How to Keep Salt From Sticking in a Salt Shaker

You've picked up a salt shaker and sprinkled your food more times than you could possibly count. Most likely, you've never given it a second thought. That is, until the salt doesn't come out. As reliable as it is, salt can get sticky when it becomes moist. Well, this is one problem in life that's easily solved. Add something that will absorb the water, and your salt will flow more freely than your doctor probably would advise.

Things You'll Need

• Salt shaker
• Salt
• Uncooked rice

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Fill the salt shaker halfway to the top with salt.

   • 2

     Add one to two pinches of uncooked rice to the salt shaker. Add more if the salt shaker is particularly large.

   • 3

     Fill the salt shaker most of the way to the top with salt, and screw on the lid.

   • 4

     Hold your hand over the holes in the salt shaker, and shake vigorously to distribute the grains of rice throughout the salt.