Food-light-writers

 

Salt of the earth.

It is said that the human body would perish in the absence of salt, that salt will cleanse an area of negative or harmful energy and that salt had once created and destroyed empires.

Civilization was catapulted forwards upon the discovery of this magic element, for it can be used in a thousand and one ways – from ferociously attacking harmful bacteria in precious food, to purification of the skin.

The word “salary” is derived from the word ‘salt’, as this was the monthly reward for the service of Roman soldiers and most important of all – salt is seen as a symbol of goodness in multiple religions.

Readily available to us today, we are ignorant of the fact that salt was once worth more than gold.....and if we think about it – we need it for our survival more than we will ever need money. We have a physical relationship with salt – it makes EVERYTHING taste better! Even sugar. Especially when sprinkled over a glass of cold chocolate milk... J

 

This particular picture was taken in Paternoster – a small coastal town on the shores of the Western Cape, and was harvested by hand in Tietiesbaai by Chef Kobus van der Merwe.(see http://www.facebook.com/pages/Food-Light-Writers/501763773193147?ref=hl)

To chefs, seeing salt in its crystalline form is nothing out of the ordinary, but the salt above is a beauty – some of the flakes were as big as a 5 rand coin – indicating the purity of this product. And immediately appealing to the Wild Child within me, for I know if I lived a thousand years ago, I would also have harvested this with my own hands – living an uncomplicated, natural life.

No matter the amount of salt your palate demands or what religion you are (if any), may every salt crystal you consume from this day forth, remind you that you have goodness within you.

That you are worth every salt molecule that resides in your blood.

That you could be Salt of the Earth!

....may you claim this.

And may your words be filled with grace, seasoned with salt.

Col.4:6