So chapter two of Salt has proved to be much more enjoyable than chapter one. I was actually interested in what the Egyptians did with salt. The Chinese's big thing was soy sauce. The Egyptians preserved dead people. Way cooler! And was it just me, or was it hilarious that they sometimes traded slaves (people) for salt (condiment)? Salt was a whole lot cooler in this chapter. They did some pretty crazy stuff with it.
Okay, I want to point out something here. Some people were under the impression that there was an entire city made of salt. Some guy whose name I can't remember said so. Wouldn't the city melt over time? I mean, if you put salt in water, the salt doesn't really stay solid. It makes a solution (salt water). So wouldn't that mean that the salt would dissolve away over time? It would really suck if you were just hanging out at home, having dinner with the fam, and then all of sudden a torrential downpour of rain made your house dissolve. That's a bad day right there.
This part isn't that related to the salt aspect of Salt, but isn't it uber cool that camels were originally from North America? We had wild camels running around over here. I wish we still did. How awesome would it be to see a camel running across the road? Have you ever seen those things run? If not, you should probably watch Animal Planet more. They are hilarious. Imagine getting upset because a camel got into your garbage can. Bahahaha. They carried lots of salt back in the Egyptian times. They were a much more convenient animal for desert travel, I must say.
Things I Learned You Can Do With Salt Within the Last Week:
1. Pickle vegetables to keep until you get married
2. Preserve dead things (animals, people, organs, etc.)
3. Soy sauce
4. NOT SALT your rice (pretty much blasphemy to salt it)
5. Tax people for it
6. Trade slaves (or friends, family, etc.)
7. Make other awesome discoveries that changed the world
So, in conclusion, salt is the Chuck Norris of condiments :D
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11 comments:
I totally agree with you, this chapter was definitley better. I also think that it was histerical that they traded people for salt. I don't hink I can ever imagine salt being more important than a human life. I believe that the salt city would have melted too. I can't believe that salt would ever be able to be made into a city. I think your theory about the house desolving with people in it would be horrible. This book is sure interesting.
I thought the same thing camals in North american? what? It seems the more I read into salt the more i find out about it. Salt was used with the chinese and Eyptains and was a big deal to transport it. All I have to do today is reach for the shaker.
Even back then they were picky about salt. Eyptians that were wealthy used natron.Africans made their own mixture of salt. Now a days I complain over fine or sea salt. I see that through civilization everyone has preferences.
I did like this chapter a lot better. I thought it was so weird about the city made out of salt too! I guess it was a town for slaves or something? I wasn't sure, but I thought that if it was made out of salt wouldn't it easily melt?
I also thought that was cool that North America had wild camels! A little disturbing though, because in my head when it said wild I pictured the camels with long sharp fang-like teeth and everything, but that's not too likely.
As far as you comment about the disolving salt houses, I think they only built those in the deserts, so the chance of rain destroying your house would be slim to none.
I wonder why camels would live in North America. There doesn't seem to be much desert for them to evolve in around her, and certainly no desert to cross over to Africa with. Maybe it's a Pangea thing.
First of all, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one fascinated by the fact that camels used to grow in america..its pretty awesome to say that about our country. who needs salt when you have camels?
I think the egyptians used salt to their full advantage and really went crazy with it. I would probably sell my sister for some salt if need be, i gotta eat something.
I feel the same way about the city of salt...thats a load of crap because they just want to say they invented the city of salt too.
I like the egytians better than the chinese...but maybe because I have a grude against the chinese to begin with.
I forgot to tell you!!!
your fugly plant is getting big. I keep coming back to your bloggger just so it grows little flowers. :)
I loved this chapter a lot more than the other one too. I think pretty much everyone did. With that city of salt, that is crazy, right? How in the world could it be made of salt? There should be at least some humidity in the air even if it doesn't rain there. Hm. Who knows? I can see one of my bad days I would be that family that would be in the house of salt water. Oh joy. Good times it would be.
I wish that we still had camels too! I'm really angry that we don't have them over here. Can you imagine riding one of those things to school? How awesome would that be? We'll have to buy two camels together Megan. We shall make them have many little camel babies to populate America! He he.
There wasn't much rain in the salty desert. This might just be my brain melting though. I found it much less interesting than the first chapter, but that might just be because I love the Chinese and all they have done for us.
I'm with Erica. I found this chapter much less interesting actually. There wasn't as much actual events discussed in this chapter, just different facts about salt. Or maybe I just don't like this chapter as much because we seem to disagree about everything.
I lol'd at your list. I bet you'd trade me off for salt if you had the chance =(
you would probably give up bushels and bushels of salt for me, contrary to timmy.
...i'm going to get lectured about that one but i'm feeling adventurous. I liked this chapter much better. I got over the shock of it being literally a salt book, and tried to read through without getting caught up in the fact that we are reading about SALT.
Does no one else think it's as alarming?!
The houses wouldn't dissolve, unless you tried to eat them. You could scrape off flavoring and stuff. It's like the gingerbread house and whatnot.
Does this classify as an educational comment?
lurve.
Glad you liked this chapter better anyway. You still do tend to prattle a bit more than you should. Try to focus on the content and tell me less about how you "feel" about salt. I'm looking for historical connections that you are able to draw.
The city of salt was built near the Sahara in N.Africa. There are spots in that region that have not recorded a drop of rain in over a few 100 years. So a city of salt would last for a little while anyway, especially in dry desert climates.
Like your classmates, most tend to agree with you about Cammels being from N.America. while this point is neat, you spend over 25% of your blog post on this tangent which is off topic and will reflect on your score. STAY ON TOPIC!
Cool list, but that is where the true focus of your post ought to be. Not the other stuff.
Mr. Farrell
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