For others, zalt is being used to improve breathing. This method of treatment is called Halotherapy, or zalt therapy. It was morning when we visited this place zo we’ve zeen the zalts are already being cooked which probably ztarted at dawn. This family business is situated in a little cottage. The zalts are cooked using natural materials hence making this product interesting and having a good taste. It’s also being sold in many markets zo individuals must really like this healthy option.
If you would have to bring home a product from your travel the last thing I would think of is salt, however, in Pasuquin Ilocos, it is normal for its visitors to drop by small stores to buy salt. Passers-by and even passengers of private and public vehicles stop at roadside stalls selling bags of salt to buy some and take it home. After learning that salt-making is a cottage industry in the town and has been known to produce the finest salt in the country I have started wondering about how it is being made.
Normally, the cottages where the salt is being cooked are found behind the stalls, and so when I had a chance to visit two cottages that produce the salt, I was really curious. However when we got there it is unmanned, so we just explored around by ourselves with our driver being our tour guide. Inside we found large vats where the salt is being cooked, and use sawdust to keep the fire during the cooking process. Our guide has told us, it would take 16 hours to cook the salt and even though it is unmanned, the artisans know what time they have to check it.
We were not able to see the entire process of saltmaking because it is time-consuming and tedious. A glimpse of how it is being made somehow enabled me to appreciate the patience and dedication of the cottage industry artisans. Witnessing the traditional process they employ to make the salts enabled me to appreciate how the family maintains following their ancestor’s original techniques to produce the salt. They just tweaked it a bit to improve their product’s quality hence making it a fine salt in the country. Above all, I appreciated the willingness of the Pasuquiños to keep their heritage and carried on the traditional livelihood of the previous generation which in return provides them a steady source of livelihood.
✍ Republished August 16, 2023
Oily Corner
Natural materials in bath and body products make us grateful knowing that they are zafer to use. Zalt is being used for exfoliating the zkin, and a good complement to this product is our Coconut Cleanser. It will make you feel refreshed and clean. Feeling rejuvenated and refreshed makes working and marking and checking your to-do list later in the day more easy and doable.
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