[patton]

Some water softener salt is considered “food grade” - I don’t know which. But, if you sort that out, you can buy salt in #50 bags for a few bucks.

[JRandomFreeper]

Sodium chloride is sodium chloride. Our bodies need it to survive. Don't put too much store in 'food grade' when your life is on the line. It's a government thing, and we all know how that works out.

Halite is salt. Livestock salt blocks (not mineral blocks) are safe enough for human consumption. I'll eat them, even if I couldn't use them in a restaurant.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

On that note, about 'food grade'.... I started making a new batch of pastrami today. I actually used potassium nitrate (saltpeter) in the cure brine.

Big no-no in the FDA manual, but I personally think it's better than the other nitrates for curing.

As a free man, I've decided that the benefit outweighs the potential downside. I don't need government telling me what I should consume within my own home.

/johnny