Sixty Uses For Salt

Although you may not realize it, simple table salt has a great number of uses other than simply seasoning your food. The following list will give you sixty uses of salt, many of which you probably didn't realize:

·         Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.

·         Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.

·         Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.

·         Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker for easier pouring.

·         Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting..

·         Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink; bad ones float.

·         Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.

·         A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.

·         Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.

·         Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.

·         Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.

·         Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.

·         Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.

·         Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they will crack out of their shells whole. Just tap the end of the shell with a hammer to break it open easily.

·         Boil clothespins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.

·         Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour

·         Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.

·         Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.

·         Clean your iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface.

·         Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster.

·         Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.

·         To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make a stiff putty.

·         Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.

·         Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.

·         Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.

·         Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.

·         Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.

·         A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.

·         Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for awhile.

·         A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea. ?

·         Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.

·         Soak your clothes line in salt water to prevent your clothes from freezing to the line; likewise, use salt in your final rinse to prevent the clothes from freezing.

·         Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.

·         Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.

·         Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.

·         Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them next day to remove burned-on stains.

·         Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.

·         Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.

·         Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.

·         Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash..

·         Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.

·         Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.

·         Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.

·         Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains..

·         Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.

·         Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.

·         Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.

·         Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odor.

·         A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee..

·         Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will come out matched.

·         Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator.

·         Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later.

·         Remove offensive odors from stove with salt and cinnamon.

·         A pinch of salt improves the flavor of cocoa.

·         To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to four parts alcohol.

·         Salt and lemon juice? Removes mildew.

·         Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don't want grass growing.

·         Polish your old kerosene lamp with salt for a better look.

·         Remove odors from sink drainpipes with a strong, hot solution of salt water.

·         If a pie bubbles over in your oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spilled juice. The mess won't smell and will bake into a dry, light crust which will wipe off easily when the oven has cooled.

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