Salt
Salt” an essential element
in the diet of humans, animals, and plants
“Salt” one of the most used for food preservative
“Salt” food additive which can make food delicious.
“Salt” agent widely used in the textile industry
We can see that salt have been used for many purposes not only for food.
From the past until now, some uses of salt are no longer valid but there
are numerous uses are still used today.
In the kitchen, there are many tips for salt use which are widely accepted.
For example, In Thailand, “boiled eggs” is the popular answer for the
question of “what is the easiest food you can cook?” But for someone,
they think that peeling step is quite difficult. For this problem, salt
can help you. Just boil eggs in salt water. You will find that eggs can
be peeled easily.
The next tip is still about eggs and salt. If you would like to test
the freshness of eggs, add 2-3 teaspoons of salt in a cup of water and
then, place eggs in it. A fresh egg sinks while a doubter will float.
Have you ever seen fruits change their color? If not, peel fruits such
as apples, bananas, mangoes, etc. and leave them on the table for ?-1
hour. These peeled fruits will become brown. Oh!!! not appetizing at all.
What should we do? Place these fruits in cold, lightly salted water, this
is the effective way to solve the problem.
Not only that, salt is also the excellent cleaning agent. What do you
thing about stained cups? Difficult to remove? Yes. But we have the solution.
Use salt by rubbing your stained cups with it, stubborn tea or coffee
stains will be removed from your cups.
For health and beauty, do you
believe that salt can treat your beauty. These are the example showing
the relation between salt, health and beauty. Massage your body with dry
salt after bathing and while you are still wet. Dead skin particles can
be removed and this way can also aids the circulation. One more tip is
that if you are having gums problem, rinsing your mouth with warm salted
water every morning will help your gums become healthy. The last tip is
for someone who love flowers.
The way to keep fresh cut
flower I have ever heard is to add a dash of sugar but I have just known
that adding salt to water in the flower vase can extend the freshness of
the cut flowers, too. And I think that I will try to do it this evening
after work.
I am sure that there are still
many tips for salt use waiting us to discover. So, if you have any tips
to share, please come and join with us.
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