Salt question?
By CoffeeAnyone
@CoffeeAnyone (3210)
Canada
January 23, 2008 11:49pm CST
Do you put rice in your salt shaker to keep it from clumping up? I use glass salt shakers and I am always having to tap the salt shaker to force the salt to loosen. I remembered when I was a younger they had rise in the salt shakers in resturants. So I started doing it and now my table salt doesn't stick together anymore. So I guess it works. Does anyone else put rise into their salt shakers?
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
28 Jan 08
I do not, even though I live in a high humidity area I have not had troubles with my sea salt clumping up - now other spices I do have that trouble with. maybe I should try the rice in them. my mother keeps rice in many of her spice shakers.
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@CoffeeAnyone (3210)
• Canada
28 Jan 08
I wouldn't suspect you would have trouble with the sea salt because it is much larger granduales. Regular tables salt is so fine and can't handle the moisture I guess. I don't know but I do know that when I had wood or pottery salt and pepper shakers I had no problem but when I started using glass and crystal then it did start to clump and I started to use the rise to solve the problem.
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
27 Jan 08
We've never done it personally. In fact, I didn't even really know about this trick until I was reading something online somewhere that brought it to my attention, and then it seemed when I went to certain restaurants I realized they had rice in the salt shakers. So, we don't use it, but we've never had a lot of trouble with clumpy salt, so I guess that's a good thing.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
24 Jan 08
I knew this worked as I've seen it many times in homes and restaurants. Actually, I don't use salt anymore. Have learned to eat everything from corn on the cob to popcorn without salt. Takes time but I adjusted. Once in awhile I'll use a salt substitute. Rice does reduce the clumping in salt.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
24 Jan 08
I heard about people putting rice in their salt shaker. My foster mother used to do that, but I am not a great salt lover, so we do not put salt on our table. I do find that the box of salt often clumps up and gets solid. I have some Kosher salt that I keep in a jar but I have not used it yet.
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
24 Jan 08
Yup I put rice in my salt shakers too. It works great. The rice soaks up all the moisture and the salt runs freely.
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
24 Jan 08
I have never heard of that before my salt is always clumping up I will have to try this helpful little tip and see what happens.
@justrachel (98)
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24 Jan 08
I put a dried pea in my salt shaker this works as well as rice. My nanna told me about this years ago.
