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Many uses of salt around the house.
Salt is a very common kitchen item that has many uses around the house.
Here are some tips on how to use it.
1) Sprinkle hot salty water on the grass that grows in between stone slabs. This ensures that it stops growing permanently.
2) Scrub your chopping board with dump salt to remove grime and odours.
3) Use a pinch of salt in warm water to gargle when you have a mild sore throat. Use the some to rinse your mouth in case of sores and ulcers before seeking medical attention.
4) Soak tired, aching feet in a basin with warm salty water for instant relief.
5) Place an open bowl of salt in a damp place. The salt absorbs excess moisture.
6) Kill slugs by sprinkling them with a few drops of salt.
7) Reduce soap suds when washing clothes by placing a spoonful of salt in the water.
Fix the dye on new clothes to prevent the colour from runing by soaking them in salty water.
9) Sprinkling a little salt and allowing it to heat on a pan before frying an egg prevents it from sticking to the pan.
10) To dry flowers for decorative use, soak the stems in a salt water. This helps them dry out without altering their natural beauty.
11) Soak new stockings in salty water before washing to make them resistant to runing.
12) Soak wax candles in luke warm salty water for half and hour. This prevents them from dropping when lit.
13) A mixture of salt and sugar in a water serves as an emergency treatment to re-place oral rehydration salts during serious bouts of diarrhea.
14) Salt make an ideal first aid treatment for minor cuts and wounds.
15) Remove tarter from teeth by brushing with a salt paste once a week. This makes your teeth cleaner.
Also there are many countless uses of salt making food taste, keeping food in and so on.
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salt: cusbo ='usbo (in Somali).