A small amount of table salt can do wonders. The following list will give you important uses of salt, many of which you probably didn't realize:
- Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
- Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
- Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting..
- Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink; bad ones float.
- Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
- A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
- Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.
- Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.
- Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.
- Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
- Boil clothespins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.
- Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour
- Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.
- Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.
- Clean your iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface.
- Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster.
- Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.
- Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.
- Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.
- Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.
- A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.
- Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for awhile.
- A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea. ?
- Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.
- 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.
- Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.
- Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.
- Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them next day to remove burned-on stains.
- Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.
- Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.
- Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash..
- Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.
- Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.
- Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator.
- Remove offensive odors from stove with salt and cinnamon.
- To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to four parts alcohol.