Comments on: Salts of the Earth http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:43:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nancy http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-7672 nancy Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:42:27 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/#comment-7672 Gosh, I love Google: Jesus, to his Disciples [Matt. 5:13]: "Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted." So, not a type of salt, but a type of man: dependable, essential. Gosh, I love Google:

Jesus, to his Disciples [Matt. 5:13]: “Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted.”

So, not a type of salt, but a type of man: dependable, essential.

]]> By: Kenneth from Alabama http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-7671 Kenneth from Alabama Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:59:00 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/#comment-7671 This is all very interesting. I suppose a Roman soldier literally could see a month's salary go down the drain if he weren't very careful. It also makes one wonder which kind of salt the "salt of the earth" are. This is all very interesting. I suppose a Roman soldier literally could see a month’s salary go down the drain if he weren’t very careful. It also makes one wonder which kind of salt the “salt of the earth” are.

]]> By: anon http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-7670 anon Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:40:46 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/#comment-7670 Just wanted to chime in: lovely article. Just wanted to chime in: lovely article.

]]> By: nancy http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-7669 nancy Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:27:54 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/#comment-7669 Dextrose is added to table salt to stabilize the iodide. [Those table salts without iodide will not contain dextrose.] At <a href="http://www.saltinstitute.org/37.html," rel="nofollow">http://www.saltinstitute.org/37.html,</a> you can learn how adding iodide to something as common and quotidian as table salt reduced the occurance of goiters, thyroid disease, and mental retardation in this country. Cruising over to the Real Salt site (http://www.realsalt.com), I realize, I've seen it in the market, but have not tried it. Hmmm... Dextrose is added to table salt to stabilize the iodide. [Those table salts without iodide will not contain dextrose.] At http://www.saltinstitute.org/37.html, you can learn how adding iodide to something as common and quotidian as table salt reduced the occurance of goiters, thyroid disease, and mental retardation in this country.
Cruising over to the Real Salt site (http://www.realsalt.com), I realize, I’ve seen it in the market, but have not tried it. Hmmm…

]]> By: Liana http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-7668 Liana Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:19:03 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/salts-of-the-earth/#comment-7668 Nancy, did you ever notice on the label of table salt that dextrose is listed? Why sugar in the salt? Have you ever tried Real Salt from Utah? Nancy, did you ever notice on the label of table salt that dextrose is listed? Why sugar in the salt? Have you ever tried Real Salt from Utah?

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