There is no ingredient more essential to every form of home cookery than salt. It’s one of the building blocks of life; an essential nutrient in the human body; a tool used in most every cooking ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wooden bowl and spoon with salt - Bohdan Bevz/Getty Images Alongside pepper, salt is the most utilized — and useful — seasoning in ...