Govt craves world heritage status for Thai sea salt 

By The Nation

 

The government is preparing to propose Thai sea salt for inclusion on the United Nations’ global heritage list. 

 

The move comes after the Thai Sea Salt Development Committee urged the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to offer up the unique product to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation for registration. 

 

Alongkorn Ponlaboot (Centre)

 

Alongkorn Ponlaboot, adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said on Wednesday (April 22) that the ministry had assigned its Foreign Agricultural Relations Division to collaborate with the Agritech and Innovation Centre of Phetchaburi Rajabhat University to promote Thai sea salt for registration as world heritage.

 

 

“Thai sea salt has been considered as Thai heritage for over 900 years,” Alongkorn said. “It has been part of our way of life, ecology, culture, trade and agriculture since the Greek and Roman periods.”

 

He added that Thailand had been producing sea salt since at least the Sukhothai period (AD1238-1438) and that it had always been an important export product.

 

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The Bright of Bangkok is one if the most polluted sea waters in the world. This sea salt contains a very unhealthy dose of  heavy metals, and Im not talking about the music.

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by SoilSpoil

What next,Onions?

44 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

“Thai sea salt has been considered as Thai heritage for over 900 years,” Alongkorn said. “It has been part of our way of life, ecology, culture, trade and agriculture since the Greek and Roman periods.”

His history is a bit of a tragedy ..

Greek's and Roman's were about abit before 900 yrs ago .. He should have said dates back to Norman's time .. 

I ain't getting the idea why it's special enough for World Heri' Status as most sea has got salt in it hasn't it .? or am I missing something here .. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

1 hour ago, webfact said:

“Thai sea salt has been considered as Thai heritage for over 900 years,” Alongkorn said. “It has been part of our way of life, ecology, culture, trade and agriculture since the Greek and Roman periods.”

His history is a bit of a tragedy ..

Greek's and Roman's were about abit before 900 yrs ago .. He should have said dates back to Norman's time .. 

I ain't getting the idea why it's special enough for World Heri' Status as most sea has got salt in it hasn't it .? or am I missing something here ..

If you mention Norman's time he probably equate that to Norman Wisdom.

 

hub of seasonings.

1 minute ago, ChouDoufu said:

hub of seasonings.

We haven't got thyme for that.

sea salt is much sought after because there is a world shortage lol

 

Thai sea salt contains special ingredients lol

 

Oh and while we're on the subject - how are sewage treatment projects coming along - that salt must be very healthy full of minerals and ripe bacteria  

You really couldn't make it upj

5 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

If you mention Norman's time he probably equate that to Norman Wisdom.

 

Hahahahaha .. Genius that is Mr Sofa .. salt of the earth was Norm' ..  actually they could hologram him doing his finest slap stickery and falling over to promote the sacred salt .. 

17 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

If you mention Norman's time he probably equate that to Norman Wisdom.

 

wrong norman.    from 1953, so that's about 600 years ago.

 

2 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

What next,Onions?

Sunshine, The sunshine in Thailand is widely recognised as a world Heritage, together with the trees, the mushrooms and, as you rightly point out, the onions.

 

I did go through a stage of wondering whether Thailand could become any more ridiculous, and what it might take to achieve that worthy end. But that was some years ago, the question has been satisfactorily answered in the meantime.

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by ParkerN

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

His history is a bit of a tragedy ..

Greek's and Roman's were about abit before 900 yrs ago .. He should have said dates back to Norman's time .. 

I ain't getting the idea why it's special enough for World Heri' Status as most sea has got salt in it hasn't it .? or am I missing something here .. 

 

 

No friend. It isn't you that's missing anything, It's Thailand, it's missing quite a lot. Common sense and nous mainly But we ought to start with the small, relatively unimportant things like a football team, and then get to the harder stuff as we go along. We could target education and eating with a fork as a finale, but I doubt I will live long enough to see that glorious day.

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by ParkerN

39 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

53 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

If you mention Norman's time he probably equate that to Norman Wisdom.

Hahahahaha .. Genius that is Mr Sofa .. salt of the earth was Norm' ..  actually they could hologram him doing his finest slap stickery and falling over to promote the sacred salt .. 

Mr Grimsdale!

Yes, Pitkin?

55 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

We haven't got thyme for that.

A very sage comment there. 

6 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

No friend. It isn't you that's missing anything, It's Thailand, it's missing quite a lot. Common sense and nous mainly But we ought to start with the small, relatively unimportant things like a football team, and then get to the harder stuff as we go along. We could target education and eating with a fork as the finale, but I doubt I will live long enough to see that glorious day.

You need to explain about not stabbing yourself with it inside your mouth, otherwise it can cause you to splutter. Known as a fork cough.

 

Salt?

Seriously, dude?

Salt?

Wrong color should be brown ????

The rest of the world are trying to cut back on the use of salt to help people live a "healthier" life, whatever that may be, yet Thailand wants to promote people increase their intake especially of such a poor quality ingredient because it is full of unknown chemicals.  Even the method of collecting the salt appears as antiquated and historical as the comments made by Alongkorn Ponlaboot, adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives.  Does the salt undergo further cleansing before it is packaged and distributed?

 

'nuf sed.

so they are trying to push salt, at the expense of imported Chinese MSG?

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The move comes after the Thai Sea Salt Development Committee urged the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to offer up the unique product to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation for registration. 

 

 

I guess being China's b!*ch comes with its perks. 

 

One could even go as far as suggesting that Anutin's anti-Western tirades and the government and media's demonizing of farangs may be all part of the game.... but that is all fanciful speculation by the unwashed masses ????

I wonder how much money they are going to waste,trying to make it happen.

regards worgeordie

A legit claim I suppose. I wouldn't want to use salt from Thai waters though. Might be eating my own recycled refuse.

48 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

I wonder how much money they are going to waste,trying to make it happen.

regards worgeordie

Well I'm sure will be worth its weight in salt.

Greek Classical Period 480 BC to 323 BC

Hellenic Period 323 BC to 146 BC

 

Roman Republic 509 BC to 27 BC

Roman Empire 27 BC to 476 AD

 

Historical Kingdoms of Siam and Thailand.

Sukhothai Kingdom (1238-1438)

Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767)

Thonburi Kingdom (1768–1782)

Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–Present)

 

Sea salt? Seriously? I think nam plik would be a better candidate. Or Mama Noodles...

I know Thais prefer hand labour to machinery but the sea salt farm I saw at Port Headland had a large front-end loader working on a 10 metre high pile and loading it onto semi-trailers.

Oh boy! Poor peasants working like slaves all day in the hot sun carrying salt on there backs making less than living wage. ????????

Thais have eaten salt without iodine for centuries and results we all know.  When falangs talked about this, it was far too late.

19 hours ago, poohy said:

You really couldn't make it upj

That's  because you don't  have to in Thailand.