A Salty Aftertaste
Cascabel’s trendy tequila has got salt on my brain!
Opaque, transparent, metallic, red, purple, green, yellow, black or blue, these frisky ionic compounds are wild to study. Because salt is created through the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base, it can be sweet, sour, and bitter…interesting, huh? It’s used for industrial purposes also, like in the production of paper, soaps, and detergents. I’m loving sea salt on caramel and on chocolate covered pretzels these days. My thighs..not so much.
Check out these variations:
The mining of salt is a fascinating process where salt is obtained naturally from formed deposits (the evaporation of ancient salt lakes). Water is sometimes being injected to speed up the process. Both Deb and Marta from the MSM office have visited mines in the U.S. and Europe:
Annette Jaffe
