Thursday salt
Thursday salt, also known as Black salt is a kind of salt made on Maundy Thursday.[1]
Black salt comes from Kostroma in Russia. It has dark gray crystals. It smells like bread.[1]
History
Production began in the 14th century. A place called the Holy Trinity Monastery made it near Kostroma. Russians have used black salt for a long time. They made it especially for Easter. Today, people use it like regular salt. But it's not good for soups since it is insoluble.[1]
Production
Thursday salt is produced by mixing rock salt with other ingredients. These can be eggs, flour, or rye bread. Some add cabbage leaves or herbs like thyme. They wrap this mix in linen cloth. Then, they bake it on birch wood in a special oven. The oven is very hot, up to 600°C. The mix melts and forms a lump. This lump is left in the oven for many hours. After that, they grind the lump. They remove the ash. What remains are the black salt crystals.[1]
Composition
Heating changes the salt. The rye ash adds minerals to the salt. These minerals include calcium and potassium. The salt also becomes looser. It doesn't absorb moisture easily.[1]
Modern production
Black salt production had stopped for a while. But some old people in Kostroma remembered how to make it. Now, families make it once a year. They make it for Easter. A group started making more of it in 2000. They made up to 12 tons in a year. This group sells the salt in markets and online.[1] ru:Четверговая_соль
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Kostroma Black Salt - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "Thursday's Salt 2021 | TheWitchery.Ca". www.thewitchery.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "Thursday's Salt 2023 | TheWitchery.Ca". www.thewitchery.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "What is thursday salt? How to prepare and use it? Magical use of Thursday salt. The forgotten taste of black salt. long history". obliznis.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "Black Thursday salt what is it good and bad. How to make quaternary salt at home". boned.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "Thursday salt - cooking for the whole year! Thursday salt: preparation method and application". stale.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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