{"title":"gift guide strange flavors","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"amethyst-bamboo-9x-coarse-korean-sea-salt","title":"Amethyst Bamboo 9x Korean Sea Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b92727;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Re-stocked by popular demand!*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b92727;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMaster In-Shan's Amethyst bamboo salt 9x smells like something dragons use to season their victims before eating them. Master In-shan's 9x Amethyst and Oyster bamboo salts are considered by discerning users to be among the best and most efficacious available. It is an expensive (it is actually the most expensive salt in the world!), highly-prized ingredient in Taoist medicine, believed to inhibit the growth of cancer cells, cure fevers, relieve edema, and serve in remedies of dozens of other conditions. It stimulates Chi, which can translate as both mental and physical vigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegardless of its purported health benefits, it is an exciting finishing salt to bring into the kitchen, contributing savory, sweet, smoky, and a myriad of hard-to-identify flavors to food. Bamboo Salt (or Juk-yom or Jook-Yeom in Korean) is renowned across the Korean peninsula and beyond, and mixed with a less potent bamboo salt, it can be used as a daily table salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trick to enjoying this very bold, aromatic, sulphuric, but ultimately sweet salt is to use it on food; if you taste it on its own you are likely to be overwhelmed by the intense, dragon's breath intensity of the salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9x roasted salt is the most flavorful variety of bamboo salts. The \"9x\" refers to the number of times the salt has been roasted. 9x roasted bamboo salt belongs to the family of Greater Bamboo salts. Bamboo Salt is made by putting coarse gray sea salt in cylinders of aged bamboo, capping it with a special ceramic-type clay, and roasting it in a pine wood-fired furnace at temperatures nearing the melting point of salt, which is 800.8 C (1473.4 F). The whole process is then repeated seven more times; each roast exchanges properties between the pine fire, the pine resin, the clay, the bamboo, and even the iron of the oven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time the salt is exchanging compounds with the bamboo, etc., the repeated roasting is breaking down the trace compounds in the salt to create increasingly complex flavors and diverse nutrients.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, the salt is roasted a ninth time at even higher temperatures, melting the salt into a liquid that can be poured like lava. The resulting crystals can be a variety of colors, ranging from oyster to amber to amethyst. The salt can then be ground to the desired coarseness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients: Sea salt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3570125\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3570125\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitterman Salt Co.","offers":[{"title":"Small Jar \/ Coarse","offer_id":1283785784,"sku":"SA00231","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small Jar \/ Fine","offer_id":1318477020,"sku":"SA00230","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1lb Bag \/ Coarse","offer_id":1283785804,"sku":"SA00235","price":438.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1lb Bag \/ Fine","offer_id":1318477028,"sku":"SA00234","price":438.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7561\/products\/Amethyst_bamboo_9x-07170.jpg?v=1614374872"},{"product_id":"himalayan-salt-tequila-shot-glasses-set-of-4","title":"Himalayan Salt Tequila Shot Glass","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor margaritas, mint juleps, hot chocolates, and more - now also in a set of 4!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur salt shot glasses have amazing thermal properties that let them stay hot or cold far longer than glass. Freezing, refrigerating, or heating them before serving opens new doors for drink design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePopping them in the freezer overnight gives you one incredibly frosty-salty cup for that mint julep you've been looking forward to since Monday. The trick to using Himalayan salt goblets well is to mix drinks designed for quick quaffing. Liquid dissolves salt quickly. If you let your shot sit for long, it will soon become unpalatable. But done right, the salt transforms drinks that benefit from a little salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-picked from the purest seams of 600 million year old salt deposits deep under the rugged Punjabi landscape, this salt block is suitable for freezing to -320F (-196C).\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTry this: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuick-Cured Oyster with Gin Sangrita or Iced Spanish Coffee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJust getting started?