I went to a pool party (I know it’s late to talk about pool parties) this summer, and despite the fact that it was held on a beautiful horse farm in the middle of horse country, and despite the fact that the pool and cabana where we ate were perfect, I was impressed more by something else.
My friend had the coolest, neatest, most awesome salt I had ever seen.
It is rock salt, and to use it, you rub the salt against the little grater while holding it over your food. She bought it at Harrod’s in London. I made a mental note and knew that I would probably be able to find it in the food section of Bon Marche department store in Paris.
And find it, I did.
As you could see from the box, it came from a salt mine in Persia, more commonly known today at Iran.
The two color choices were blue and a peachy/apricot color. The color doesn’t affect the taste.
Obviously, I went with the blue. It will match our dishes and tablescapes better.
I have never seen that before. Thanks for sharing and it sure is pretty.
This is awesome! I really would like to have salt like this. Is there any place that sells it in the U.S.?
I don’t know anyone in the US who sells it. I googled it and didn’t have any luck.
I live in Argentina and for years I use rock salt instead of table salt because it has many medicinal properties ( it is composed of more than 80 minerals and is not harmful to health as opposed to table salt). Here is achieved in the dietary stores, on rocks or ground, and is called “Himalayan salt” “Rock salt” , “Salt of the Andes” or “Pink salt”.
Sorry for my english… Your blog is very beautiful ! 🙂
Thanks Selva. We love our Argentina friends. Be sure to look in our archives to see some posts about our visit this past spring.
How very interesting! I’d love to try it myself some day.
I’m afraid I “freaked” a bit when I saw that you have yours in a silver bowl, as my MIL
taught me that salt will cause silver to pit. It does make a lovely presentation, though.
Blogless Peggy
Peggy,
That was for the photo only. I’ll hunt down something more “salt-friendly.”