The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-01
DtFcrent Uses For Salt.

There is no article of common use
more often put on the table in a
slovenly way than the ordinary salt.
1t should be pulverized, and in order
to do this the salt should be frequently
dried and sifted. Special table salts,
which are sold at the stores, are usu
ally prepared by mixing a certain per
centage of corn starch with the pure
salt. The starch acts as an adulter-
ant and while it is harmless in the
salt for ordinary table use, it would
not improve the seasoning qualities,
and in the case of clear soup would
add enough thickening to partly de-
stroy its clearness.
The same objection applies to adul-
terating salt in this way, though it be
harmless. that there is to 1dulterating
all other condiments. Considering all
in all a pure salt, dried in the oven
and sifted occasionally, is the 2cry best
for all purposes. Heat the salt as hot
as possible in the oven for at least ten
minutes. Then crush it fine with a
potato masher and sift it through a
flour seive. Store it in a wooden box
and set it on a high shelf in a dry
closet. Treated this way, it will not
cake. The only reason for its caking
is the presence of dampness. Salt
which is exposed to the air in COM
mon salt cellar is quite likely TO be-
come lumpy, and for this reason the
salt box kept in use in the kitchen
should be covered.
The Germans use little hanging re-
ceptacles for salt in the kitchen, which
are covered to protect the contents
from dust as we'll as moisture, and are
placed against the wall near the kit
chen stove in order to keep It dry and
be convenient for its frequent use in
cooking. But the German kitchen is
in many ways an ideal me Salt,
sugar, flour and all the articles which
are in hourly need are kept in boxes
of blue and white stone ware, which
are much more wholesome and easily
kept clean than the receptacles of
Japan ware or tin, and are much more
! picturesque.
There are many uses for common
salt besides seasoning. Rock salt,
which is by no means the pUrest salt
| for culinary uses, is excellent in the
! bath. The purest salt for table use is
that prepared from salt springs Or
binary rock salt is too apt to be mixed
with other substances to be safely
pulverized for table use. Bathing the
! feet and limbs in hot salt water is
said to soothe the suffering from
rheumatism and neuralgia. There is
nothing more soothing in case of ner-
vous restlessness than a hot salt bath
/ Nohth just bt4blC ItlD liS. L nt Ell
cacy of a simple garg!e of salt and
water has long been proven in ordi.
nary sore threats. The poison OF
mosquito bites or bee stings may be
removed by strong solution of sal
water. \ dose of salt, frequently re.
peated. is the ordinary remedy fol
! hemorrhage of the lungs and stomach
In the laundry and in house cleaning
salt is scarcely less efficacious than il
is incidentally. 1t is the simples
means of setting the color in printed
cottons, though it may be used in 4;
small quantity of a cupful to two or
binary pailfuls of clear, sold water t.
prevent injury in the fabric, for {
powerful brine tends to rot the mate
rial. There are various plants like as
Iparagus, which originally came from
1 the sea shore, which require a certain
I amount in the soil to make them grow
while on most vegetation salt acts a,
a blight There is no surer way to de
stroy grass and weeds which vii
spring up uncalled for in the grave
paths than to SOW them with salt
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