Please Pass The Salt
Although it is most often used to season food, salt has many other practical uses.
Got stains on your copper cookware? Dip lemon halves in salt and rub the stains away. You can also clean copper, bronze, brass, and pewter with a paste of salt and white vinegar.
Brighten cutting boards by rubbing with a damp cloth dipped in salt. If grease spills in your oven while cooking, sprinkle salt on it before it is baked on. Continue cooking and by clean up time, the spill will be an easily removed pile of ash.
Keep windows frost-free by wiping them with a sponge dipped in salt water.
Using salt and baking soda to unclog a drain will take care of bad odors at the same time. Pour one cup salt into drain, followed by one cup baking soda. Pour a kettle of boiling water down the drain and let it work on your problem.
Neutralize bitter coffee by adding a dash of salt to your cup.
Remove rust from screwdrivers and other tools by rubbing them with a slice of raw potato dipped in salt.
Have a water ring on your wood tabletop? Mix equal parts of corn oil and salt, rub it into the ring and then polish it off with a clean cloth.
Prevent runs in pantyhose by first soaking them for thirty minutes in a solution of ½ cup of salt dissolved in one quart of water. Rinse and drip dry. The salt strengthens the nylon fibers.
Salt has been an essential preservative and flavoring since ancient times and continues to be a staple of life, useful in so many ways.