Salt: The only rock we eat

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

On April 5, 1930, after marching nearly a month over 240 miles of dusty roads in blazing heat, he arrived at the sea at Dandi and walked up the beach to where the sun's baking rays had produced a thick salt crust. Bending down, he picked up a chunk and boiled it in seawater.

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