Possible Clues:

• Mineral lacks torrent?
• Throw old sailor off balance, producing halite
• White crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride
• Mineral NaC One
• It's not in your cellar but could be in mine
• Seasoning gives taste principally to fish Scotsman rejected
• Another name for halite
• Music on the boat synonymous with The Cellar
• Culinary requirement of a sailor from Gibraltar?
• Addition to food staggers a junior officer