On Jun 6, 2:32*pm, (Victor Sack) wrote:
> <http://www.independent.co.uk/7804884.html>
>
> * * * * Food: Salt taken from 'human tears' is no crying matter
> * * * * * * * * * * * * Tim Walker
>
> A London store is flogging a new range of gourmet salts, extracted from
> human tears. The salts -- available in tear-based flavours including
> Anger, Sorrow, Laughter, Chopping Onions or Sneezing -- are being sold
> at the Hoxton Street Monster Supplies store in east London, part of the
> Ministry of Stories creative writing centre for children aged eight to
> 18, whose founders include the author Nick Hornby.
>
> The salt is real, and costs £7 per jar. The tears, as you may have
> guessed, are fictional. Such is the pitch that foodie culture has
> reached, however, that the concept is almost plausible.

are the tears really fake?.....I mean after all, what about the human
breast milk cheese?..... ;-)