60 Uses Of 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