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Thank you so much for the link to the book about the Tuareg salt trade! I lived in Niger for a long time a billion years ago. (That salty gimlet sounds pretty amazing)

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"Having extremely low blood pressure is a convenient excuse and reason for behaving like a bison at a salt lick." I'm jealous.

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Purely down to genetics. I know I'm fortunate x

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My genetics are quite the opposite unfortunately

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Arghhh!

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Worth reading for the aside about male food writers alone.

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I never miss an opportunity to snark

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Oh god, if we ever meet in person I have stories for you.

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Think I've (part) solved the AI problem. I’ve uploaded Chrome instead of using Safari/Google. No AI! First entry on Salt is Wikipedia. Far better.

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I need to change my browser

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There's a Chrome extension called "Bye Bye Google AI" that actually restores it to not-garbage. Still not great, but not as bad.

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Yes! Salt both necessary and a gustatory thrill. As for Google and the nauseating AI preface …

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It's declined shockingly swiftly. Unusable now.

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This is beautiful and utile. I love the “bison at a salt lick.”

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Thank you so much xxx

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I'm sorry you haven't seen my book The Miracle of Salt (2022)...

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I wish I could afford to read every book on every subject :(

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