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Post by missj on Sept 24, 2012 19:50:41 GMT -7
many centuries ago, societies rich in natural salt, were wealthy societies.
It was a major trade staple and had many uses.
Today salt is extremely cheap...but that doesn't make it any less useful.
let's try and think of as many uses for salt as possible.
Each person try and come up with 3 uses for salt that haven't been listed yet (I know, many of you can think of more than 3....but try to limit it to 3 so more people can chime in!)
1. flavoring for food (duh!)
2. attract wild game (salt lick)
3. saline oral rinse (for sores, wounds etc.)
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Post by wtrfwlr on Sept 24, 2012 20:12:06 GMT -7
Use in the tanning and preserving hides.
Use to preserve raw and smoked meat.
Soak pecans/nuts in salt water overnight, they crack open much easier and the meat comes out easier too.
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Post by ColcordMama on Sept 24, 2012 22:58:48 GMT -7
Not only to flavor foods, but as a critical component in everyday diet. Without salt, we die. Read more here: www.salthealth.org/warning-lack-salt-hazardous-health-a3089Salt is also an important ingredient in fermenting cabbage into sauerkraut and adding to water and vinegar for pickling vegetables for long term storage. |
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Post by cajunlady87 on Sept 25, 2012 5:33:28 GMT -7
mix with vinegar and warm water to gargle with if you have a sorethroat
add to glass of water to rehydrate yourself
add to fresh picked berries soaking in water and those pesky bugs and worms quickly come to the surface
add to crawfish and crabs soaking in water to purge them
used to de-ice roadways
to put out grease fires
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2012 8:57:03 GMT -7
To make a salt lick to attract deer and other wildlife for hunting & feeding people.
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Post by BORNTHATWAY on Sept 25, 2012 10:36:58 GMT -7
Need it on the farm for the cattle sheep and other vegetarian eating animals being raised.
Use a salt water soak for vegies like brocolli and cauliflower that you raise to get the bugs and worms out.
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Post by onidah on Sept 25, 2012 12:45:15 GMT -7
- rinsing/cleaning the beads in a water softener - nasal rinse (neti pot) - dry scrubbing cast iron (abrasive) - combining with water and an electrical current to make chlorine and other mixed oxidants (for water purification purposes or for many other reasons). Why store chlorine bleach which has such a short half-life when you can store salt, water, and a 12-volt solar panel and make a fresh batch whenever you need it? The process is similar to the one used by www.miox.com/miox-solutions/Overview.aspx, but it doesn't have to be so complex and expensive. www.saltinstitute.org/Uses-benefits/Salt-in-industry"The biggest single use of salt is also one of the least known. Salt is the feedstock for the chlor-alkali chemical industry, just as oil is for the petrochemical industry. The difference: we are not running out of salt! Chlorine chemistry brings consumers clean water, soaps and detergents, many medications, PVC pipes for our homes, cell phones, cosmetics, protective suits for SCUBA divers – and astronauts, digital cameras, flat panel TVs, electron microscopes, solar panels for energy production. The list is essentially endless. Manufacturing textiles, glass, rubber, leather, even drilling oil wells, depends on salt. Salt has 14,000 known uses." |
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Post by missj on Sept 26, 2012 0:06:32 GMT -7
Deter Ants- sprinkle anywhere they might want to enter your house (doorways, windowsills) ants don't like to walk on the salt.
Remove blood stains. (Soak the stained cloth in COLD saltwater before normal laundry process)
Anti-freezing properties (to de-ice sidewalks, or if line drying clothes in freezing weather, rinse in salt water first)
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Post by mountainmark on Sept 26, 2012 12:07:34 GMT -7
making cheese  Preserving meats. I normally order twice as much as I need for the cheesemaking operation and store the rest. I will have a good supply post SHTF  I may not have much else, but I will have salt. Lol. |
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Post by olebama on Sept 26, 2012 16:17:33 GMT -7
To freeze ICE CREAM!!!
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Post by wtrfwlr on Sept 26, 2012 16:55:04 GMT -7
Now that's what I'm talkin about right there! A REAL reason to have salt!  |
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Post by Rock on Sept 27, 2012 8:55:38 GMT -7
If you can add any more ways to use salt that would be great. Some you may already know and other tips my be new to you. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier. Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker for easier pouring. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting. edit: I'm sorry missJ |
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Post by wtrfwlr on Sept 27, 2012 9:06:50 GMT -7
Well I guess 60 is pretty close to the requested limit of 3 per person huh?
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Post by thywar on Sept 27, 2012 9:32:02 GMT -7
I was doing okay with the list until I got to this one.. then I started thinking about the list a little more..
''Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they will crack out of their shells whole. Just tap the end of the shell with a hammer to break it open easily.''
That's when I started getting serious about this salt list thingy.. can't be nothing easy about 'tap the end of the shell with a hammer'.. ouch.. no sirreeee buddy.. I'm not even crazy about soaking them overnight in salt brine.. Nope.. no way..
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Post by wtrfwlr on Sept 27, 2012 10:03:08 GMT -7
It's not that hard to tap them on the end with a hammer, but you have to hold them very tightly. Use a pair of pliers or channel locks, even vise grips for really tough nuts! If you have really big nuts you may have to soak them longer and it helps if you use boiling salt water as well. I'm sure you have heard about guys with their nuts in a vise? Well, that is what they were talking about, they have nuts that are so tough it take two people to get them cracked.
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