"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Fri 15 Apr 2005 02:34:15p, Bell Jar wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri 15 Apr 2005 02:25:37p, Bell Jar wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> "tandemcap" > wrote in message
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>>>>> 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
>>>> You can buy a great big brick at any feed store.
>>>
>>> Oh, you mean those "salt licks" they sell for cattle?
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>>> Wayne Boatwright
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>>> Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
>>> Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
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>> Considering I grew up on a farm with over 400 dairy cattle ... I knew
>> that already.
>> Read your quote.
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> LOL! Some of the salt licks they sell are yellow. Do you know if they
> have sulphur in them?
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> Wayne Boatwright
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There are several types of bricks. Some have sulfur added, some have other
minerals. I recall that salt bricks w/ sulfur were put out for goats and
sheep. (We did not have sheep and only had goats for a few years.)