Bath bomb, bath bomb, you're my bath bomb

"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea" - Dinesen, Isak

The topic for today is salt, specifically sea salt.

Sea salt is generally less refined than table salt and has a more natural mineral content, thereby giving it a better flavour and taste in cooking.

Salt, in former times, was an extremely valued commodity over which wars were fought, rather than being taken for granted as it is today.

The Romans paid their soldiers salt as wages, and it's from this practice that the word 'salary' has its origin. The famous salt march in 1930 India by Gandhi, to oppose the salt tax which made it illegal to freely collect or produce your own salt. Forcing the public to buy salt which they couldn't afford, led to the country gaining it's independence.

Today's photograph is not one which you would expect for sea salt.

What you see is the effect created by a 'bath bomb', a popular product sold by the retail store Lush. When put into warm water, bath bombs create a mass of fragrant fizz. This particular 'bomb' is called the Big Blue and contains two key elements of the sea - sea salt and seaweed. The minerals and salt helps the body to rid itself of toxins, while the seaweed softens and soothes the skin - truly, a product from the sea.

Our Daily Challenge (ODC): FROM THE SEA