http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/dining/mediterranea-seawater-cooking.html 2016-09-05 10:08:13 The Mediterranean Diet’s Secret Ingredient Salty water from the sea is now available for boiling at home. === They say it’s best to cook lobsters and shrimp in water as salty as the sea. Without getting your feet wet in the Rockaways, you can simmer potatoes, boil penne or poach cod fillets in a portion of the Mediterranean Sea. Purified seawater from Spain is sold in pouches to use, diluted somewhat, for cooking. It might sound crazy — buying seawater? — but my potatoes and pasta cooked in it were delicious: