tandemcap wrote:
> My wife loves salt.
>
> Recently Alton Brown's Good Eats devoted a show to the rock. He had
several
> softball sized rocks on screen. At one time, my wife jokingly went
> MMMMMMMmmmmm.
>
> Anyone know where I can purchase something like that for Mother's
Day?
>
> I've tried FoodTV, and Alton Brown's website and keep getting a lot
of
> runaround.
>
> Thanks

You can also get a naturally pink rock salt, called Pink Halite. But
don't eat it. Some of it comes from dried lakebeds in California's
Mojave Desert. The pink color comes from algae. The Pink Halite also
may have other compounds such as potash mixed with it. One source for
Pink Halite is EBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW




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