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Every Dish Loves a Dash of Sea Salt

especially if the salt is Adriatic!

Even if we include desserts in the equation, there are a few recipes that do not ask for a grain of salt. So ubiquitous and affordable that we don’t even think about it, although almost no dish counts without it. But, from the dawn of civilization until the industrial revolution, salt was a real luxury, a treasure worth its weight in gold, the currency in which ancient Rome paid its soldiers—hence the salarium, or English salary—and right here, on the Dalmatian coasts, there was a “golden vein” of ancient and medieval salt production.

The Best in the World

The ancient Romans were not crazy. Today’s analyses show that Adriatic salt is among the most exceptional ones in the world in terms of health-beneficial minerals and trace elements, and due to the richness of shellfish that are natural sea purifiers, Adriatic seawater has the lowest share of heavy metals in the entire Mediterranean. In short, maybe, just maybe, only Himalayan salt can measure against the quality and nutritional value of Adriatic Sea salt.

Strenuous History of Salt

The search for salt has been going on almost since we, as a species, got on our hind legs. We early discovered that, with the help of salt, we can preserve our food for difficult, hungry times. Salt could mean the difference between life and death, so we searched for it in nature, mined it in the rock, or drained it from the sea. We do not know exactly what the first salt pans looked like, but we do know that they have existed on the Adriatic coast and in mainland China since the Neolithic Age. The oldest European salt pans, the ones in Ston on the Pelješac peninsula, have been in operation for four millennia, when the Illyrians and the ancient Greeks harvested salt here. Ston’s shallow natural sea pools are a godsend salt mine, and around them the ancient Romans built the settlement of Stagnum—in translation, standing water—and made it the most important salt farm in the entire ancient world. When the Dubrovnik Republic bought the Pelješac peninsula in the 14th century, it built the new town of Ston, the second oldest planned town in Europe, and surrounded it with spectacular walls, the longest in all of Europe, in order to better protect the priceless Ston salt pans.

Thank You, Sea!

On our side of the Adriatic, Ston soon had to compete in salt production, first, in antiquity, with Nin and then, in the early Middle Ages, with Pag, and these three saltworks have survived to this day, giving our households and hospitality sector the highest quality salt that can be found on our planet. Whoever once seasoned tomatoes with a salt flower from Ston, Nin, or Pag will confirm that we are right!

Adriatic Sea salt, the best in the world, is woven into our every dish. Come to the Adriatic Sushi & Oyster Bar for the best way to spice up your day!

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