Processing sea salt

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I took a liter of salt water and boiled it down for about 3 hours to create about 2 tbs of salt. Although I can't use it for an edible project, due to potential contaminant issues in our local water sources. The idea being the process of creating the salt would be an integral part of any preservation method.

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