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 odor.
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 odors 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.
