Morrisons said sales of its 1.5kg (3.5lb) bags of cooking salt have increased by almost 400% compared to the beginning of last week.

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An international aid worker with British-based Save the Children in Myanmar said the group has been giving out rice, salt, cooking oil and cash to help victims of the deadly storm.

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As somebody who easily gets obsessed with measurements while cooking, filling the teaspoon of salt to the grain, recipes presented in this form feel closer to how I imagine anyone with actual cooking acumen approaches the metonymic kitchen.

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Salt-roasting, which draws on the mineral's ability to conduct heat, generally involves cooking and coating a whole fish in a salt crust.

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In recent years commentators have noted the existence of the so-called Delia Effect, whereby her endorsement of a food product or cooking utensil, be it sea salt, vegetable bouillon or a balloon whisk, sees shoppers falling over themselves in a buying frenzy.

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But those barrels of used cooking oil in the back alley have ignited a grease war in Salt Lake County, Utah.

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For this reason I let them sit for 2 hours prior to cooking, seasoned them only with a healthy dose of quality sea salt, and used the 2-stage process steakhouses do.

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These days my pack is filled with a small container of olive oil, dried herbs, salt and pepper and fresh fruit rather than packets of dehydrated beans and rice or bags of quick-cooking oatmeal flavored with desiccated strawberries.

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