Comments on: Locavore Dining at the 100-Mile Dinner

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:36:55 +0000

Some of our Choronicle readers probably don't realize that the names of commenters are linked to their websites. Here's the link to the specific blog post Aren mentions in [4]: http://a2100milediet.blogspot.com/2008/07/homemade-salt.html

By: Aren Stobby

Aren Stobby — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:56:02 +0000

In regards to the salt discussion, I found it very easy to purify road salt into table salt. I wrote about the experience on my blog.

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:39:19 +0000

Bay City’s Michigan Sugar Company is also just over 100 miles away (101 mi) so you can do locavore sugar if you live on the north side of town.

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:34:43 +0000

Cargill Salt has a plant in St Clair, MI, which is (just barely) 100 miles away; they sell that under the Diamond Crystal brand.

By: Juliew

Juliew — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:55:40 +0000

A note about salt and Detroit. I was interested to see that Vinology had a new chef who was committed to local food, but I was somewhat dismayed/annoyed to see the derogatory comments about Detroit "road salt." The Detroit salt mines have a long history of providing salt for food and although they currently supply salt for roads because that is where the money is, there is no reason they could not supply salt for human consumption. Salt is, after all, salt and the salt in Detroit is just as pure than salt from anywhere else. If enough people contact the Detroit Salt Company to see if they would ever entertain doing small batches of salt for food consumption, those of us interested in local eating could add that to the list of available local food. And even if they won't provide salt for food, the Windsor Salt Company does sell food grade salt and they are well within the 100-mile limit. So yes, there is salt in Michigan and certainly within 100 miles.