Sometimes the simplest action can create the most complex question
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
September 14, 2017 6:57am CST
Like this morning, when I was fixing breakfast.
And I am frying my eggie-weggies, and I go to add some salt and pepper.
And I shake a bit of salt on them when suddenly my brain says "Hey...dude. Did you ever stop and wonder just how, exactly, salt was found? Like, was some guy really really hungry, and he saw this white stuff, and wondered if it was any good so he ate a handful? And spit it back out because it was nasty? But then decided that hey, maybe it ain't too good on its own, but it might enhance the flavors of other foods?"
And this, my friends, is why I lie awake some nights unable to sleep...
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@LadyDuck (477520)
• Italy
14 Sep 17
@JolietJake It happens that weird questions come to my mind when I cannot sleep and then I have completely finished to sleep.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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14 Sep 17
These off-hand questions are liable to strike at any time with no advance warning
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@responsiveme (22925)
• India
14 Sep 17
There is a Russian folk tale ..Salt.So Ivan may have been responsible for its use.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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14 Sep 17
Salt was in prevalent use long before Russia was even thought of
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
14 Sep 17
Salt is curious stuff. Our bodies need it so we have to get it from somewhere. Mostly we get enough sodium from the vegetables and meat we eat but good stock keepers (cattle, sheep, pigs and so on) have always known that animals need salt and so they often supply salt licks.
I think that the need for salt is something you might call instinctive. The body says that it needs salt, so it finds something which satisfies that when it needs it. Sometimes the idea that 'salt satisfies' takes over and we actually crave salt bacon or Vegemite or Marmite or salt on everything (before we have even tasted it)..
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
15 Sep 17
@Marty1 No, the body can't make sodium on its own. It's something we absolutely must get from the food we eat. I have always thought it very odd that both sodium and chlorine on their own would be very bad things to eat (sodium is a metal which reacts violently with waterto make caustic soda and hydrogen and chlorine is a highly reactive gas which is well-known as a bleach and disinfectant), yet they are both essential (as ions) to animal and some vegetable life!
@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
15 Sep 17
@Marty1 We get the chlorine we need (which is a very small amount) from salt (sodium chloride - NaCl). The two elements, sodium and chlorine are present in the body as ions which combine with other elements to make the compounds which are necessary for life.
@FourWalls (76143)
• United States
14 Sep 17
Oh, that's easy. Someone dropped their eggs in the ocean, picked them up, and ate them. Then they said, "Hey, this tastes better with the ocean water on it!"
And you're not able to sleep nights because some cat we all know and love walks on your forehead at 2 AM saying, "Let meowt."
And you're not able to sleep nights because some cat we all know and love walks on your forehead at 2 AM saying, "Let meowt."4 people like this
@Tampa_girl7 (52760)
• United States
14 Sep 17
Salt definitely adds flavor. Even though I'm more of a pepper girl, I'm glad that salt was discovered 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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14 Sep 17
I throw a few shakes of each on my eggs so they aren't quite so bland
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Sep 17
Good grief, J.J.! You are an inventor at heart and you didn't even realize it
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@BarBaraPrz (49949)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Sep 17
You think too much, dear. Or, more accurately, overthink things too much.
And what was wrong with your breakfast that you had to fix?
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
14 Sep 17
I think that often..where did all this stuff come from.
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@RasmaSandra (86447)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Sep 17
lol Things like that don't keep me awake but what does keep me awake is trying to figure out how to do certain things and once my brain starts thinking about this then it is forget about sleeping 
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
14 Sep 17
Maybe salt just not enough to enhance the taste of the eggie-weggies and you need other enhancers.
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@thislittlepennyearns (64655)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Sep 17
You ask the hard hitting ones.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
14 Sep 17
Hmm now you got me wondering about that one....
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@toniganzon (72544)
• Philippines
14 Sep 17
Your mind just doesn't stop wondering.
Salt, I used to steal a handful from the kitchen and would hide as I gobbled on it. Most kids love sweets but me, as a kid, fell in love with salt.
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@toniganzon (72544)
• Philippines
14 Sep 17
@JolietJake I'm salty most of the time....want me to spice up your life? I mean your food?
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@thislittlepennyearns (64655)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Sep 17
You ask the hard hitting ones.
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