Salt-
(A World History) by Mark Kurlansky (Non-fiction)
"By
the seventh century, the Basques built stone towers on high
points of land along their coast. When the lookout tower spied a
whale, it's great shiny back breaking the surface while spouting
vapor, (the lookout) would shout a series of coded cries that told
whalers where and how big the whale was...(pg 112)."
Tons and tons of salt have been used over the ages to preserve seafood (think salt cod) and in the preservation of all kinds of meat.
Today's feature is a non-fiction book encompassing the history surrounding salt!
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| Basque stronghold; Arteaga Tower. |
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| Basque coastal region. |
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| Basque Countryside between Spain and France. |
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| Map showing where the Basques originate. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basques- an
ethnic group of people that inhabit an area in north-central Spain
and south-western France, thought to be the renmants of the early
settlers of Western Europe. Basque tribes were mentioned by the
Romans and today have limited self-government of a specific area.
Historically sheepherders, ranchers and fisherman.
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| Bonneville Salt Flats near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. |
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| If the subject interests you, or if you are interested in Sicily, or reading a fictional work that will show you about the life of a salt miner, here is an e-book suggestion. This was one of my first e-book purchases when I received my Kindle. The setting is in Sicily and the story follows two brothers that make their living salt mining. The author does an excellent job of getting the reader into the Sicilian mind-set. Not a fairy tale book but one that has stuck with me over the years. |
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