SALT USES .. WE MAY HAVE NOT KNOWN BEFORE 1. If you drop a whole egg on the
floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the
egg will come right up, without all that mess. 2. Soak stained hankies in salt
water before washing. 3. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away. 4.
Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier. 5.
Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring. 6. Add salt to
green salads to prevent wilting. 7. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt
water; fresh eggs sink;bad ones float. 8. Add a little salt
to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell
this way. 9. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
10. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up. 11.
Rub salt on your pancake
griddle and your flapjacks won't stick. 12. Soak toothbrushes in salt water
before you first use them; they will last longer. 13. Use salt to clean your
discolored coffee pot. 14. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and
toilet bowl. 15. 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. 16. Boil clothes pins in salt water before using them and they
will last longer. 17. Clean brass, copper and pewter
with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour 18. Add a little
salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life. 19. Pour a
mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.
20. Clean your iron by rubbing some
salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface 21. Adding a little salt to the
water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster .
22. Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys. 23. To fill
plaster holes in your walls, use equal
parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make stiff putty. 24.
Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water. 25. Mildly salted water makes an
effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle. 26. Dry salt
sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth
polisher. 27. Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn. 28. Eliminate excess
suds with a sprinkle of salt. 29. A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more
relaxing beverage. 30. Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water
for a while. 31. A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea. 32. Salt improves
the taste of cooking apples. 33. Soak your clothesline 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. 34. Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt
water to prevent yellowing. 35. Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.
36. Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty. 37. Soak enamel
pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them next day to remove
burned-on stains. 38. Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of
dirt. 39. Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added. 40. Fruits
put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor . 41. Fabric colors
hold fast in salty water wash. 42. Milk stays fresh longer when a little
salt is added. 43. Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.
44. Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean. 45. Soaked discolored
glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains. 46. Clean greasy pans
with a paper towel and salt. 47. Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.
48. Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly. 49.
Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odour. 50. A dash of salt
improves the taste of coffee. 51. Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they
will come out matched. 52.
Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator. 53. Cover
wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later.. 54. Remove offensive
odours from stove with salt and cinnamon. 55. A pinch of salt improves the
flavor of cocoa. 56. To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to
four parts alcohol. 57. Salt and lemon juice removes mildew. 58. Sprinkle salt
between sidewalk bricks where you don't want grass growing. 59. Polish your old
kerosene lamp with salt for a brighter look. Remove odors from sink drainpipes
with a strong, hot solution of salt water. 60. 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.
