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Does food need to have been alive at some point in order to qualify as food?
Almost every day, I find myself in Goderich, Ontario, where Sifto Salt has a huge mine.
I suppose salt is a mineral then, and not a food.
I can think of no other minerals we use just for taste.
The mine extends out under Lake Huron, which is, of course, water.
Water is also inanimate.
Both are very important.
Are water and salt the only inanimate substances we voluntarily ingest?
A little hydrogen and oxygen to run through the coffee beans, and a little rock to put on our fries...
Please forgive my pedantry this evening...I don't know what's come over me.
Almost every day, I find myself in Goderich, Ontario, where Sifto Salt has a huge mine.
I suppose salt is a mineral then, and not a food.
I can think of no other minerals we use just for taste.
The mine extends out under Lake Huron, which is, of course, water.
Water is also inanimate.
Both are very important.
Are water and salt the only inanimate substances we voluntarily ingest?
A little hydrogen and oxygen to run through the coffee beans, and a little rock to put on our fries...
Please forgive my pedantry this evening...I don't know what's come over me.
