Age of Invention: How the Dutch Refined Bay Salt Using Peat During the Industrial Revolution
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Anton Howes
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This article is part of a newsletter series on the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, specifically the fourth installment of a special series on salt. It discusses how the Dutch took dirty solar-evaporated "bay salt" from France, Portugal, and Spain and refined it into white salt using their plentiful peat supplies, making it suitable for butter, cheese, and preserving herring.
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· 2 pulledThe Dutch took the dirty, solar-evaporated salt of France, Portugal and Spain, known as 'bay salt' or black salt, and refined it to a white salt fit for butter, cheese, and preserving herring.
They made by burning their plentiful supplies of peat — the econo...
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