this was a very lengthy chapter. i still give props to mark k. for being able to write a whole book on salt, and i hear one about fish as well! oh my.
moving on to the saltiness. the romans ate pigs but i was not impressed with the parts they ate, not impressed one bit.
romans used salt as the united states uses gas. they made it affordable but costly enough that they would still profit, which i suppose it exactly what we do with gas because if there was no profit i don't believe profits would have to be nearly as high.
salt is the root of our words!? who knew.
salary, which soldier were paid in salt.
sal came from the french word solde.
and from solde came soldier.
i think this is very cool, this is one root we had not covered in honors english!
i really don't understand how they all used so much salt and nobody suffered from obesity or heart disease. i suppose they didn't use nearly as much as us, but when it is thrown at us in literature it seems like SALT is a huge part of food, which i didn't realize. i do not salt anything but my corn.
fermented fish sauce as medicine, i choose to stay ill. salty sauces are not your friends!
"and that's all i have to say about that."
forrest, forrest gump :)
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Yeah, Mr. K does undertake mission impossible, a history book based around salt. His other book is similar, but based on Cod. (The fish)
Many of your classmates concur that the Romans were bullies, and pushed other cultures around. It is what made them so feared I guess. Another comment that I often read about is comparing Salt to today's gassoline. It's a good analogy really.
As for living very long, most died in their 40's and 50's, so maybe salt and fat took its toll? No way to know really. Their healthcare and diet was very different than by today's standards.
Garum (fish sauce) sounds icky, but seems to have been very popular back then.
Nice post,
Mr. Farrell
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