So many kinds of salt (Mark 9:38-50)

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Have you noticed how many different kinds of salt exist? Up until last year I never paid much attention to salt. I didn’t use it in cooking or baking and only noticed it when I wanted it for French fries or if I’d mistakenly purchased potato chips without salt.