I had a little excitement today at Ken’s Market on Phinney Ridge. Shopping for flour, sugar … some other staples not on the OHMD, things that we eat alot less of now, but….. not even looking for it …….
I found NW sea salt!
Apparently, Bob’s Red Mill is now producing it. the package even says they dehydrate sea water. The closest produced salt I had found until now was the stuff mined in Utah from an old salt lake. I wasn’t sure mined US salt was more sustainable than foreign sea salt. Anyway, yea for NW Sea Salt!
Also, at Ken’s they have Fairhaven flour. Manufactured in Bellingham of mostly NW grown wheat - another great local find.
Posted on October 14th, 2007 by jenny
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Janelle @ Bob’s Red Mill, (800) 349-2173, said that the natually occuring sea salt is harvested in brine form from the San Francisco Bay, then processed in Minnesota. It is vacuum pan-dried, refined in clean water, then kiln dried after the addition of Magnesium Carbonate (MgCO3, a natuallly occuring mineral) to prevent caking.