# Bad, bad, bad I'm mad at somebody on the Dope! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004 "2024-06-18T03:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/21 "2024-06-18T15:32:14Z")
Yep. I have Granny’s large set of china dishes. Ugliest _English Rose_ pattern, you ever saw… in my china cabinet. The nice very light green in the background on the dishes is the color of all my interior walls. (The Lil 'Wrekker calls it prison green). @kayaker I think you have matching closet doors. There are only 4 of the tiny salt cellars left. If there were matching spoons I don’t have them. Never had much use for any of the dishes in the whole set. Occasionally me and grandkids have a tea party. I see, now why the cellars are so small. You can’t use much, at a time of this salt. It’s too reactive to the humidity in the room. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/22 "2024-06-18T19:42:11Z")
OMFG! Did I once tell you I had once purchased some Fleur de Sel French salt? It was the first premium salt I ever heard about. This was back in the 1980s. It is made by letting sea water thicken in small tidal pools. It was very flaky and came in a velvet bag and cost a fortune. My heart is dropping, I might have hurt our lil’ Beck! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/23 "2024-06-18T21:10:18Z")
Awww. I forgave you of that long ago🤭 It wasn’t you or that kinda salt. I will be looking for velvet bags to put my salt in now. Christmas gifts? You betcha. I ain’t above it. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/24 "2024-06-18T21:38:20Z")
Use your empty Crown Royal bags. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/25 "2024-06-18T21:46:32Z")
Hey…good idea. That’s some double re-upping, reducing, and reusing. My karma gonna be good! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/26 "2024-06-19T00:02:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have a jar with flip top gasketed lid. Bigger than a quart. > Think I’ll put the salt in it and some rice in a tea ball. Be careful with the gasket in the lid. I put Kosher Salt in a jar with a gasket in the lid and the salt apparently sucked all the moisture out of the gasket which then shrunk and fell out of the lid into the salt. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/27 "2024-06-19T01:39:37Z")
Eeek. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/28 "2024-06-19T01:48:07Z")
Was it sriracha salt? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/29 "2024-06-19T02:42:32Z")
Nope just salt. No additives or additional ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/30 "2024-06-19T06:17:06Z")
It worked better on my tomato at dinner. I sliced. Sprinkled just a few flakes in the middle of each slice. Kinda tedious. But I meant to test this. The salt kinda melted into the slice. And I suppose spread out. No one used the salt shaker at the table. Even my lettuce underneath was slightly flavored. Nice. I got it now. Thx, you bad bad bad Doper, you’re forgiven. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/31 "2024-06-19T11:19:52Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > OMFG! Did I once tell you I had once purchased some Fleur de Sel French salt? A few years back my gf went to a salt tasting. She purchased a tiny container of truffle salt. That was the end of her exploration of high-end salt. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/32 "2024-06-19T16:49:49Z")
Omg! They have those? I swear I learn a new thing, Everytime I read this board. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/33 "2024-06-19T16:58:42Z")
I am curious about this, and now want to try salt flakes. Also, keep in mind that you should take any recommendations from internet strangers with…a grain of salt. 🧂 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/34 "2024-06-19T17:07:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A few years back my gf went to a salt tasting. She purchased a tiny container of truffle salt. That was the end of her exploration of high-end salt. I have to ask. In the case of truffles, does “earthy taste” mean it tastes like dirt? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/35 "2024-06-19T17:51:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Sint Maarten has a traffic circle with a statue recognizing the salt pickers who were there in the very early days. > > I’d be shocked to see a similar statue in the US south recognizing the cotton pickers, but they’re pretty similar histories. There is a statue in honor of the Boll Weevil: > **[Boll Weevil Monument](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument)** > > The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a "herald of prosperity," it stands as the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest. > The Monument consists of a statue of a woman holding a pedestal with a boll weevil perched on top... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/36 "2024-06-19T18:25:35Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > In the case of truffles, does “earthy taste” mean it tastes like dirt? I like the mild truffle flavor found in that salt. I’d never buy any, as it was ridiculously expensive and it was . . . salt. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/37 "2024-06-19T19:09:07Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/38 "2024-06-19T19:21:13Z")
Salt of the Earth. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004/39 "2024-06-19T20:38:42Z")
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