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Post by Peter on Sept 12, 2015 23:43:30 GMT 10
A Google search of salt pork led me to the video linked below. A brief look showed a number of videos on this channel covering a variety of life skills from the 18th Century. I've only watched a couple, but they seem to give some ideas.
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Post by wellrounded on Sept 13, 2015 6:45:58 GMT 10
I've seen quite a few of their videos, fun to watch. I had a look at their facebook page, they have just posted a link to The Woodrunners Diary, small world  . |
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Post by myrrph on Sept 13, 2015 17:58:20 GMT 10
i have always liked their videos. their pilot bread video is pretty awesome!
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 14, 2015 1:37:34 GMT 10
I am slowly building up my supply of salt - if nothing else, it will be a good bartering item.
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Post by shinester on Sept 15, 2015 9:02:45 GMT 10
Pool salt is salt minus the iodine, 25kg bags are really cheap [$8 last time I looked] |
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Post by thereth on Sept 15, 2015 9:49:04 GMT 10
So pool salt is ok for consumption?
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Post by Peter on Sept 15, 2015 10:14:21 GMT 10
Pool salt isn't cleaned as thoroughly as food-grade salt. That's why there's often some brown/grey scum that floats on the surface of a pool that has just had salt added.
Because pool salt has decent size chunks it can often be gently rinsed in cold water without too much dissolving.
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 15, 2015 20:32:12 GMT 10
So, what is better to hoard? Cooking salt or Pool Salt ( or what about water softener Salt??),
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Post by Peter on Sept 15, 2015 21:26:33 GMT 10
I'm storing cooking salt (mostly rock salt, but some flakes and iodised). Although I might grab a few bags of pool salt just to bulk up my currently insufficient stocks.
One other thing - the bags that pool salt comes in seems to perish in the sun. Although you'll see it at the hardware store outdoors on pallets, that isn't a suitable long term storage option.
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Post by shinester on Sept 17, 2015 1:28:35 GMT 10
I'm similar to Pete, I've got plenty of normal salt, many years worth in fact [we need 3g/day aka 1kg/year from our diet] and I have a bag of pool salt as 'backup' for preserving. Since most salt comes from 2 sources, mines or evaporation ponds, I'm hardly concerned about issues with the salt whatever it's source, provided it's not got additives. The lack of iodine might be an issue longer term. In our current situation, we have more than enough salt added for flavor in our foods, this might not be the case if things were austere and it's fairly essential in our diet.
Rather loving that channel, lots of really great stuff on it.
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Post by myrrph on Sept 17, 2015 10:46:02 GMT 10
always love your info @shinester
I'm buying cooking salt at 80cents to $1.20 per kg. Since they don't go bad supposedly. Good and cheap trading stock eventually.
Might want to pop by the sea one day and try evaporating a litre of sea water and see what I get. Saw a couple of videos on that. want to try on my own.
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Post by wellrounded on Sept 17, 2015 14:41:49 GMT 10
myrrph seawater contains 33gms salt per litre, quite a lot |
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Post by myrrph on Sept 17, 2015 18:32:45 GMT 10
best to try it tho ... maybe also to purify it too  |
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Post by Peter on Sept 17, 2015 20:31:15 GMT 10
In theory, it should just be a matter of heating sea water (the higher the temperature, the quicker the water will evaporate). I'd be tipping it into the pot through some sort of filter (ie double muslin cloth) to remove as many particles from the water as possible.
I'd be careful about the source - you don't want other contaminants in the water (oils, sewage, etc) - but if there's a tiny bit of seaweed or similar I don't see that as a problem.
I'll try this the next time I go to the beach.
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Post by Peter on Sept 27, 2015 20:06:30 GMT 10
I'm similar to Pete, I've got plenty of normal salt, many years worth in fact [we need 3g/day aka 1kg/year from our diet]... Having re-read this post, I figure "damn" on two fronts... 1) Maybe I use way too much salt in everyday cooking, and 2) I was complaining that I only have 20kg of food-grade salt in store. I will state that a kilo of salt doesn't go far when curing meat and pickling vegetables, though... |
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Post by shinester on Sept 28, 2015 8:17:12 GMT 10
The 3g/day is based on total sodium [Men 460-920 mg/day, Women 460-920 mg/day] intake, not just added salt ha ha. I'll also revise my number as it should be about 1-2g, looking at the RDI again, serves me right for pulling numbers from my head. The science to and fros on the connection with salt and heart disease and there's a lot of bad studies are often based on extreme levels of salt intake such as in rats with the equivalent of 500g of salt 'a day'. Salt is a necessary part of our diet and it's also potentially dangerous, as is drinking too much water for that matter. That is, moderation is key. - sourceWe get it through foods of course too and I store salt for flavor enhancement too, which is rather good at and unlike other herbs and spices it lasts forever. I would agree bud, looking at the preserving of food with salt, you'd need a lot of salt to be doing it that way and it would be a good idea for both taste and to keep your sodium intake to moderate levels to rinse in fresh water as described in the salted pork. |
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Post by Ammo9 on Sept 28, 2015 10:20:58 GMT 10
2300mg/day of salt is the figure the nutritional guys at my work gave us. If you eat anything canned or packaged, you'll probably get enough just from that.
If you're on a fresh food diet, you'll need to add some. If youre getting three good meals a day, adding some salt to what you have for lunch is recommended. This is because you lose salt through sweat, you're most likely to sweat in the afternoon heat, and if you have it early you'll just piss it out.
If you're doing the bulk of your sweat creating work in the morning, have with breakfast.
2300mg is without excessive physical work. The more you sweat, the more you need. I forget the figures but a basic rehydration "sports drink" can be made by mixing equal parts sugar and salt in water. Ive forgotten the exact ammounts but I think it's a couple grams of each in half a litre of water. Yes, basically having your standard daily intake in one hit. But being salt deficient effects muscle function and brain function. You'll get cramping, loss of endurance, loss of strength, loss of concentration, loss of rational decision making... just all together bad stuff.
(I'm at a cafe right now, this is all from my over strained memory. If I mixed something up I'll fix it later)
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Post by WolfDen on Jul 31, 2019 17:24:07 GMT 10
Quite enjoy Townsends videos. I have lately been doing a lot of research on the old ways, especially involving cooking.
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Post by Frank on Aug 3, 2019 23:25:29 GMT 10
Been watching this channel abit lately aswell. Had forgotten about it, but then the youtube rabbit led me from smoking & slow cooking to cowboy cooking and back to the Townsends.
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