\u003c\/strong\u003e Check our best-selling \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca title=\"Salt Block Cooking by Mark Bitterman\" href=\"http:\/\/themeadow.com\/products\/salt-block-cooking\"\u003eSalt Block Cooking\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003efor more recipes and inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Bitterman Salt Co.","offers":[{"title":"Set of 4","offer_id":1284008708,"sku":"SA00318","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Single Shot Glass","offer_id":46480845906,"sku":"SA00317","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of 4 with signed copy of Salt Block Cooking by Mark Bitterman","offer_id":40171442372643,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7561\/files\/salt_shot_glasses.jpg?v=1760471326"},{"product_id":"himalayan-salt-goblet","title":"Himalayan Salt Goblet","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor margaritas, mint juleps, hot chocolates... and more!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur salt goblets have amazing thermal properties that let them stay hot or cold far longer than glass. Freezing, refrigerating, or heating them before serving opens new doors for drink design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePopping them in the freezer overnight gives you one incredibly frosty-salty cup for that mint julep you've been looking forward to since Monday. The trick to using Himalayan salt goblets well is to mix drinks designed for quick quaffing. Liquid dissolves salt quickly. If you let your shot sit for long, it will soon become unpalatable. But done right, the salt transforms drinks that benefit from a little salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-picked from the purest seams of 600 million year old salt deposits deep under the rugged Punjabi landscape, this salt block is suitable for freezing to -320F (-196C).\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTry this: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalacious Mint Julep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJust getting started?\u003c\/strong\u003e Check our best-selling \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca title=\"Salt Block Cooking by Mark Bitterman\" href=\"http:\/\/themeadow.com\/products\/salt-block-cooking\"\u003eSalt Block Cooking\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003efor more recipes and inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Bitterman Salt Co.","offers":[{"title":"Single Goblet","offer_id":32900988043299,"sku":"SA00309","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of 4","offer_id":32900988076067,"sku":"SA00310","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7561\/files\/DN7A1993.jpg?v=1757720210"},{"product_id":"box-of-rocks-seasonal","title":"Box of Rocks","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlop a black rock\u003cbr\u003eof Kala Namak--\u003cbr\u003esulfuric as any\u003cbr\u003emountain hot springs--\u003cbr\u003ein your steaming\u003cbr\u003ehot bath, then close \u003cbr\u003eyour eyes, drift deep\u003cbr\u003ethrough the water's \u003cbr\u003esilent lullaby\u003cbr\u003eand find yourself\u003cbr\u003elosing yourself\u003cbr\u003edissolving softly\u003cbr\u003ein Kala Namak, \u003cbr\u003ea black salt rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rock of salt is a wonder to behold. Cracked and loosened from salt deposit that last saw daylight when the earth was in its perky adolescence, luminous boulders of salt harbor within them the mystery of earth's billion year history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom these existential musings things take a practical turn, as the raw boulders of salt are chiseled and sliced into \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e sizes and shapes that come in handy for the kitchen and bath.  And did you just hear that right?  Yes, the bath!  The Meadow is now sneaking a bath salt into our already dazzling array of culinary salts. And why not? Kala namak is an ancient salt used in ayurvedic medicine, and it's high sulfur content softens and silkens skin like no other bath salt. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themeadow.com\/collections\/himalayan-salt\/products\/cutie-with-microplane\" title=\"Salt Block Cutie with Microplane\"\u003eHimalayan Salt Cutie with Microplane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/themeadow.com\/collections\/himalayan-salt\/products\/himalayan-salt-block-2x8x3-4-sushi-stick\" title='Himalayan Salt Block \"Sushi Stick\"'\u003eHimalayan Salt Block \"Sushi Stick\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themeadow.com\/collections\/himalayan-salt\/products\/himalayan-salt-block-2x4x0-75-butter-dish\" title=\"Himalayan Salt Block Butter Dish\"\u003eHimalayan Salt Block Butter Dish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themeadow.com\/collections\/himalayan-salt\/products\/himalayan-salt-block-2x2x2-microplane\" title='Himalayan Salt Block 2x2x2\" Cube'\u003eHimalayan Salt Block 2x2x2 Cube\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKala Namak Rock (1-3lbs) or small box of Coarse Kala Namak!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-assembled with amusement and care in Portland, Oregon!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Meadow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40186928889891,"sku":"","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7561\/files\/TheMeadowBoxofRocksKitchenandBathSalts-03415_1.jpg?v=1701823569"}],"url":"https:\/\/themeadow.com\/collections\/gift-guide-strange-flavors.oembed","provider":"The Meadow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}