Sea Salt Sherbet

Sea salt

Sea salt is salt that is produced by the evaporation of seawater. It is used as a seasoning in foods, cooking, cosmetics and for preserving food. It is also called bay salt, solar salt, or simply salt. Like mined rock salt, production of sea salt has been dated to prehistoric times.

Sea

A sea is a very large body of salty water. The term has two distinct meanings. The first is the interconnected body of seawater that spans most of Earth, known as the sea or the ocean. The second is a named body of water: usually either a marginal sea, or a large, nearly landlocked body of water.

Salt

Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general, and saltiness is one of the basic human tastes. Salt is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous food seasonings, and is known to uniformly improve the taste perception of food. Salting, brining, and pickling are ancient and important methods of food preservation.

sea

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Semai.

Noun

1. A large body of salt water.
2. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

salt

Noun

1. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
2. One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

Adjective

1. Of water: containing salt, saline.
2. Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.

sherbet

Noun

1. A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.
2. An effervescent powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink.