early_riser@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 19 days agoCould I theoretically grind up one of those pink salt lamps and use it to season my food?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareCould I theoretically grind up one of those pink salt lamps and use it to season my food?early_riser@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 19 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoIt’s salt. What sort of pathogen is capable of living on it to begin with? Edit: I guess the concern would more likely be some kind of chemical contaminant from the mining process, which I suppose could be helped by washing.
minus-squareTIEPilot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoLead contamination or other heavy metals (chromium freaks me out). I wasn’t too worried about pathogens/virus/bacteria/fungus as like you say its salt. Its been a preservative for 1000’s of years :)
It’s salt. What sort of pathogen is capable of living on it to begin with?Edit: I guess the concern would more likely be some kind of chemical contaminant from the mining process, which I suppose could be helped by washing.
Lead contamination or other heavy metals (chromium freaks me out). I wasn’t too worried about pathogens/virus/bacteria/fungus as like you say its salt. Its been a preservative for 1000’s of years :)