Salt - superstition

Playing with my macro lens after dinner.

Whenever I cook with ( or spill) salt, I follow the time old superstition.

My Grandma always threw a sprinkle of salt over her left shoulder to " ward off evil" when she was cooking, or if anyone spilled salt.

I knew the superstition was an old one, I always thought it went back to the depression days maybe? When salt was an expensive commodity, and spilling any was wasteful. Not only did it add flavor to food, it was often used to preserve/cure meats.

After researching more once, I was suprised to learn that it went WAY back. Some people even say to biblical times.

Here's a not so well known fact: in Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper," you can see some spilled salt near Judas' elbow (which we assume he knocked over?)

Does anyone else do this with salt? Or just me?

[Karly]

Wonderful macro! Love the details about salt. No I don't throw it over my shoulder but we do throw our cooked pasta onto the ceiling - if it sticks, it's done!

[Milanie]

Made a great macro - I'd heard that expression from my mother - but don't think either of us ever tried it - didn't realize it was from that far back.

[Kerri Michaels]

cool...

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Diana]

A fabulous shot.

[Taffy]

Your shot is terrific -- very strong macro -- and your narrative was a wonderful read.

[Joan Robillard]

Heather both the mundane and abstract mundane have salt this time. Look up the tags and add as this is fab. And you luck should be good.

[Carole Sandford]

Fabulous macro! My mother instilled the same superstition!

[Candace]

Great colors on this macro!

[carol white]

Nicely focused

[Mandy]

Fabulous macro - love the turquoise against the white. We do the same thing with salt.

[Peter H]

Great shot. And that is a very old tradition. Not sure of the provenance.

[Michelle]

Awesome macro capture 😊

[wendy frost]

I remember my grandmother doing that. Brilliant macro and colours.

[Heather K]

@365karly1 thanks.
Interesting. I haven't heard of that.
so... do the noodles eventually fall? Or do they stay stuck to the ceiling till someone removes them?

[Heather K]

@milaniet thanks.

[Heather K]

@moviegal1 @agedrunner @ludwigsdiana thanks very much

[Heather K]

@joansmor thanks Joan.

Question, does it matter that I took / posted this on the 4th, and the salt challenge looks like it starts on the 5th?

[Heather K]

@taffy thanks!

[Heather K]

@carole_sandford @ribbet9 @mandygravil @wendyfrost @bigmxx
thanks so much!
The turquoise color is from our small salad plates.
I couldn't get the lighting right ( from dining room table) so I just moved the plate around until the light made the white "spots" show up in the front.

My oldest daughter said "desparate are we?!?"

[Heather K]

@peadar thank you Peter

[Karly]

@caitnessa We have to remove them:)

[Joan Robillard]

@caitnessa Ya It does - shucks Try another one like a pile of salt

[Rob Z]

Saw this one after the orange one - I agree with you - I like the blue better - such nice DOF and reflections too!

[Heather K]

@robz thanks so much

[CC Folk]

Love it...Fav.