[Sca-cooks] Salt in Iceland (was Honey butter)

[euriol at ptd.net]

I had a chance this past weekend to glance at a research paper on Icelandic Skyr & Mysa (curds & whey) and I think this was mentioned in the paper (I've asked the author for a copy that I might be able to read it cover to cover).

If I'm remember right from the paper, it was the scarcity of wood that made the harvesting of the salt impractical in Iceland.

Euriol

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From:Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps <dephelps at embarqmail.com>
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Was written:
> I _think_ the places where salt tends to be harvested from salt water  are 
> places where there are shallow bays and a lot of sunshine; places  like 
> Southern Spain and India. I also believe Northern Europe tends to  see 
> more mined salt, and I'm not sure Iceland is one of the centers  for that.
>
If I recall correctly Iceland is a volcanic island on the north Atlantic mid 
oceanic rift.  Mined salt comes from sedimentary deposits.

Daniel

mka Daniel C. Phelps, P.G. (Professional Geologist) 

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