Salterie in French means a box to store salt . Salt has been used since ages in human civilisation . Its a very important part of our diet . Promising or vowing on the salt is considered very sacred and solemn. Was it king Leer who finally understood when his third daughter said " papa I love you as much as salt in my dish . "
A salt pig is an open salt container with its mouth sticking out like a pig . But it does not have a lid and is usually made of ceramic . So the chances of breakage are more .Salt should be aired as much as possible else it gets clogged and clumpy . My Brazilian friend taught me to add a few raw rice to the salt mill - the one used to keep on the dining table and sprinkle on food while eating . The raw rice will soak in the moisture of the salt from the mill and it wont clog while sprinkling from small holes . But we don't use salt or pepper mills on our table much .
You know my nature , when some thing new comes up, I have to talk non stop about it for days together . So here we go about my new salterie , my old one , the whys and hows ...
For a decade when there were just 2 of us , we didn't use much salt as we didn't cook much. Once the twins came , we started buying groceries to stock them and use them in big quantities.
I bought my first big box of rock salt ( which came along with a plastic box ) from Sainsbury's as we lived in London way back then. it was a plastic box of 1.5 kg . I have been using it till now , its been a decade since I bought it last . I use the refill bags of rock salt now from Carrfour ( we have shifted to Paris so ... ) and fill my red and white plastic box with it . They say its inauspicious to wash salt containers so I never washed it . It did serve its purpose though it was a bit tough to scrap the rock salt lying at the bottom when the box was almost empty . I use a small plastic spoon to scoop out rock salt from it . It used to hurt my wrists as the border of this box is wearing out . when it was time to scrap out from its bottom . You might ask why don't you use a longer spoon . Well the thing is , I have been using the small plastic spoon since day one and the older a thing gets, the more attached and sentimental you become about it . Its complicated logic but hope you get it .
Like they say , learn to embrace new things . Nothing wrong in letting go old things . I saw this pretty Salterie on Ebay. It was Ukrainian hand made . I bought it without a second thought . I ordered one for 21 cms but she gave me one of 15 cms . Said its hand made so not possible to stick to measurements all the time . I was kinda disappointed. This is smaller and holds only up to 250 gms . Well I am not the one to complain all the time . If you don't get what you like , then learn to like what you get . I quite liked the wooden salter . It has a hole on the side to hold a spoon too. Looking for a silver lining , I don't have to hurt my wrists scrapping salt from its rock bottom. and now it adorns my kitchen shelf .
I find it pretty and ubiquitous at the same time . Would love your comments on this new toy of mine.
A salt pig is an open salt container with its mouth sticking out like a pig . But it does not have a lid and is usually made of ceramic . So the chances of breakage are more .Salt should be aired as much as possible else it gets clogged and clumpy . My Brazilian friend taught me to add a few raw rice to the salt mill - the one used to keep on the dining table and sprinkle on food while eating . The raw rice will soak in the moisture of the salt from the mill and it wont clog while sprinkling from small holes . But we don't use salt or pepper mills on our table much .
You know my nature , when some thing new comes up, I have to talk non stop about it for days together . So here we go about my new salterie , my old one , the whys and hows ...
For a decade when there were just 2 of us , we didn't use much salt as we didn't cook much. Once the twins came , we started buying groceries to stock them and use them in big quantities.
I bought my first big box of rock salt ( which came along with a plastic box ) from Sainsbury's as we lived in London way back then. it was a plastic box of 1.5 kg . I have been using it till now , its been a decade since I bought it last . I use the refill bags of rock salt now from Carrfour ( we have shifted to Paris so ... ) and fill my red and white plastic box with it . They say its inauspicious to wash salt containers so I never washed it . It did serve its purpose though it was a bit tough to scrap the rock salt lying at the bottom when the box was almost empty . I use a small plastic spoon to scoop out rock salt from it . It used to hurt my wrists as the border of this box is wearing out . when it was time to scrap out from its bottom . You might ask why don't you use a longer spoon . Well the thing is , I have been using the small plastic spoon since day one and the older a thing gets, the more attached and sentimental you become about it . Its complicated logic but hope you get it .
Like they say , learn to embrace new things . Nothing wrong in letting go old things . I saw this pretty Salterie on Ebay. It was Ukrainian hand made . I bought it without a second thought . I ordered one for 21 cms but she gave me one of 15 cms . Said its hand made so not possible to stick to measurements all the time . I was kinda disappointed. This is smaller and holds only up to 250 gms . Well I am not the one to complain all the time . If you don't get what you like , then learn to like what you get . I quite liked the wooden salter . It has a hole on the side to hold a spoon too. Looking for a silver lining , I don't have to hurt my wrists scrapping salt from its rock bottom. and now it adorns my kitchen shelf .
I find it pretty and ubiquitous at the same time . Would love your comments on this new toy of mine.
