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    Scrape the salt off of the leaves of mangroves. Oh, and by the way, if you do worry about this until you get an ulcer. Bark extracts from the red mangrove have been used to treat gastric ulcers. So stick that in you dried mangrove bud and smoke it.

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    I believe there are areas... maybe it was Sardinia or Sicily, where they still harvest salt from the ocean by evaporation it in huge flat areas that look like rice paddies near the coast.

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    Years ago I was on a wind surfing trip to Bonaire. There were quite a few of the salt evaporation ponds like the ones in the image link that Chris posted.
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    In my area, salt isn't that much of a problem. Apparently there is almost 5 billion tons of salt in the lake near my house. 2.5 million tons are commercially extracted from it annually. http://ut.water.usgs.gov/greatsaltlake/

    To the OP, just do this. Fill a pot with sea water, and then leave it out in the sun. A couple of days later, fill it up again. Repeat for a month or two, then just leave it to completely dry up. Super easy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I believe there are areas... maybe it was Sardinia or Sicily, where they still harvest salt from the ocean by evaporation it in huge flat areas that look like rice paddies near the coast.

    Ya... Google image is my friend:

    https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...Aoao8gSz3OjNDw
    There are also huge salt evaporation ponds in the San Fransisco Bay area.

    Salt evaporation is big business in many third world coastal nations. A small farmer can build a series of evaporation ponds and have a constant supply of salt to harvest. They can make a subsistance living on just a couple of acres even if the ground can not be used for agriculture.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    Years ago I was on a wind surfing trip to Bonaire. There were quite a few of the salt evaporation ponds like the ones in the image link that Chris posted.
    Pssst!....Can you picture Crash wind surfing?
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    No but I can picture him para sailing from the back of the sub. The Chief of the Boat gets to do anything he wants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL View Post
    Pssst!....Can you picture Crash wind surfing?
    Since you asked..... These where a while ago - I was about your age Cowboy.

    This is me sailing in Bonnaire.

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    Oh, and here is a picture of some of the salt harvesting operation.

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    Uhh after reading this thread.... I can spend $2 for a year supply and put it inside the bomb shelter. Just sayin....
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    Way of making salt at home
    Place 5 liters of seawater in large pan, gives about 100 grams of salt.
    Check the height of the water and divide by nine and mark this point.
    Heat the water without boiling. In the oven at 70-90ºC until only get this ninth.
    Remove the water discarding waste.
    Replace the pan and mark a fifth of the height.
    Heat the water until this fifth part.
    What is at the bottom of the pot is Sal.
    Pass a water strainer and discard the water
    The strainer is 1st quality salt.

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    Go get a cookie sheet, a pail of salt water, pour water onto cookie sheet, set in sun to dry, scrape off salt

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    I don't have even $2, but did buy in bulk a couple of years ago This is very helpful information for me for when I run out of what I have.

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    Seem like a day for old threads. On a side note same system will get you sulfur from a sulfur spring .

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    I would have to add salt to water, the boil it back down around here....
    No sea water here...and haven't seen a "salt lick" for a long time.
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    I used to live on the ocean and had the same question put a bowl in the center of a pot with a lid...invert the lid so the condensation drains into the bowl. uploadfromtaptalk1456439709208.jpg

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