"Tom Del Rosso" > wrote in message
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> Is there a trick to keep salt dry? With all the changes in weather there
> are often water drops all over the holes in the salt containers. It seems
> to happen more to the kosher salt.
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> Maybe rice would absorb moisture, but the holes are big enough to let the
> rice out (big salt crystals). And rice would get saturated and need
> replacement.
>
> I could keep it in the fridge if that works.
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We have the same problem in our pantry, which is slightly more humid than
the rest of our home. I experimented about and found the driest place in the
kitchen to store the Kosher salt where it wouldn't crystallize.
Interestingly, the non Kosher salt doesn't have the problem.

Kent