Salt Production and Use Throughout the Ages [Medieval Professions: Salt Boiling]

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00:00 Intro
00:23 Where does salt come from?
00:49 Prehistoric Salt Production
01:06 Salt in Ancient Rome
01:50 Medieval Salt Production in The English "-wich" Towns
02:36 The Hight of British Salt Production
03:30 Modern Day Salt Production
03:49 The History of Salt Mining
04:40 How Salt Deposits are Formed
05:15 The Different Types of Brine
06:12 Strengthening Brine & Solar Evaporation
06:53 Coastal Salt Production
07:24 Inland Salt Production
07:37 Professions in the Salt Boiling Industry
07:45 Lumpman
08:33 Fireman
09:00 Waller
09:23 Happer
09:36 Lofter
09:54 Loader
10:20 Pan Smith
10:33 Salter/Drysalter/Saucer & Salinator
10:57 Salt Marches at Aigues-Mortes & Guérande
11:59 Difference Between Refined and Unrefined Salt
13:36 Difference Between Table Salt and Coarse Salt
14:12 Outro
Music by Vindsvept (Lake of Light)
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[@jesusjoestar8383]

dang this guy is committed

[@carolynandrews8474]

Thank you for this video. I have been wondering why salt has been so valuable throughout history. I mistakenly thought that salt was easy to produce if you were by the sea. We have all tasted salt on our lips during a trip to the ocean. The amount of work it takes to create usable sal’s was a surprise to me. Again, thanks for your wonderful videos.

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[@McHaven07]

Another great video, Kobe! Going right to my reference playlist!

[@TrangDB9]

Such a mining worker must have been pretty salty at the end of the day.

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

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[@HistoryandHeadlines]

@@KobeanHistory You're welcome and thanks!

[@HoH]

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[@KobeanHistory]

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[@sircarlos3707]

This knowledge will help in my RPG games, thanks!

[@avrivah1101]

Iodine is added to salt because it is a vital element for the regulation of the thyroid gland, but also salivary glands, lactation, mucous production, brain cells, thymus, and arterial walls. Iodine used to be a difficult element to find in mountainous terrain. In the middle-ages, there were whole Swiss towns and villages were almost everyone was suffering from iodine deficiencies, or cretinism.

[@lr8198]

These videos are neat

[@brianfuller757]

I like this channel. Thanks for well presented and informative videos. It's easy to forget how important salt has been in human history.

[@ViincenttB]

great quality!

[@trader2137]

if you happen to visit poland someday i'd recommend visiting wieliczka salt mine, i was there once and was impressed, its like a city hundreds of feet underground

[@Crackmiser]

I can’t believe I was so bored I googled this topic.

[@renderproductions1032]

The salt mines of kessel...

[@aletheiai]

12:28 Iodine is essential for health (thyroid function) -- a deficiency is associated with hypothyroidism and goiter. Thus, addition of iodide salts is not "allegedly" (meaning "merely claimed") for health benefits, it is *intended* for health benefits. Obviously, there will be a definite benefit only when the regular diet is otherwise deficient in iodine.

[@KobeanHistory]

The only reason I said allegedly is that I had read that the amount of iodine that is added to salt is insufficient to contribute much to it’s health benefits, I didn’t look too much into this specific claim so I wanted to be safe which is why I added allegedly to the sentence.

[@aletheiai]

@@KobeanHistory Ah! Thanks. Because "allegedly" is associated with criminal charges, I'd have used "intended", but that's just a matter of individual style. The prevalence of goiters has been reduced since I-supplementation was introduced, though the dose would not be adequate in some areas/populations. In medical school, we were told that goiters have an interesting history --- an Ancient Greek coin showing a woman in profile depicts an I-deficiency goiter (probably normal for the iodine-poor soils).

[@randomdude4505]

@@KobeanHistory The human body doesn't need much iodine (140 micro grams) so the amount in salt (45 micrograms per 1/4 teaspoon) actually makes a difference especially if iodine salt is used in the preparation of pre-prepared foods. The problem most people have is that, other than seafood, most things we eat have very little iodine in them. As a side note the military junta in charge of Myanmar restricts the rohingan people's access two products like salt meaning that iodine deficiency is a very serious problem in that population. As a result many rohegans are willing to participate in the trade of animal parts from endangered species in order to gain access to salt with iodine in it. Tragically most of the illegal traders sell them regular salt labeled as being iodized salt because it's cheaper.

[@sidjoosin6549]

iodine is stronger oxydizer than chlorium, so nowadays salt is not NaCl but NaI, sodium iodide, and instead of preservation have opposite effect on food

[@fr3ddyfr3sh]

Lead pans. No wonder why people had low life expectancy back then 😄

[@saristaa1]

*I like your videos, but I keep getting thrown by your pronunciation of the word "iron". Iron is pronounce "Eye-Earn" or "Eye-Urn" and it is not pronounced "Eye-Run" or "Eye-Ron."*