“Beef and pork were covered in fine granules of salt. This was called dry-curing.”

“Add a pinch of salt to perk up the flavor.”

“Is it perhaps because she is very young that there is no salt to her words nor fire in her glances?”

“The island is also one of China's major producers of salt, with several large saltworks along its coasts.”

“The bay is of economic importance for the sharks and other fishes in its waters and for the saltworks on its shores.”

“Many species of birds like the avocet, black-necked grebe and curlew sandpiper depend upon the saltworks, feeding exclusively on Artemia.”

“The coarse texture and mild flavour of the beans contrasted nicely with the saltiness of the smoked ham and the richness of the sausage.”

“The combination of the pepperiness of rocket, the sweetness of the honey and saltiness of the Parmesan is beautiful.”

“The ecologists found, however, that the saltiness of rural streams has increased steadily for the past thirty years.”

“They read a passage that refers to a Dulcinea from Toboso as being the best salter of pork in all of La Mancha!”

“The journey that salter and McCain had been on together for so many years had come to an end.”

“No word yet from Karp as to whether salter was being too hard on himself.”

“My blessing be on you till the sea loses its saltness and the trees forget to bud in springtime.”

“But towards the south the saltness of the soil is too great for such vegetation.”

“We ate these thankfully, with some salt fish, from which they assisted to take off the saltness.”

“Meg agreed at once, and promised to her aid, gladly offering anything she possessed, from her little house itself to her very best saltspoons.”

“A succession of flights of these smallest of British geese swept in low over the saltings to alight on the fresh-water flood to drink and bathe.”

“These delightful visitors from Scandinavia and northern Russia spend winter days on the windswept saltings, shingle strands and tidelines.”

“Like most waders, at high water curlew form large roosts on either the highest saltings or on fields and marshes behind the sea walls.”