I didn't read the whole list, but we found out that salt will also kill the crab grass you need to be rid of. I did once pour some on a garden slug that found it's way into the house in Brooklyn when I lived there. You don't wanna go there.
I've never found anyone else who likes it that way. I think it started when I first had ice cream with nuts and I wanted the nuts to be salted so I tried it and liked it. Now I put salt on ice cream, nuts or not, except on soft serve.
" Add a pinch of salt to coffee grounds before brewing. The salt enhances the true coffee flavor by removing some of the acid taste."
The main fallacy of this point is that you should ever buy ground coffee. Of course it's going to be acidic if you buy a drum of Folgers and keep it in the pantry for months.
Buy yourself a $15 grinder, buy beans whole (freshly roasted, if you have a source for them), grind them right before you brew your coffee, and for all the gods' sakes, don't add salt to them.
The beans don't cost more, Shan. We do it all the time, of course we've had the grinder forever and a day. The coffee is much better, and no, that's one place I don't add salt.
You can bet that I'll be giving this tip a try, what with the half and half needing to be used or frozen: "You can also add a pinch of salt to milk before freezing it." We'll see.... ; )
One of my favorite uses for salt is cleaning my well cured cast iron frying pans. Toss some salt in the pan, use a scrubber and the pan gets clean without destroying the 'cure'. I love sharing tips like yours and mine. If you like, check out FrugalYankee.com.
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I had no idea it would help prevent mold. Lots of great tips.
Salt on ice cream? No way.
And salt is cheap too, Marianne. Can't beat that!
The main fallacy of this point is that you should ever buy ground coffee. Of course it's going to be acidic if you buy a drum of Folgers and keep it in the pantry for months.
Buy yourself a $15 grinder, buy beans whole (freshly roasted, if you have a source for them), grind them right before you brew your coffee, and for all the gods' sakes, don't add salt to them.
Shannon, I've never had rhubarb!
If you like really sour stuff, you would like rhubarb.