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:
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 odour.
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.