Why I love salt (a small speech I gave jay and millie on the walk home from the burrito shop (yes, it’s a miracle I have friends))
1. It makes you float
2. Its preserves stuff
3. If you throw it over your shoulder you get good luck
4. It removes red wine stains from the carpet
5. It stops me falling over on the ice
6. If you make a circle of salt around you it protects you from witches
7. You can apply it to mouth ulcers
8. It makes food more flavoursome
9. Tequilla + lemon + salt = valid drink
10. If you put a dash of salt in ground coffee it lasts longer
11. The Germans of Buffalo valley in central Pennsylvania believe that a boy may be cured of homesickness by placing salt in the hems of his trousers and making him look up the chimney.
For more information on the wild and brilliant magical properties of salt please see:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/mhs/mhs39.htm No really please. If anyone takes particular pleasure in the joy that is salt please feel free to add to my list.
I love salt.