What is Pink Salt?!


Question: What is Pink Salt!?
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Come from area's with volcanic activity!. The salt is actually sea salt that is tinted pink due to the fact of the volcanic ash that is in the area!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Hawaiian Sea Salt
Other Names: Alaea, Alae, Hawaiian Red Salt

Alaea Sea Salt is a traditional Hawaiian table salt used to season and preserve!. A natural mineral called "Alaea" (volcanic baked red clay) is added to enrich the salt with iron oxide!. This natural additive is what gives the salt its distinctive pink color!. The clay imparts a subtle flavor that is said to be mellower than regular sea salt!. Uses: It is the traditional and authentic seasoning for native Hawaiian dishes such as Kalua Pig, Poke and Hawaiian Jerky!. also good on prime rib and pork loin!. Hawaiian Sea Salt comes in fine and coarse grain!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Pink Salt is marine salt harvested in several parts of the world, including Hawaii, Utah, Peru, and the Himalayas!. Pink Salt is naturally rich in mineral content, and is sold in some countries as a luxury food product!.

[edit] Himalayan Pink Salt

Main article: Himalayan salt

Himalayan salt is a fossil marine salt which was formed more than 200 million years ago during the Secondary era!. For many years, salt has been the principal source of income for people living in those remote regions!. Because food preserved in salt retains its nutritional properties for several months, Himalayan people use it to keep fish and meat all year long!. They also use it as a currency in trading!. For centuries, once a year in springtime, the Himalayan people have been transporting the salt to the Nepalese valleys for trade!. Heavily burdened yaks carry the salt, traveling along narrow sloping paths, often these paths have been carved in cliffs!. Once they have arrived at their destination, the salt is traded for cereals, which are the staple diet for these Himalayan salt traders!.


Gourmet Sea Salts
Himalania - Himalayan Pink Salt

Himalania is an unrefined salt that comes from in the Himalayan Mountains at altitudes of over 10,000 feet! Himalania - Himalayan pink salt is a fossil marine salt and is rich in many minerals including Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Copper and Iron which gives the salt its beautiful speckled pink color!. Once a year, in the springtime, the salt is transported down from the mountains to the Nepalese valleys by caravans of yaks!. This is the principle income for the mountain peoples of the area!. Each canister comes packaged with a little wooden spoon!. Himalania pink salt cases come packed in a convenient display box!. This salt makes a great gift!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Pink Salt is marine salt harvested in several parts of the world, including Hawaii, Utah, Peru, and the Himalayas!. Pink Salt is naturally rich in mineral content, and is sold in some countries as a luxury food product!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It is sea salt that is naturally colored by the minerals native to the area where it is collected!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I just read an article about specialty salts!. Pink salt comes from the Himalayans!. Granules are larger so you use less!. They are suppose to add a luxurious element to the simplest foods:-)Www@FoodAQ@Com

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