Other Salt Uses

You have all this Salt in your cabinet but hardly ever use it? (I dont like salty foods so I dont use it alot, and no my food is not bland) But there are THOUSANDS of other uses, some of them are actually handy & even brow raising. Check them out below. My Favorites are highlighted.

1. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water, fresh eggs sink, bad eggs float
2. To extend the life of a toothbrush, soak it in saltwater before you use it
3. Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life
4. Clean you iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface
5. Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster
6. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away
7. Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn
8. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier
9.  Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for awhile
10.  Salt improves the taste of cooking apples
11.  Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water
12.  Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty
13.  Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added
14.  Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor
15. Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash
16. Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added
17. Soak discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains
18. Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt
19. Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs
20. Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don’t want grass growing
21. Remove odors from sink drainpipes with a strong, hot solution of salt water
22. Keep a box of salt close at hand as an emergency fire extinguisher for grease fires. Remember, never put out a grease fire with water.
23. Wipe down the inside of windows in your home and car with a sponge dipped in a salt water solution, then dry. This will help prevent ice forming during freezing weather
24. After washing a cutting board with soap and water, rub it with a damp cloth dipped in salt. Let the cutting board sit for a while and then rinse. There are antiseptic reasons to use salt as well
25. To remove onion or garlic odors, rub your fingers with salt moistened with vinegar.
26. To keep cheese from molding, wrap it in a cloth dampened with saltwater before refrigerating.
27. Sooth Poison Ivy, Soaking the exposed part in hot saltwater helps hasten the end to poison ivy irritation.
28. Soak new candles in a strong salt solution for a few hours, then dry them well. When burned they will not drip.
29. Kill Poison Ivy, Mix three pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water and apply to leaves and stems with a sprayer.
30. Toss salt on flames from food dripping in barbecue grills to reduce the flames and calm the smoke without cooling off the coals

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