On Fri 15 Apr 2005 08:12:55p, 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 02:34:15p, 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.
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.)

Thanks. My memory is searching back over 50 years ago when I would visit
my grandfather's farm.

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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