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unusual facts about Salt evaporation pond



Dunlop cheese

Salt from the saltpans at Saltcoats was often used in the manufacture of Dunlop cheese and it contained magnesia and Epsom Salts (magnesium sulphate) which gave the cheese a pleasant and distinctive taste; indeed it was debated whether cheese made using cheaper imported mined salt could be called 'Dunlop' cheese.

Moneta family

As Venetian pronoier Rajko Moneta controlled four salt ponds in Grbalj valley near Kotor.


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