Photos: Sugar and Salt - Azúcar y Sal - The Boston Globe - The big Picture. 05.2013
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Sugar and salt
Although modern
techniques often bring sugar and salt to our tables, these two simple
treats for the palate are still harvested and processed in traditional,
if not ancient methods the world over. Over 160 million tons of sugar
is produced annually in well over 100 countries, most of it processed
from cane in tropical countries. The world uses 240 million tons of
salt every year in everything from food to industrial applications.
Gathered here are images of the toils that result in two of our favorite
flavors. -- Lane Turner (32 photos total)
2
Indian
salt pan worker Bhartiben Rameshbhai breaks up the mineral from a
flooded salt pan near Odu village in the Little Rann of Kutch region in
India on May 1, 2013. Recent unseasonal rains in the region have washed
away tons of precious salt there, ruining the livelihoods of hundreds.
(Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images) #
3
A
visitor walks past the Chamber of the Mirrors in the Nemocon salt mine
on September 26, 2012. The mine is one of Colombia's most popular
tourist attractions. (Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters) #
4
Antonio
Noguera boils the water extracted from mangrove swamps at a pool to
process kitchen salt in a salt mine in Colorado de Abangares,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica on April 11, 2013. People work in temperatures
between 35 and 40 Celsius for 122 dollars a month. (Jeffrey
Arguedas/EPA) #
5
The salt field at Palibelo village on the outskirts of Bima, Indonesia lies tranquil on November 22, 2012. (Beawiharta/Reuters) #
6
A
man prays in a Mosque made up of salt rock at the world's second
largest salt mine in Khewra, Pakistan on April 20, 2013. The mine is
Pakistan's oldest salt mine and a major tourist attraction, drawing up
to 250,000 visitors a year. Its history dates to 320 BC following its
discovery by Alexander's troops, but trading began in the Mughal era.
The main tunnel was developed during British rule in 1872. The mine
produces more than 350,000 tons a year. (Omer Saleem/EPA) #
7
A
worker shows flower of salt, also known as the caviar of salt, in the
saltworks near Nin, Croatia on August 24, 2012. It appears at the sea
surface as a thin layer of salt flakes, like flower petals, which are
collected manually with micron sieves. Price for this kind of salt
reaches 50 euros per kilogram. (Hrvoje Polan/AFP/GettyImages) #
8
Smoke rises from the chimney of the sugar factory in Plattling, Germany on October 9, 2012. (Armin Weigel/AFP/GettyImages) #
9
An
Afghan worker prepares traditional sweets at a factory on the outskirts
of Jalalabad on November 25, 2012. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty
Images) #
10
A
worker burns sugar cane waste, part of the process in making biochar,
at the Eco Fuel Africa factory in Lugazi, Uganda on January 29, 2013.
The process produces a powder which can be used as an organic fertilizer
or compressed for use as a bio fuel which burns longer than charcoal.
(Michele Sibiloni/AFP/Getty Images) #
11
A
man works on salt beds in Pangasinan province, Philippines on May 6,
2013. Salt-making is a major source of livelihood for the province's
coastal towns. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press) #
12
A
woman throws out soil after collecting salt from it in Djegbadji, Benin
on January 11, 2013. Artisanal salt farmers here dig off the top layer
of soil near their homes then filter water through the dirt to draw out
salt. They later boil the water to collect the salt. (Sunday
Alamba/Associated Press) #
13
A
worker tests the quality of ethanol samples at a processing facility
near Sertaozinho, Brazil on August 24, 2012. Some 48.5 percent of all
the cane processed will be directed to sugar at the expense of ethanol.
(Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg) #
14
A
Cambodian man carries palm juice for making sugar during harvesting
season in Tuol, Cambodia on December 13, 2012. (Heng Sinith/Associated
Press) #
15
Local
farmers cut sugar cane at Chea Khlang commune's field in Prey Veng,
Cambodia on September 1, 2012. (Heng Sinith/Associated Press) #
16
A
worker pushes a wagon full of salt at the Ston Saltworks in Ston,
Croatia on July 31, 2012. The Ston Saltworks are the oldest and best
preserved salt works from Mediterranean history, with technique dating
from the time of the Republic of Dubrovnik. (Antonio Bronic/Reuters) #
17
Guillermo
Castillo, 60, works on a valve that regulates the passage of sugar cane
juice at a processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba on September 8, 2012.
(Franklin Reyes/Associated Press) #
18
Workers
collect salt in a pool at the salt mine in Salinas, Dominican Republic
on July 28, 2012. The Salinas mines have been a source of salt since the
time of the conquest. Workers earn about $150 for a month's work.
(Ricardo Rojas/Reuters) #
19
A worker walks in a salt field in Palibelo village, Indonesia on November 22, 2012. (Beawiharta/Reuters) #
20
Men work at a sugar cane plantation in Siribala, Mali on January 24, 2013. (Joe Penney/Reuters) #
21
A
farmer from the Nueva Jerusalen sect rides his donkey through a sugar
cane field in Nueva Jerusalen, Mexico on September 26, 2012. (Alan
Ortega/Reuters) #
22
A
woman harvests sugarcane at the Montelimar sugar mill on the outskirts
of Managua on December 31, 2012. Nicaragua plans to produce some 1.5
million short tons of sugar. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters) #
23
A man makes brown sugar at his house on the outskirts of Peshawar on November 6, 2012. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters) #
24
Blocks
of panela, solid chunks of unrefined whole cane sugar obtained from the
boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice, sit in a barrel at a sugar
mill in Tepetitan, El Salvador on February 26, 2012. (Juan
Carlos/Bloomberg) #
25
Pools of salt form patterns at the Maras mines in Cuzco, Peru on August 29, 2012. (Janine Costa/Reuters) #
26
A
worker carries a bag of salt through pools of salt at the Maras mines
in Cuzco, Peru on August 29, 2012. The Maras mines have been a source of
salt since ancient pre-Incan civilizations and now comprise about 3,000
small pools constructed on the slope of a mountain in the Urubamba
valley in the Andean region of Cuzco. (Janine Costa/Reuters) #
27
Roads intersect at a Rio Tinto Group salt operation in Dampier, Australia on August 20, 2012. (Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg) #
28
Farmers
harvest sugarcane in a field in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture,
Japan on February 24, 2012. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg) #
29
A
worker drinks water from a kettle as he harvests sugar cane in
Sidoarjo, Indonesia on September 19, 2012. (Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters) #
30
Mine
operational manager Arnaud Tamborini takes a sample of salt for
analysis on the trolley in the salt mine in Bex, Switzerland on December
4, 2012. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) #
31
A
man uses wooden rafts to transport pieces of salt rock after extracting
them from the bed of Lake Katwe in Uganda on January 29, 2013. The rock
is extracted three times a week, usually by men who work from dusk to
dawn, paid two dollars for every 220 pounds of salt rock sold. (James
Akena/Reuters) #
32
A man smiles as he extracts salt rock from the bed of Lake Katwe in Uganda on January 29, 2013. (James Akena/Reuters) #
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