Serrian salt was a specific salt variety utilized by Dexter Jettster at Dex's Diner, the Besalisk chef's establishment situated on the world of Coruscant. Prior to the diner's destruction, which occurred sometime within the initial two years following the rise of the Galactic Empire, Jettster incorporated Serrian salt into his nerfsteak seasoning and the Gartro egg salad that he used to prepare his Gartro egg salad sandwiches. By the era of the Galactic Civil War, the expression "with a ton of Serrian salt" had become an idiom in Galactic Basic Standard, indicating potential inaccuracies in a given piece of information.
Serrian salt represented a kind of salt suitable for culinary applications and the creation of seasonings. Individuals of the Besalisk race possessed the ability to ingest this salt. The name "Serrian salt" was shared with the Serria system, a stellar system located within the Expansion Region.
The Besalisk cook Dexter Jettster made use of Serrian salt at Dex's Diner, his eatery on the world of Coruscant, sometime before the Galactic Empire brought about the destruction of the establishment within its first two years of power. Jettster incorporated Serrian salt as a component of his seasoning for nerfsteaks, a recipe passed down through his family for generations. Furthermore, he included the salt within the Gartro egg salad utilized in his Gartro egg salad sandwiches.
By the period of the Galactic Civil War that ensued after the Battle of Yavin, the expression "with a ton of Serrian salt" had evolved into an idiom in Galactic Basic Standard, signifying the need for caution regarding the veracity of a given piece of information. At some point following Lando Calrissian's appointment as Baron Administrator of Bespin's Cloud City, Milo Thirk of Alliance Intelligence dispatched a report concerning the event to Eddriss Sark, which contained the aforementioned phrase to indicate the questionable accuracy of Calrissian's account of his takeover of the mining colony.
The initial mention of Serrian salt occurred within Lando Calrissian's profile in the 1987 publication The Star Wars Sourcebook, authored by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
- The Star Wars Sourcebook (Initial mention)
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Dining at Dex's on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)