2006-07-18 05:42:26 · 5 answers · asked by ? 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
If you mean table salt -- sodium chloride -- the answer is no: it's chemically stable. But I'm betting you're thinking of that famous verse in Matthew about "salt losing its savor." The passage is a favorite of Christian preachers who are trying to provoke the fervor of their flocks.
The key to making sense of this verse is the "salt of the earth" reference. Jesus was talking about mined salt, a major commodity in the ancient mideast and a necessary element in many religious observances.
Mined salt is often bound to clays and sand. It's extracted, as you might expect, by crushing and dissolving the mass in fresh water. The "salt which has lost its savor" is the earthy residue which is left over.
2006-07-18 06:39:12 · answer #1 · answered by Kit 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Salt does not lose it's saltiness, sodium chloride is a stable compound. The only way to "reduce" the saltiness of salt is to dilute it.
2006-07-18 06:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by cabin cowboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so! Cause if the salt lost it's saltiness, then there would be no salt... it would have to evaporate into the air, and then it would be gone....
2006-07-18 05:45:08 · answer #3 · answered by rocknrobin21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say you start i science experiment.
2006-07-18 06:40:41 · answer #4 · answered by anaw81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can never
2006-07-18 05:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by MJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