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Hi Julian. My copy of Invitation does not say crude salt but rather, "unrefined" salt. I agree with Bruce that this probably a typo and that the word "sea" was left out after the word unrefined. Both sea and land salt are processed in different ways. They can be refined to make them whiter and finer grained, or they can be left as crude grade. Some companies put in preservatives and additives.
If Ohsawa was taking about refined sea salt however, he probably wanted the user of this product to add the powdered sea veggies to add back some of the trace elements that were removed. Dried Bladderwrack contains iodine for instance.
The scallion miso mentioned by Ohsawa is not a soup but in this case appears to be a spread, or perhaps a sauce for the treatment of anemia during pregnancy. In this case I would recommend that the scallion be first chopped and steamed in a small amount of water until softened, then added to a small amount of miso and mixed into a vegetable or grain dish. I would NOT use too many salt products while pregnant. The washed shiso leaf from umeboshi plum is good for anemia as well as fresh steamed nettles.
Ohsawa qute often is not too clear in communicating his ideas and quite often shoots from the hip. Then there is the problem of translations and editors' idiosyncricies. Always read Ohsawa with a grain of crude sea salt!
I have not see the move but will once it gets to my local video store. It does sound interesting.... Thanks for your post. By the way we have a new camp site selected already for next summer. It will be held on the south shore at Horse Neck Beach in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. I'll post more on this later. Hope you can make it this year...
In peace, Roy
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