Let me start by saying i am terrible at capitalizing my "i's." It's exceptionally annoying, and i rarely do. Mrs. Williams would frown upon this, i'm sure.
That being said, we are reading a book about salt for some reason. Literally, a book about salt. I thought maybe it would be a symbol for something else in civilization, but now i'm swayed to believe that salt is the important part of civilization. I like to think that salt and i have the same connection as salt and fish. I want to be salt's partner as well. I am only an amateur with salty things, but i'm willing to learn. I would like salt to be my area of expertise. Conveniently enough, i have been given this book to work with. Teach me your ways, Mr. Mark Kurlansky, you supergenius, you.
Perhaps i am part Chinese; i enjoy jiangyou immensly. I also rarely salt my foods directly. Aside from potatoes, green beans, and eggs, i usually savor the natural salt in a food. However, some flavors deserve to be masked by salt. As i read, i became concerned that the topic had been changed to shoyu, only to find out that, like our language, the two words have the same meaning. If someone in my family were asian, it would be my dad, he has darker hair. Maybe i should ask him more about his ancestry.
And pretend he's not irish.
A few pages pass, and i have a recipe for paocai! How useful! I think i should start the baby girl tradition of vegetable gift-giving. It would take the stress out of some special occasions, though i don't know what ones. Without eating, i've lost my appetite for the 1 000 year old eggs.
People started to drill wells. That was innovative. They had gas stoves, if you will, and i assume they did something salt related with them. Bamboo is awesome. So is salty gunpowder.
The part about salt trade and revenue is handy. A teenage leader was especially handy with this idea, but then salt and iron caused a big riff in Asia. Thennnn, there were a ton of salt monopolies.
I understand that this book is teaching us history, but Mr. K should skip the parts about salt and call the book "History." It's not as crafty, but it serves the purpose.
http://www.saltinstitute.org/ is a website about salt. I will keep it in mind if i am inspired to follow Mr. K's lead, i encourage you readers of this pathetic blog to do the same. I would definitely recommend the frequently asked question section on that site, "what you always wanted to know about salt." Salt, ladies and gentlemen, raw and uncut.
I am lacking in the creativity.
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Actually, Lori, I'd like to point out that they weren't really gas stoves. They were evil spirit stoves ::dodgy:: But seriously, beautiful work. I will be checking out that salt website for sure.
I probably should have put a dodgy after the part about me checking out the salt website. Just wanted to clear that up :)
...That was the most interesting blog I have read yet! I think you really understand the true meaning of salt.
I think its neat that you don't salt most of your foods. I salt everything, it runs in my genes.
You are pretty chinese looking in my opinion. You could fit the part nicely..only if your mom cut off a piece of her arm and fed it to your grandma who's name happened to be popo.
I think for a class project we should have to make 1,000 day old eggs. Last to puke gets bonus or something.
Those darn taxes are everywhere. I bet the chinese invented monopolies too. What jerks...but I can't be too mad since they put salt on our tables.
That salt website is stellar by the way...just thought I would let you know that I actually visited it
blog ya later.
After revisiting the site again, i found some salt-dough recipies under the FAQ "how can kids have fun with salt?" or something similar. Sounds awesome, who's in?
Dude lori I'm in. We can harvest more acorns, and try some salt recipies with those. This time i'm thinkin a teaspoon of garlic, a pinch of seasonall, a couple drops of strawberry syrup, then just dump the whole salt shaker on it.
You wrote alot. nice job.
And...
Bahah thanks. we try.
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Your blog makes me lol. Are we allowed to use intertnet lingo? It's hard to resist.
Just to clear it up, the gas stoves heated the water.
You do have the salt habits of a Chinese person. Hey! That means you shold adopt Chinese babies. HOOK ME UP! I mean, look how smart they are: gas stoves, water running through pipes, gun powder, and pickling. These things would be running through a Chinese babies blood; i would be such a proud mother. *tear*
I can haz Chineez babee nao? kthnxbai.
Yeah, silly bear. Those weren't gas stoves, they really were evil spirit stoves. Have you not read enough Chinese literature yet? Salt is actually probably sacred god bird poop or something. That was unkind. I apologize to salt. And any birds that are sacred gods in the Chinese culture.
(but you know it's true....)
Your dad looks Chinese. Fo sho. Except for the part where he looks like Tony Hawk who is not, in fact, Chinese at all. Interesante.
Well, I'm fairly sure that this comment had no educational value at all, but some of my other ones did so you just get a crap rambling comment from me.
Hollaback!
Oh. And I'm kind of angry about this. Soooooo....guess what I am?
Wait for it...
Wait for it...
I'M SALTY!!!!
BAAHAHAHA!
That just happened.
Ya lol.
oh yay salt.
i love how you breifly summarized everything
but i knew exactly what you meant
you are a very good blogger
ps. i cannot seem to recall how to follow someones blog can someone please help me out?
ok seriously guys, next stupid project we have to do i am so laying down depiction of evil propane spirit on the table. just throwing it out there. also lori, if you want to be a salt guru i believes you should grow a beard and get surgery like michael jackson, only be transformed into an old chinese lady. then you can have kids and pass them on to steph, it solves everybody's issues. good length on the blog, did you get the shifty eye thingy too?? unlike yourself i enjoy putting salt on everythingand i shall happily die from a heartattack at the age of 47 while asking millie to pass "the irredescant cubes of life". omg, i just got the NaCl thing, seriously, just now. how pathetic is that. i should really go to sleep, so laters chicka
Next stupid project??? Wow, that's a great attitude I shall remember.
Lori,
Most kids look at the idea of a book on Salt as odd, but I think after you get a few chapters in, you will see the method to Kurlansky's madness.
Some of your comments while full of whit and funny to read, but some are off topic or not up to task for what I asked.
The 1000 year old eggs sound pretty rancid. I have a hard time believing that they could/would keep that long myself.
Yeah, the Chinese made a lot of contributions via salt, which I'm glad you point out.
I think Mr.K (as you call him, I like that abbrv) is using salt to explain history. Its value was that of silver or gold at one time, while now we take it for granted.
Mr. Farrell
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