My fascination with tultul started when I read about it on Food Magazine. And thanks to Mr Eugene Jamerlan for this tultul that I actually now hold in my hand. This kind of salt is not a staple at home and searching about it online brought me to an article published on The News Today written by the late historian Prof. Henry Funtecha. He writes;" Tultul-making in Hoskyn is an age-old tradition. According to the Ganila couple, both their families have been engaged in the craft for generations. Their grandparents and parents were known far and wide as "masters" of tultul-making in Guimaras. The market for tultul is not a problem because there is a high demand for it in both Panay and Negros Occidental. In fact, buyers from both islands come to Hoskyn to purchase tultul, except that the Ganila couple cannot sustain the supply. To get a better return, sometimes Emma peddles the tultul in the nearby municipalities of Guimaras and Iloilo during their market days. ...