Anton Howes has a great series on salt's role in history. 

Related: Mark Kurlansky's book "Salt" is also great.

Anton Howes has a great series on salt's role in history. 

Related: Mark Kurlansky's book "Salt" is also great.

https://www.ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-invention-the-second-soul

Interesting book, before I read it I never noticed that most asian cuisines never use salt as an ingredient

it might have been a minor reference, it was just about the pure stuff being difficult to come by in China

it might have been a minor reference, it was just about the pure stuff being difficult to come by in China

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/memory-and-agency-in-ancient-china/social-life-of-salt-in-ancient-china-from-the-late-neolithic-to-the-han-dynasty/9E334CEAF7E8190CF36E5E2B05EBEA11

uhh, soy sauce, miso and fish sauce are all a form of salt :)