Healthy Foods Info
Salt
- 1. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
- 2. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
- 3. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off
easier.
- 4. Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker for easier pouring.
- 5. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
- 6. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink;
bad ones float.
- 7. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked
egg will stay in its shell this way.
- 8. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
- 9. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them
up.
- 10. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.
- 11. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they
will last longer.
- 12. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.
- 13. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
- 14. 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.
- 15. Boil clothespins in salt water before using them and they will last
longer.
- 16. Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar,
thickened with flour
- 17. Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a
longer life.
- 18. Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt
soak up the stain.
- 19. Clean you iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the
ironing surface.
- 20. Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double
boiler will make the food cook faster.
- 21. Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.
- 22. To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and
starch, with just enough water to make a stiff putty.
- 23. Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.
- 24. Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a
sore throat gargle.
- 25. Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.
- 26. Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.
- 27. Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.
- 28. A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.
- 29. Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for awhile.
- 30. A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea.
- 31. Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.
- 32. 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.
- 33. Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent
yellowing.
- 34. Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.
- 35. Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.
- 36. Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in
them next day to remove burned-on stains.
- 37. Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.
- 38. Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.
- 39. Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.
- 40. Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash.
- 41. Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.
- 42. Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.
- 43. Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.
- 44. Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove
stains.
- 45. Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.
- 46. Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.
- 47. Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.
- 48. Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odor.
- 49. A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee.
- 50. Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will come out matched.
- 51. Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator.
- 52. Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later.
- 53. Remove offensive odors from stove with salt and cinnamon.
- 54. A pinch of salt improves the flavor of cocoa.
- 55. To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to four
parts alcohol.
- 56. Salt and lemon juice removes mildew.
- 57. Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don't want grass
growing.
- 58. Polish your old kerosene lamp with salt for a brighter look.
- 59. 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.
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