It tasted good when put on food.
"salt of the earth" means a valuable person. You'd never know it from modern society, but salt used to be a very valuable commodity.
True to salt means be loyal to someone or something. The following sentence explains its meaning. "The spy will not reveal the secret as he is true to his salt"
where was salt used as commodity money
It was hard to get.
Gold and salt are examples of commodity money in economics. Commodity money is backed by the intrinsic value of the goods or commodities themselves.
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Because most countries did not have salt mines or the ability to extract it. Most ancient peoples relied on sea evaporation or trade, which made it a very rare and expensive commodity.
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It was a long time ago in africa because it was used to preserve food, make it more tasty, and it replaced salt lost when they sweat. Salt being more valuable is an opinion though, but for west africans, salt seemed more valuable
Rogers made lots of silver plated items during the 20th century and most are not very valuable. They also made some sterling silver items, and these are more valuable. If your salt dip set is sterling silver, it will be marked clearly with the word Sterling. If this word is not on the salt dip, the spoon and anything else, it is silver plated.
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