The Serumpun Codex · Salt, fats, sugars and honey
Bario salt
Mountain salt from the brine wells of Pa' Umor, boiled down and packed in bamboo.
The entry
- Name
- Bario salt
- Other names
- Garam Bario
- Scientific name
- Not applicable: salt from brine springs
- What it is
- Mountain salt from the brine wells of Pa' Umor, boiled down and packed in bamboo.
- Knowledge from
- The Kelabit villagers of Pa' Umor.
- How it is used
- Brine from nine wells is boiled for about 24 hours, packed into bamboo, heated hard and wrapped in leaves. The Orang Ulu use it to preserve meat, fish and vegetables.
- In the French Borneo kitchen
- With Litsea, the crust for the venison in Course III, Mountain, at Osaka.
- Season and place
- Pa' Umor, Bario, in the Kelabit highlands
- Conservation status
- Not applicable
- Codex Alimentarius
- CXS 150-1985, food-grade salt
- Medicinal knowledge
- Held privately by the community
- Consent
- Given, recorded by CHASS, 30 October 2026
Still to be confirmed: who shared it with Serumpun.
Sources
Added to the Codex on 1 November 2026. Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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How to cite this entry
Serumpun Sarawak (2026) ‘Bario salt’, The Serumpun Codex, ed. James Won. Available at: https://www.chefjameswon.com/serumpun/codex/bario-salt/ (sources checked 30 October 2026).
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