Salt is such a universal ingredient in the kitchen. No food is complete without a dash of salt. But do you use salt only for food? Did you know you could use salt in thousands of way?. Remember how your grandma used salt in preserving food, or in pickles? This non-metallic mineral is not just a magic ingredient for food but can be used as a key ingredient for several things in daily life. Today I am sharing 15 such smart uses of salt that can do wonders in your daily life. Read on for the #SaltHacks.
15 Smart Uses of Salt – #SaltHacks
Prevent Fruits from browning
Apples, pears are notorious for oxidizing when they are cut. I always suggest in my food posts that you use a teaspoon of lemon or vinegar on chopped fruits to prevent the browning. But if you have run out of a lemon or don’t have vinegar in your kitchen. Drop the sliced fruits in lightly salted water and voila, your word is done. The fruits won’t brown up.
Stiff Peaks while Whipping
Getting stiff peaks while whipping cream for a whipped cream cupcake frosting or egg whites for a meringue is a goal for every chef. Add a pinch of salt while beatings egg whites or whipping cream to get quicker and higher peaks easily.
Remove water Rings from wooden Surface
Had guests at home who didn’t use the coasters? Result = ugly water ring marks on your wooden center table! Worry not, why else do you have the smart uses of salt? Rub a thin paste of salt and vegetable oil on the marks and your problem is solved.
Remove Wine Stain
Did you get tipsy and spill red wine on your expensive top? Blot up the wine first with paper towels. Then pour salt over the stain. The salt will drain out the wine from the fabric. Soak the top in cold water for half an hour and wash normally.
Remove Sweat Stains
Sweating too much in the summer? All your favorite clothes now have sweat stains? Add 4 tablespoons of salt in a liter of water and dab the clothes with this solute till the stains fade.
Set Fabric Color
Got a new garment that isn’t colorfast? Use salt to fix it. Salt is used in the textile industry for years to set color. Fill up 4 liters of water in a bucket, add ½ a cup of salt and ½ a cup of vinegar in it. Soak the garment in it for at least an hour. Then rinse. If the rinse water has color in it, repeat the step. Use only on single-colored fabric.
Keep Flowers Fresh in Vase
Got favorite flowers for the vase? Keep the fresh till the guests arrive. Add a dash of salt in the water in the vase and keep cut flowers fresh for longer.
Tame Barbeque Flames
Does your barbeque flame turn wild and you have to splash water to calm it down? Sprinkle some salt on the flames in your barbeque grill to calm down the smoke. The salt won’t cool down the coal like water.
Clean Teeth and deodorize Mouth
Mix one part fine table salt to two parts baking soda. Dip your toothbrush in this mix and brush as usual for whiter teeth. Similarly, mix equal parts salt and baking soda in water, use this as a mouth rinse for a fresh deodorized mouth.
Treat Bee Sting
Ouch? Bee stings are terrible, I have faced it and I know it. Dampen the sting area and press some salt to reduce pain and swelling. You can also use plain vinegar to treat the swelling.
Have a Throat Pain?
A good gargle with salt and warm water helps to relieve a sore throat.
Exfoliating Salt Scrub
Use a teaspoon of sea salt with a few drops of coconut oil as an exfoliating scrub for body, feet, and face.
Keep Cheese Fresh
Noticed how molds grow on cheese if you have stored it for long. Yes, it grows in the refrigerator too. Prevent these molds on cheese with salt. Dip a muslin cloth in saltwater and wrap it around cheese and refrigerate.
Clean Toothbrush
Dip your toothbrush in salt water and clean it. This will remove any residue and your toothbrush will last longer.
Drain Cleaner
The kitchen sink drain is clogging up? Pour a handful of salt down the drain followed by hot water. It reduces grease build up and deodorizes the pipes.
There you go, you have #Salthacks for your home and kitchen using the most humble ingredient in your kitchen. I personally use salt for many things in daily life – it’s seriously a good scrub. Do give these a try and let me know if you liked these smart uses of salt.
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44 comments
I knew about sore throat cure and few other but didnt know about removing wooden stains and its use in whipping. Great points.
Thank you Deepa, Salt is such a universal thing.
Very useful post.
Thank you Hiral
This is so helpful , Tina! I am going to use your tip to clean my toothbrush. Super post!
Thank you M. Glad you liked it. Try the body scrub too.
Gargling and using it flowers I knew .But not the others .Superb tips.
I had no idea about so many uses of salt.Knew about gargling and water for flowers .But not 13 others!Great info.
Wow! Saving this post! Never knew there were so many smart uses to the Common salt!
Thank you Kala. Yeah it’s so versatile. Thanks for dropping by
There is nothing better than a good salt scrub for your feet! I totally needed an idea for a drain clearer so thanks for sharing!
Yeah the salt scrub for the feet is very relaxing after a tiring day. Thanks for dropping by
I never know about too many uses of salt until I read your post today. So interesting! I “stared” that post on my browser. Cheers!
Hey thank you so much Bao
I knew of a few of things but I didn’t salt could be so helpful besides you know flavoring my food…
i didnt know salt had so many uses. haha, i thought it was just there to make the food taste better! now i know how to use salt effectively. tHANKS For that!
Glad you liked it Jackie. Hope it helps you
I didn’t know half of these! I just thought salt made food taste good:-)
Hehe salt is so versatile, it can heat up water faster too
Wow. I would have never known that you can use salt in so many ways. It was also written in a very detailed and interested way too! I love your blog!
Thank you Wyne for loving the blog. Glad you liked it
Ok these are some amazing tips. Some I had heard of but others, never. I will look into cleaning the drain and adding it to flowers in a vase! That could be a huge help!
Glad you liked it Ashley, salt is so versatile
I knew about the gargling for a sore throat but that’s it!! What fantastic tips!! Thank you for sharing
Thank you Sian, hope these will help you
Seriously Is all this possible. Will takes out for test drive
Wow. This post is really helpful. I may say, sore throat loves me and my siblings. Thanks for sharing.
So nifty, hadn’t heard of lots of these before will definitely try it for flowers
Interesting! I never thought to comment so salt for cleaning my toothbrush…
Love, Love, Love sea salt. So many more uses than I even knew about
wow.. these hacks are amazing.. I knew some of them but your post has definitely helped me know a lot more uses of salt.. thanks for sharing this great post
Very informative post. While some of them I knew, some came as useful pieces of info for me.
God ! Never Knew common salt could be such a saviour .Thanks
Wow! Those are some great uses of salt mentioned..removing ring marks from wood will surely come handy!
Amazing uses.. I Will definitely share this post with my mother.. she will highly appreciate the info shared, thanks for this great post
Interesting post to know of salt, had no idea of salt’s role in Barbeque flames, fresh flowers in vase.
THis article is so good. Bookmarked it, I guess I have to refer it now and then.
Wow! I didn’t know many of the hacks but they are so cool! I love exfoliating with sea salt!
Great post! A lot of these tricks I didn’t know
Very helpfull and easy todo task !! I think i will be using some of them for myself
some of these i knew, but many i didn’t. thanks!
This one I knew “Clean Teeth and deodorize Mouth” but the rest, no idea. Thanks for sharing, this is very helpful
Wow! I never knew it had that many uses!
I had no idea that you could use salt to clean drains. Actually who am I kidding? I had no idea you could use salt for most of these things! This is an awesome list.