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Any tips to keep salt dry?
Gusto Brunt
23-09-2015
I tried a plastic salt cellar.

A metal one and a glass one.

All of them left the salt wet. I even left the salt in its original container and it was wet.

Now I am onto a ceramic one and the salt is wet in that too.

And no, I don't keep the salt cellar in the shower.

Any tips please. Ta.
chopsim
23-09-2015
Put some dry rice grains in. Solves the problem.
Gusto Brunt
23-09-2015
Originally Posted by chopsim:
“Put some dry rice grains in. Solves the problem.”

Does it?? OK. I will try it.

Cheers.
Isambard Brunel
23-09-2015
Do you keep it in a cupboard? if so, your kitchen's damp and that needs to be fixed rather than just the salt.
diablo
23-09-2015
My kitchen gets a fair bit of condensation if I'm simmering something and forget to switch on the extractor fan.

Though I've never had a problem with salt getting damp. though garlic grinders stop working after a few weeks. Maybe I should try the rice trick in them?
barbeler
23-09-2015
Keep it in a tub with some salt.
Isambard Brunel
23-09-2015
A sock filled with cat litter at the back of a cupboard might keep the contents dry.
confuddled
24-09-2015
yep the rice works.
Billy_Value
24-09-2015
a towel
Sandgrownun
25-09-2015
Rice in the salt didn't work for us. We now keep the salt in its original packaging in a tupperware type container, that works.
maggie thecat
25-09-2015
We keep ours in the fridge. It seems to help.
pugamo
27-09-2015
Originally Posted by Billy_Value:
“a towel ”



Your kitchen sounds really damp though OP, that can't be good :/
Isambard Brunel
27-09-2015
I have two neighbours whose windows are literally running with water whenever they cook. For one of them, it happens on the kitchen window despite the hood being switched on. Alarmingly, for the other house I see the windows running at the front of the house despite the kitchen being at the back. But that's what happens when you knock all the internal walls and leave your kitchen and living area in the same space. God knows how much steam must rise up into the bedrooms.

Someone should invent a sort of metal or glass plate kind of thing, perhaps with a handle for easy application and removal, which sits on top of a saucepan whilst it's cooking, and thus captures and condenses much of the escaping steam. These kinds of people would probably be quite amazed by such an invention. Any suggestions for what to call it?
stud u like
27-09-2015
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“I have two neighbours whose windows are literally running with water whenever they cook. For one of them, it happens on the kitchen window despite the hood being switched on. Alarmingly, for the other house I see the windows running at the front of the house despite the kitchen being at the back. But that's what happens when you knock all the internal walls and leave your kitchen and living area in the same space. God knows how much steam must rise up into the bedrooms.

Someone should invent a sort of metal or glass plate kind of thing, perhaps with a handle for easy application and removal, which sits on top of a saucepan whilst it's cooking, and thus captures and condenses much of the escaping steam. These kinds of people would probably be quite amazed by such an invention. Any suggestions for what to call it?”

Alain Bouffay and Guy Collas have already invented it.
Isambard Brunel
27-09-2015
Originally Posted by stud u like:
“Alain Bouffay and Guy Collas have already invented it.”

Oh, shame. I just finished making a prototype of my own...
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