Salt, more than flavor

Kitchen tips — By Ben on 30 August 2008

Salt is a dietary mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride. It comes from many sources and in many ways and salt has been used by humans for thousands of years as food preservative and for religious porposes. In our modern kitchens salt is the most common food seasoning. But did you know that salt can be a great weapon in the battle to keep your kitchen clean?

When I found this article on HowStuffWorks.com I was surprise to see how many other uses salt has. Just in the kitchen it helps to clean coffee makers and mugs, ovens, refrigerators, stoves, casseroles and pots among others. Not only that, salt can also be used for clogs and bad odors. Along with baking soda and vinegar salt can help you to maintain your house clean. Visit HowStuffWorks.com to view these and other great cleaning tips.

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Ben

grew up around food. His family owned a restaurant in Mexico City and he spent a big deal of his childhood helping and learning after school the art of creating delicious dishes from simple ingredients. He created this blog to share his kitchen adventures with the world.

(7) Readers Comments

Ivy
August 30, 2008 at 1:22 pm

Thanks for sharing this Ben. Didn’t know most of this.

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Jen of a2eatwrite
August 31, 2008 at 4:51 pm

Lots of fun, Ben!

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Dell
August 31, 2008 at 7:11 pm

some good tips there Ben, thanks for sharing

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Mikky
September 3, 2008 at 12:26 pm

thanks for sharing… and i thought only baking soda can do that…

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mikky
September 5, 2008 at 11:01 am

BTW, I was tagged by Ning of Heart & Hearth, so… I hope you don’t mind, but I’m tagging you… i would love to hear what you have to say…
Thanks…

http://myfinds-mikky.blogspot.com/2008/09/im-tagged.html

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Christina
September 6, 2008 at 5:05 pm

I’ve always known that salt can be used to clean with, but I never knew how exactly. I might experiment just for the sake of it!

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sangeeth
October 10, 2008 at 9:31 am

oh!This is new to me. Thanks for sharing Ben! Now I know how to use it wisely and I have tagged you!

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