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That low sodium salt is positively good for you though. Uses potassium instead.
The kids visited the Salzburg saltmines during their month in Munich in the Summer. They bought some back and it is very excellent.
The first time I realized that salt has varying tastes was during a slightly tiddly visit to a Roman saltworks on the Croatian coast about 25 years ago. You could eat it on its own. We were with a group of locals that had taken us under their wing. So, then we visited the oyster beds, armed with bottles of white and salt. Some of our new friends dived off the boat on the way back with harpoons; came back with fish and octopusses. Pretty good holiday that was. We went back several times and it never seemed to dim.
The kids visited the Salzburg saltmines during their month in Munich in the Summer. They bought some back and it is very excellent.
The first time I realized that salt has varying tastes was during a slightly tiddly visit to a Roman saltworks on the Croatian coast about 25 years ago. You could eat it on its own. We were with a group of locals that had taken us under their wing. So, then we visited the oyster beds, armed with bottles of white and salt. Some of our new friends dived off the boat on the way back with harpoons; came back with fish and octopusses. Pretty good holiday that was. We went back several times and it never seemed to dim.
I’ve always been a tad ambivalent about Anglesey salt. I knew a couple who lived just off the straits, they used to get seawater for their pet lobster. One of them worked for the environment agency, and, for some reason took in a sample in to work to get it tested, though they didn’t tell the test guy it was sea water. The reply they got was, “that’s not bad for a sewage sample”. Evidently, it was so full of bacteria and what have you, the tester presumed it was a sewage sample. I note on Anglesey’s Salt’s website, they say it goes through two carbon filters before evaporation. I should hope so too!Not forgetting Anglesea Sea Salt - once banned from production because they were mixing it with 'inferior' Cheshire rock salt
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I've spent a long time in arid regions and, yes, you need a salt intake in the desert. The best way is to mix 2L of a sensible water and salts solution each morning and make sure you drink it (and more) during the day. The easiest way is to use rehydration powders.
You die if you don't have a high enough Sodium intake.
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I don’t disagree with Broch but salt tablets in this exercise are useless.
To start with the exercise doesn’t give you enough water to make a viable solution.
In my version the quantity of water itself isn’t useful. The best thing to do is to share it out and swallow it all as soon as the first person needs it.
There is lots of controversy built into the exercise as it challenges preconceptions and seeks teamwork.
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Don’t concern yourself @demented dale Your ordinary food intake especially if you eat meat, is very probably providing you with enough salt.
I don’t salt my veg when cooking as I use a steamer. I don’t salt my food on the plate because I can’t see the point. (I grew up grabbing the salt and pepper with every meal - it’s called “autocondimentation” and it’s an insult to the cook
I put a small amount into bread and a very small amount into rice.
I carry a cruet to camp but don’t often use it.
The average British diet does not require added salt unless the sense of taste is jaded.
To start with the exercise doesn’t give you enough water to make a viable solution.
In my version the quantity of water itself isn’t useful. The best thing to do is to share it out and swallow it all as soon as the first person needs it.
There is lots of controversy built into the exercise as it challenges preconceptions and seeks teamwork.
Edited to add:
Don’t concern yourself @demented dale Your ordinary food intake especially if you eat meat, is very probably providing you with enough salt.
I don’t salt my veg when cooking as I use a steamer. I don’t salt my food on the plate because I can’t see the point. (I grew up grabbing the salt and pepper with every meal - it’s called “autocondimentation” and it’s an insult to the cook
I put a small amount into bread and a very small amount into rice.
I carry a cruet to camp but don’t often use it.
The average British diet does not require added salt unless the sense of taste is jaded.
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there is a lot to think about in the exercise. does anyone have a copy of the desert one? There is another that NASA gave during astronaut trials. same sorta thing but different setting. could have been on the moon but as we all know that the moon landings were faked by the new world order 
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xxxxxI’m pretty sure I’ve got one somewhere but it’s “archived” in the list somewhere. I’ll look.
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I won’t publish a copy here. I believe that @Tony has had some copyright flack from the US over publication of a version of this exercise on this site.
However:
Look up “Dessert Survival Exercise “.
Looking at some of the “Correct” answers I can’t help thinking that those who set the exercise have lost sight of the objective.
It isn’t a survival exercise, it is an observed team working exercise. How the group decision was arrived at is far more important than whether they would survive in real life.
One of the fundamental discussions in my exercise is the group’s decision as to whether to stay put or walk out. The crash is well away from intended flight path.
Clearly a group such as BcUK will see the whole exercise as a discussion point.
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I won’t publish a copy here. I believe that @Tony has had some copyright flack from the US over publication of a version of this exercise on this site.
However:
Look up “Dessert Survival Exercise “.
Looking at some of the “Correct” answers I can’t help thinking that those who set the exercise have lost sight of the objective.
It isn’t a survival exercise, it is an observed team working exercise. How the group decision was arrived at is far more important than whether they would survive in real life.
One of the fundamental discussions in my exercise is the group’s decision as to whether to stay put or walk out. The crash is well away from intended flight path.
Clearly a group such as BcUK will see the whole exercise as a discussion point.
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Yeh, sorry, I was only answering that direct question - not how you deal with it in the exercise.
Maybe start a new thread for survival related exercises. Not sure people would easily find it in a thread dedicated to mostly Salt type items.there is a lot to think about in the exercise. does anyone have a copy of the desert one? There is another that NASA gave during astronaut trials. same sorta thing but different setting. could have been on the moon but as we all know that the moon landings were faked by the new world order
Just a suggestion.
I like salt. I'd rather have salty than sweet. I don't eat a lot of sugar, as in none most days, but I do eat a lot of fruit. I do drink a lot of water.
I know of natural salt substitutes too though.....dried nettle, crushed and ground, adds something of the savoury to food without adding Na+Cl-
Dried mushrooms, nutritional yeast, dried and ground summer or winter savory; they all sort of fill the space that expects saltiness.
I know of natural salt substitutes too though.....dried nettle, crushed and ground, adds something of the savoury to food without adding Na+Cl-
Dried mushrooms, nutritional yeast, dried and ground summer or winter savory; they all sort of fill the space that expects saltiness.
Salt is massively needed in the desert. And i' m not talking salted caramel dessert level salt. Im talking triple that, then the same again...And again for lunch, and tea. When night falls... wrap up, put the salt away. I'm no expert in Desert climates.. 6 months desert commando training. Djibouti. Wasnt there long enough to be an expert, was there long enough to be able to type this though, 24 years later.
More than you think. Dry/arid, you sweat a lot. Sweat removes salt... So no less than 5 g per litre of water, and not less than 5 litres per day.
Adding salt to food is not an insult to the cook.
It's a lowest common denominator thing.
Many don't add salt, for a myriad of reasons, while others like it and use it.
So, I cook with as little as possible so that my husband has virtually none, and everyone else can add it as a condiment as they so choose.
It's not insulting, just making food everyone likes, everyone tastes then chooses.
It's a lowest common denominator thing.
Many don't add salt, for a myriad of reasons, while others like it and use it.
So, I cook with as little as possible so that my husband has virtually none, and everyone else can add it as a condiment as they so choose.
It's not insulting, just making food everyone likes, everyone tastes then chooses.
Regret, I have to disagree Toddy.
Tipping salt onto food before tasting it in some sort of culinary reflex is to disregard the flavours that the cook has worked to achieve.
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