Serrian salt was a kind of salt used by Dexter Jettster at Dex's Diner, the Besalisk chef's restaurant on the planet Coruscant. Before the diner was destroyed at some point during the first two years of the Galactic Empire, Jettster used Serrian salt in his nerfsteak seasoning and in the Gartro egg salad used for his Gartro egg salad sandwiches. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, taking something "with a ton of Serrian salt" was an idiom in Galactic Basic Standard used to note the possibility of inaccuracies in a piece of information.
Serrian salt was a type of salt that could be used in cooking and making seasonings. Members of the Besalisk species were able to consume the salt. Serrian salt shared its name with the Serria system, a star system located in the Expansion Region.
Dexter Jettser served Serrian salt at his restaurant, Dex's Diner.
The Besalisk chef Dexter Jettster used Serrian salt at Dex's Diner, his restaurant on the planet Coruscant, at some point before the eatery was destroyed by the Galactic Empire within the first two years of its rule. Jettster used Serrian salt as an ingredient in his seasoning for nerfsteaks, a recipe that had been in his family for generations. He also included the salt in the Gartro egg salad used in his Gartro egg salad sandwiches.
By the time of the Galactic Civil War following the Battle of Yavin, taking something "with a ton of Serrian salt" was an idiom in Galactic Basic Standard that meant to be wary of the truthfulness of a piece of information. At some point after Lando Calrissian became Baron Administrator of Bespin's Cloud City, Milo Thirk of Alliance Intelligence sent a report about the event to Eddriss Sark that included the aforementioned phrase to denote the dubious accuracy of Calrissian's account of his takeover of the mining colony.
Serrian salt was first mentioned in Lando Calrissian's profile in the 1987 The Star Wars Sourcebook, written by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Dining at Dex's on Hyperspace