In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article > ,
> > "tandemcap" > wrote:
> >
> > > On a recent Good Eats with Alton Brown, devoted to salt, large
> softball
> > > sized rocks of salt were used as props. My wife jokingly made
> yummmmmy
> > > sounds, as she loves salt. I want to get a large rock of salt for
> Mother's
> > > Day.
> > >
> > > Anyone know where to look? I've tried FoodTV and Alton Brown with
> no luck.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Frank
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Um, several people sent you SEVERAL references!!!
> >
> > Go to http://www.google.com and type in "Halite".
> >
> > HALITE IS MINED SALT CHUNKS OR CRYSTALS!!!!!!!
> >
> > I know you got replies, did you simply ignore them or are you a
> > troll?????
> >
> > There are also buttloads of them on ebay.
>
> Halite is salt as it comes from the mine (rocksalt) unpurified and not
> fit for human consumption... you are the buttload.
>
> http://www.saltinstitute.org/10.html
>

<rolls eyes>
What-ever... Unprocessed, crystalized halite is also loaded with trace
minerals and IS fit for human consumption!

I purchase "natural raw" granulated halite/salt from the health food
store all the time.

You are ignorant.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson