OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> 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.

That explains your psychotic behavior.