We're frequently advised to reduce salt in our diets but it has a myriad of other uses in the home. If we want to get away from those toxic cleaning fluids displayed in colourful containers in the supermarket - expensive as well as dangerous - let's not forget the virtues of simple salt.Here are a few useful tips:
Pour salt and hot water down your sink to prevent grease from building up.
Mix salt with soda water to clean and deodorize the inside of your fridge.
Keep a bag next to your cooker to put out accidental fires; it forms an oxygen-excluding crust and extinguishes the flames. Never use water, particularly on grease fires.
Add a dash of salt to fresh flower water - they will last longer.
Repair small holes in plasterboard walls - mix 2 tablespoons salt with 2 tablespoons cornflour then add enough water to make a thick paste. Fill the holes and leave to dry.
To ease bee stings, immediately dampen the area then apply a teaspoonful of salt to reduce the pain and swelling.
For mosquito bites, a saltwater soak is good and you can also use a poultice of salt and olive oil
And outside:
To deter patio weeds, pour salt in between the cracks, sprinkle with water or let the rain do the rest.
These are just a few. There's loads more info here on The Salt Institute website.
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