOP

There are a good many retailers offering a selection of salts, though their organization and level of description vary enormously. A good many tend to just re-sell or repackage salt from a small circle of salt importers. Below are a few of the more established websites for salt shopping. All have excellent customer service, in my experience, and source a good portion of their selection directly from salt makers. Importing salt from every corner of the globe takes experience and concentrated effort, so the businesses that specialize in salt tend to have more expertise and better selection than generalists.

Index

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Aguni Island, Japan

Aguni Koshin Odo

Aguni no shio. See Aguni Koshin Odo

Aguni salt. See Aguni Koshin Odo

Aigues-Mortes

Akoh Arashio

AkzoNobel

Alaea Hawaiian Bloody Mary

Alaea Hawaiian salt

Alaea salt. See Alaea Hawaiian salt

Alaea traditional salt

Alaea volcanic. See Alaea Hawaiian salt

Alcochete, Portugal

Alcochete sal grosso

Alder Smoked Maine Sea Salt. See Maine alder smoked salt

Algarve, Portugal

Almond Bark, Chile Chocolate, with Salt Crystals

Altaussee Stone. See Salzburg rock salt

Amabito no Moshio

Amashio

Amethyst Bamboo Salt 9x

Ancient sea salt. See Amabito no Moshio

Andes Mountain Rose. See Bolivian rose

Anglesey Sea Salt Company Ltd.

Antarctic sea salt

Apple-Bacon Sauerkraut

Apple Smoked Maine Sea Salt. See Maine apple smoked salt

Artisan salt making

fire evaporation

greenhouse evaporation

history of

mining

solar evaporation

solar-fire hybrid

women and

Artyomsol

Assal, Lake