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@hope-ann Actually… there is such a thing as black salt. O.o I looked it up and yeah. It exists. The more you know…

Also, I think the pink salt is usually Himalayan. And yes! It tastes saltier because it is ground from larger rock-like crystals, rather than crystalized via evaporation like sea salt is. The individual salt crystals are larger for sea salt, I think, so there’s less surface area being tasted, whereas the crystal faces are all jagged and broken up when you crush the salt instead. (Be careful. I am good at providing plausible explanations for things which I have not researched. This could be completely false. But I’m usually right. Like, 80% of the time… lol JK)

Btw, you and @kate are definitely a pair of troublemakers. It’s a good thing you live in two different states, and not right next door to one another. XD Although to be quite honest I can’t wish that upon best friends. 🙁

@northerner So glad you jumped in!

I am especially interested to ask further about fantasy-as-escape vs. fantasy-as-art/enchantment/life experience/learning(???), particularly as it relates to Tolkien. You see, I just finished reading his essay “On Fairy-stories” and found it a beautiful and exhilarating confirmation of the approach to writing that I have slowly been coming to over the past couple years (in no small part due to his influence in other avenues). However, I have not had the opportunity to read Monsters and Critics yet. Based on your comment, I’m assuming that you have read that work (and enjoyed it). Would you care to expand what Tolkien argued for (and against) in Monsters and Critics?