Salt Pig

[roborough]

What physical process is in operation when an earthenware pot is used to dry salt for kitchen purposes?

[carmalee]

absorbtion - would imagine it's the same principle as the need to soak earthenware plant pots before planting anything in them - this enables the earthenware to become saturated and therefore it won't draw as much moisture out of the soil.

[wildwood]

Dehydration via osmosis?

[mike11111]

Is that the same as dehydration via alcohol? Love the Davy Crockett hat by the way. Remember getting the full outfit when I was a kid. Thank God there are no surviving photographs.