# Poll: Have you ever licked a salt lick? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275 "2007-10-10T22:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/21 "2007-10-11T09:51:51Z")
Salt Lick? Are these the reddish blocks of rock salt, that come either in house-brick type for mounting on a wall or post, or in a giant cube-with-rope-hole for putting out in the field? If so I have tried both kinds, many times. Salty. And occasionally horse-saliva-y. I also used to eat some of the rock salt that came in giant sacks for de-icing driveways, ramps etc. Mmmmmm crunchysalty. Dog biscuits, horse pellets, horse peas/oats/bran/molasses - all good healthy stuff for small children to eat. Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/22 "2007-10-11T10:32:25Z")
Sure, when I was a kid. It was one actively used by deer too. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/23 "2007-10-11T10:34:52Z")
Well of course. If it was good enough for my pet rat, it was good enough for me. I also ate her sunflower seeds. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/24 "2007-10-11T12:13:03Z")
What a very odd thing to ask! I find it even more peculiar that anyone who had experienced a salt lick as a child hasn’t partaken in a lick or two. Since I grew up on a farm, the answer is: certainly I have. I don’t find that gross at all. Now, if I were to admit that I’ve picked up road salt and tasted that, that would just be weird. [sub]No! I’m not gonna admit to it![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/25 "2007-10-11T13:40:55Z")
Ohh, I thought you meant a real salt lick, not a salt block. The kind out in the wild, natural, and covered with Deer and Elk shit as they lick, I was going to say hell no. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/26 "2007-10-11T13:43:50Z")
Of course. We also had a molasses wheel that was tasty, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/27 "2007-10-11T13:45:24Z")
Yes, I believe I have - I think it was when I was a child and we had pet guinea pigs - I seem to remember it being distinctly _un_salty - it was more like gypsum or something. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/28 "2007-10-11T14:22:48Z")
Do these taste different than those urinal cakes? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/29 "2007-10-11T14:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Having spent many hours up to my knees in chow shit… [/QUOTE] That was supposed to be “cow shit”. I’ve dealt with my share of chow shit too, but not _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/30 "2007-10-11T14:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] Not only have I licked many salt licks, it was my habit to knock a corner off a new lick for my personal use. Alfalfa pellets aren’t bad, either. [/QUOTE] 🙂 haven’t tried alfalfa pellets, but the rest sounds familiar. Knock a small corner off the block and head out into the bush for a day of playing… good times! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/31 "2007-10-11T17:05:29Z")
Indirectly, juice up finger, put finger on block, lick finger. Once was enough. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/32 "2007-10-11T17:18:39Z")
That wasn’t a block, you nitwit, that was my… well, never mind. But keep your hideous juiced up fingers off of me. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/33 "2007-10-11T17:20:13Z")
[QUOTE=Lunar Saltlick] That wasn’t a block, you nitwit, that was my… well, never mind. But keep your hideous juiced up fingers off of me. [/QUOTE] By any chance have you written an anti-cheese manifesto? ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/34 "2007-10-11T17:38:19Z")
Not only have I put paid to all cheesy comestibles in a blistering tract that rocked the Champs-Elysées and staggered them on Wall Street, but I have also led a thunderous protest march at halftime in a Packers game in which I was pelted by sharp cheddar, string cheese, goat milk cheddar and a choice array of Havarti-Muenster. Next stop was Quebec, where I was laid low by the sight of squinky squinky curds swimming in a sea of fries and goop, but recovered sufficiently to eliminate the ubiquitous _Le Président_ brie and a number of lesser _fromages_ from the shelves of a local Provigo. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/35 "2007-10-11T17:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] I was at a feed and seed last week where they had some sort of salt crystal - it was really pretty! [/QUOTE] Ever been at a party with a bunch of hippies and have some guy tripping balls come out of the master bedroom with a pretty salt crystal and say, “Hey, loooooook! I found a salt lick, duuuuuude!” and start licking the host’s deodorant crystal? Yeah, me neither, but I keep hoping. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/36 "2007-10-11T18:13:57Z")
Oh yeah!! I would periodically slurp the little salt wheel in the rabbit’s cage. Mmmmm. I used to lick the inside of the microwave popcorn bag too, until I got put on high blood pressure medication. Damn aging, taking away my salt induced pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/37 "2007-10-11T19:09:36Z")
Have y’all seen [this?](http://eccentricamerica.net/oddities.cfm?ref=60&action=detail&s=TX) I have not licked a salt lick. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/38 "2007-10-11T19:37:05Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Do these taste different than those urinal cakes? [/QUOTE] What does a urinal cake taste like? ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/39 "2007-10-11T20:18:00Z")
As a matter of fact, I have just the other day ! My parents had one on their table when I walked in. They use it for the deer out back, so my niece and I start licking a side of it. It was really tasty. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275/40 "2007-10-11T20:43:09Z")
I did when I was a kid, but it had to be a new one, before the horses got to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-licked-a-salt-lick/422275.md?page=3)