Salt is most commonly used to flavour food when cooking or eating. However, we’ve found nine other handy uses for this pantry staple.
10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
Deter fleas by washing pet bedding in 1 cup salt mixed in 1 litre water. Do not rinse, just wring and dry. Also sprinkle salt in dog kennels or anywhere your pets sleep.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
Use salt to deter ants. Sprinkle it wherever you see them entering the house.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
Sprinkle salt on weeds, then pour boiling water over the salt to kill them.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
If you spill food in the oven or on the cook top, sprinkle immediately with salt to prevent it from forming a hard crust.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
To clean your coffee pot or tea pot, fill with ¼ cup salt and some ice cubes. Let sit for half an hour, fill with cold water and rinse.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
Rub your car windscreen with salt water to prevent frost.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
If you drop an egg, sprinkle it with salt and leave for half an hour. It will be much easier to clean up.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
Stop your barbecue from going wild by sprinkling some salt on the coals to calm the flames down so that they don’t burn the sausages.
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10 ways with salt
Ten ways with salt
To sooth a bee sting, cover it with salt.
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