10 Unusual Uses for Salt

Really great uses for salt. And i thought you just use it for cooking. Great article Karen.

Thanks Lauren,the weed killer and one about the hard boiled eggs are my favorites:)

Are you sure about the information in tip #4? Between Science classes and cooking in my own kitchen I've come to learn that the older an egg gets, the more air it takes in causing it to float as it gets older, when an egg is fresh there is no air inside and thus will sink straight to the bottom. Just to be sure I looked up the information that I have known to be true, and saw many of the same conclusions. You can find one here in the second section #2. This lady also uses salted water.
http://aboutsinglewoman.com/1112/eggs-for-breakfast/

thanx Karen interesting article!!

#4 is wrong. A fresh egg will sink. A very OLD egg will float
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http://busycooks.about.com/od/quicktips/qt/testingeggs.htm

Tip # 4 came from my Grandma, I'll have to check it out maybe something was lost in translation.

Thanks everyone for letting me know about the wrong info.
The mistake was mine:) after all it's just common sense that a new egg will sink. I've applied for a fix so hopefully the article will be corrected soon.

..who wants to eat salty milk or salad? It probably works well... but... gross!

A pinch of salt added to a gallon of milk will add no flavor. The same goes for lightly salting your salad, but I would imagine that these things will not work for people who are watching their salt intake.

Lightly salting any vegetable wicks out the moisture. I'm not certain I understand why salting a salad will keep it fresh. Seems a bit odd.

Awesome! Especially the air freshener. I'm going to try this next time I make it out of the city and back to the country.

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Make a paste of salt and vinegar and put on bug bites. Takes the sting and itch right out.

interesting uses of salt,thanks

#8 will cause the land to not allow for any growth, not just weeds, bad Idea.

#4 is wrong a bad egg floats because as it rots more gases are produced causing it to float.

#5 & 6 will not work, as the level of salinity needed to deter bacterial growth would cause the milk / salad to become unpalatable.

#2 only works if there is no breaks in the slat for the ants to walk around.

Seems like a bunch of old wifes tales, and not very accurate at that.

You aren\'t quite right Microbe...The ants follow just one path, which is marked by the smell the founder of the path left for them. They do not think like us, and will not go around the salt..
Karen said that she will fix #4. She didn\'t say that #8 will make the land better for growing plants, she just said it will kill the weeds. You might need it for something else..

# 4 IS WRONG "A FRESH EGG SINKS" IF THE EGGS FLOATS IT BAD

Useful info.

Thanks for sharing. My wife uses salt as a weed killer, however she does not add water.

I'm going to try the weedkiller one - I have any amount of weeds growing between slabs along my path, so if it works, that will be great! Thanks.

very nice, very well done.

You can use salt for cooking too !!!

Also, if you get eggs off a farm (like your own or from a friend or something) if it floats there is a baby inside. I know this from first hand experience...one egg floated and we cracked it open to see why it floated and there was a baby in it.
Great article BTW!

now that's interesting and very useful, I was in a restaurant tonight and the salad was full of salt - I think I know why now!
I've always tested eggs with just water, if they sink,I eat em. I wonder if I would've been better off with salt in the water.

Karen I am so sorry about your troll at #21.

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Shameless plug I know. Have a great Karen.

Thanks Lauren,
I did read your article, and it's very good.
In fact everyone should take a look at it.
There you go, another plug:)

think it's already been done like a year ago! still good :D

When you spill wine on a carpet, if you are quick enough, you can get all of the wine out by pouring lots of salt over the offending patch. Works a treat. I am speaking from personal experience.

Thanks for the article.

Tim

Thanks Tim,
I'll have to remember that one.

Thanks Karen, I too like the one about the weeds...I must try that one. I can remember when I was young, my dad had drowed a fly in a cup of water, then he placed the fly on a napkin and had poured salt over him (or her) presto! The fly came back to life... also I use it when I feel a sore throat coming on...

From experience with stains & odor in carpet, the last thing you want to do is apply salt. You\\\'ll never remove it all entirely and in time will eat the binder and ruin the carpet.

For those of you with fireplaces or "Wood burners", if you have a chimney fire, dumping salt on the fire in the grate or firebox usually extinguishes it. I've done it. It works.

Sprinkle salt into your skillet after it's heated and before putting in eggs or potatoes or meat. It'll keep the food from sticking! Works like u wouldn't believe.

Some of you people need to read things more carefully before you post your negative comments. Case in point: #4. There is nothing incorrect about the way it is written, yet several of you misread the posting and seized the chance to criticize someone.