The idea of roasting a pork loin in 5 lbs of salt may seem a little crazy, and that is because it is. The whole concept seems like it would doom the pork to be an over-salted piece of jerky. Amazingly though, it actually works! Salt roasting is actually a pretty versatile technique which would […]
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Can you guess what this is? Give up? Well, it is a grain of salt from Bali! The salt is shaped like a little hollow pyramid. I zoomed in 60x with a toy digital microscope I have to get a better look. Below is a picture of the salt grain, but only zoomed in 10x. […]
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Sea salt is the first product that Big Tree Farms began exporting from Bali. The sea salt is produced using traditional methods that involve lots of labor-intensive steps. They do a great job explaining what goes into making the salt on their website. The process involves the creation of a salty brine which is then […]
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