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Gina:
Ray said, salt and light don't argue or make noise. haha! It's true.
Well, Kat brought out a great topic about stars and the numbers of them and how many people have lived, and I think that is fascinating stuff! I hope we can stay on topic here. I was going to ask Kat to do a search about salt and what it does because she always finds the most fascinating facts and interesting things.
Matt 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth
I've heard here and there a little of what salt does. It doesn't really add flavor to food at all. But it does bring out flavors as well as bring them together, that is what one chef said.
(I love salt by the way.) I'm interested in the facts about salt. Anybody have any other than those that Ray mentioned?
Dave in Tenn:
Salt makes you thirsty too.
Gina:
Thirsty for righteousness. Great point!
Gina:
Salt of the earth
1. A person or group considered as embodying simplicity and moral integrity.
2. Archaic A person or group considered the best or most worthy part of society.
Source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/salt+of+the+earth
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Colossians 4:6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,
Luke 14:34 Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
Mark 9:49-50 "For everyone will be salted with fire. "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
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10. Before Biblical Judaism ceased to exist, salt was mixed with animal sacrifices. This originated from Moses in Leviticus 2:13 which states: “Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shalt season it with salt, neither shalt thou take away the salt of the covenant of thy God from thy sacrifice. In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt.” The salt was a symbol of wisdom and discretion.
12. It is the only family of rocks regularly eaten by humans.
Source: http://listverse.com/2009/05/11/15-fascinating-facts-about-salt/
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If you say that someone is the salt of the earth, you mean that they are a very good and honest person.
Source: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-the-salt-of-the-earth
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Food without salt becomes insipid:
in·sip·id - adjective
lacking flavor.
"mugs of insipid coffee"
synonyms: tasteless, flavorless, bland, weak, wishy-washy;
lacking vigor or interest.
"many artists continued to churn out insipid, shallow works"
synonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, characterless, flat, uninteresting, lackluster, dull, drab, boring, dry, humdrum, ho-hum, monochrome, tedious, uneventful, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, pedestrian, trite, tired, hackneyed, stale, lame, wishy-washy, colorless, anemic, lifeless
indianabob:
Hi Gina,
Gina said " food without salt becomes insipid"
I like salt too, but I have cultivated a taste for the natural foods of the vegetable and fruit variety. Apples, pears, oranges, bananas etc. Raw cabbage, lettuce, carrots, onions, radishes, taste good just as they are.
We use almost NO salt in our home.
I do occasionally eat potato chips that already have salt.
Of course I understand that many natural foods already have some sodium/potassium chloride in them from the soil in which they grow.
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As a young child my mom would give me raw potatoes to much upon as she was preparing supper. (could be dangerous today due to how they are grown)
For salad dressing one can use vinegar and oil with spices other than salt.
This is not to criticize salt users, just an interesting observation.
Morton's Salt "when it rains, it pours". Also contains Iodine to prevent goiter.
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