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Frogleg
 
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Default Rock salt -- sidewalk vs. stomach

On 29 Feb 2004 14:41:21 -0800, (JB) wrote:

>Can you use salt which is intended for an ice cream maker or to melt
>snow and ice on the sidewalk in a salt mill?


What does the bag say? If there's a note about "not for human
consumption," I'd skip it. However, salt is salt. If there are no
additives, NaCl is, well, NaCl. De-icing and ice cream salt, however,
are not "food grade" and may contain various impurities you don't want
in your popcorn.