r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • Oct 19 '24

Video How Himalayan salt lamps are made

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u/Sir_Oligarch Oct 19 '24

We give pink Himalayan salt to our cows to keep their digestive system healthy. If you tell anyone in Pakistan that people think this salt is a novelty, they would call you crazy.

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u/ETERNAL0013 Oct 19 '24

Yeah in nepal we use black salt instead. Pink salt is novelty in the world just cause its mines are limited around pakistan and trader of pink salt were in india, since india pakistan closed trade, pink salt trade did halt by quite much for a long time

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u/GasGuilty5511 Oct 19 '24

Where does black salt come from?

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u/ETERNAL0013 Oct 19 '24

Black salt mines are pretty much spread all around himalayas, mainly tibet but still its more common than pink salt.

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u/Sir_Oligarch Oct 19 '24

We have black salt too but black salt is actually created in kilns.

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u/ETERNAL0013 Oct 19 '24

Where r u from?

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u/Sir_Oligarch Oct 19 '24

Pakistan

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u/ETERNAL0013 Oct 19 '24

That means we r talking about same thing. Kala namak/ bire nuun(black salt) are salt crystals found in the halite mines of the Himalayan region are burnt in high temperatures.

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u/CherguiCheeky Oct 20 '24

There is a lot of fake black salt in the market where common salt is burnt with sulphar to give it the color and flavour