Collection: How to inherit the salt technology in the Middle Ages so far?

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This illustration was from a medieval manuscript "Historical Treasure", the author was a monk at the time. The picture depicts the hard work of medieval salt workers.

In the medieval Europe, salt is too expensive, and ordinary people can hardly afford it. Many families can only plant plants such as fennel, mint and other plants in the courtyard for seasoning during cooking. In order to save meat for a long time under the condition of lack of salt, people have also invented the treatment methods such as air drying, smoked, etc.

The reason why salt is so expensive in the Middle Ages is that on the one hand, the production technology at that time was very primitive, and the cost of salt was high. On the other hand, it was also because governments at the time would charge high taxes on salt. There were special persons from the entire process of production to sale to supervise and review, in order to prevent people from selling private salt.

Today, relying on modern technology, salt can already be produced in large quantities, and the price has become very cheap, but those salt made by ancient methods is highly sought after. For example, in the Galande region of France, the ancient salt method of filtering seawater with vine baskets still retains. The salt produced here is called "salt flower", which is expensive, but still in short supply. It is said that in addition to the tide of the tide, this salt also comes with a faint violet fragrance, which is highly respected by the famous chefs around the world.

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