LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Scandinavia: Miscellaneous
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Because of its rarity, salt was long an expensive commodity in Scandinavia, a commodity to the rich, but a source of envy to the poor. When the price of salt dropped, those who could suddenly afford the condiment scrambled to buy it and tended to use it with such zeal in preserving their foods that they gave themselves violent thirsts.
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