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Don't throw away a hard box of salt. Beat it with a hammer. It can be used in the winter for melting ice. Add it to a bag of salt for melting ice.
Source: I got it from experimenting.
By Ellen Lou S. from Knoxville, TN
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10/20/2009
My mother taught me to put about a teaspoon of uncooked rice in the salt shaker, which I do, and it never clumps.
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10/17/2009
I thought of another thing as I was going back to today's tips. Storing powdery spices in shaker jars above the stove cabinets is not the ideal place to store such. Steam is hard on them. Especially the powdered or granulated bouillon.
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10/17/2009
Dried beans will also work well. We used 3. It doesn't matter what kind of bean. But if you are in a very damp place you might want to place small pieces of saran wrap under the lid to keep it dry in between uses.Cut a piece a little larger than the top of the shaker then screw the lid back on - takes only moments to deal with + if it gets knocked over,none spills out.
We had to do this when we camped out all the time.We would never dream of it any other way - You're probably not camping out right this very minute but..
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10/15/2009
At one time I had a problem with hard salt I cut it out of the box, and I used a grater to grate the salt worked fine.
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10/15/2009
I got huge giggles about using a hammer to break up the salt ;-) I'll try the parsley flakes but I've always used a little white rice (not minute rice) to absorb moisture. Thanks for the tip!
When I first moved to Houston in the early 80s, I learned about Houston's legendary humidity. I also learned that what it said on the Morton's salt box about "When it rains it pours" wasn't true. Raining or not, salt doesn't pour easily in Houston.
I took an empty Smucker's grape jelly jar and poured it full of salt, then cut off the portion of the label which read IODIZED SALT and scotch taped it in place. The purple gingham checked lid makes it look nice and my salt never gets clumpy and hard. All this happened in 1982 and my salt jar is still sitting on my counter. At the time I did this, Smucker's only put the company name on the jar label and the lid was solid gingham checks making it more attractive to reuse their jars.
By Marty from Houston, TX
Shared on: 07/22/2011
To keep salt from clumping in humid weather simply place a small piece of paper towel over the top of the shaker, covering the holes. I've tried using uncooked rice, and/or soda crackers inside the shaker, even used the little dehumidifying capsules that come in vitamins, and nothing would work. The paper REALLY does work and I found out by accident.
By Margie Minard from Mount Vernon, OH
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