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.

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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> 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.
>
> 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.

If rice is too small try popcorn. The local theater does that and it
seems to work fine.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:42:09 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
> wrote:

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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.
>
> 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.

If your house is that wet inside, it could benefit from the use of a
dehumidifier. As far as your salt, keep it in a wide mouthed
container - like a salt cellar or a flip top Kilner jar.
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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.
>
> 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

On 8/16/2011 1:28 PM, Kent wrote:
> "Tom Del > 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.
>>
>> 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.
>

I don't have that problem since I even need a *humidifier* in the
heating season and the AC keeps the house fairly dry at other times. At
the beach, salt was kept with some rice in the shakers and that seemed
to do the job. I'd never heard of the popcorn trick but it might well
work for kosher salt.


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On 8/16/2011 10:42 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>

In south Texas it's hard to find a restaurant that doesn't have rice in
the salt shakers. It works.

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Jerry Avins wrote:
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> OK; so I'm opinionated. Sue me. Koshering salt shouldn't be in a
> shaker in the first place.

It's not in a shaker. It's in the original container which doesn't reseal
tightly.

When I reach for it, one hand is almost always wet or oily, so I'm not
opening a tight container like a tupperware at those times.


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J. Clarke wrote:
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> If rice is too small try popcorn. The local theater does that and it
> seems to work fine.

That's a good idea. Thanks.


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An atmospheric water generator (AWG), is a device that extracts water from humid ambient air. Water vapor in the air is condensed by cooling the air below its dew point, exposing the air to desiccants, or pressurizing the air. Unlike a dehumidifier, an AWG is designed to render the water potable.