My salt's gone all clumpy, how can I make it dry and free flowing again?

Question

I just bought Saxa salt instead of Lo-salt and straight away it's gone all clumpy and I can't pour it out easily. I put some rice grains in it but isn't any better. Any other suggestions?

Answer 1

A quick fix is to spread it out in an oven pan or rectangular cake pan, or cookie sheet and bake it on a low setting. The moisture will evaporate.

Then, sift it with a flour sifter. The unclumped stuff will sift on through and the clumps will stay up top.

Next, crush the clumps with a mortar and pestle. If you don't have that, you can also use a meat tenderizing mallet, or a sanitized hammer or some other blunt object as a mortar, and a wooden or heavy plastic bowl as a pestle.

Then re-sift the crushed salt. Repeat till you get it all into little bits again. Store this salt in an airtight tupperware or rubbermaid container (the really cheap clear stuff at Walmart like Gladware etc isn't airtight enough!), or a ziploc with nearly all the air sucked out.

Store it in a cabinet or pantry, as far as possible from your stove and dishwasher. I have installed a pantry in the living room adjacent to my kitchen, for salt, herbs and spices etc, because the air is less humid and cooler there! Or keep the salt in the fridge, to keep it from going clumpy again. Add dried beans or peas to your salt shakers.

And keep windows open while cooking or running the dishwasher. Cooking (especially boiling or stewing) generates humidity in your kitchen!

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Answer 3

Add some long grain rice to the salt dish

this stops dampness as the grains absorb any liquid and will keep your salt flowing freely

Answer 4

You can mash it back up with a mortar and pestle. After that stick with the rice grains, but put the salt in an airtight shaker (like rubbermaid's: http://www.become.com/rubbermaid-salt?&qet ). Another option is to get the coarse salt that comes in a gringer (like pepper); the larger crystals don't clump as easily: http://www.become.com/grinder-salt?&qet=&start=11&num=10

Answer 5

Pinto beans work better than rice in the shakers. Make sure you keep the container in a cool, dry place and preferably change from the store bought container to a tupperware/plastic container with a tight fitting lid.

Answer 6

Put dry rice in your salt shaker

Answer 7

put in a metal container and place in a cooling oven.

Avoid keeping your salt in a humid atmosphere, so when cooking, open a window, I have lots of salt and it never goes clumpy and its out on the table.

Answer 8

My grandmother always puts rice in with her salt.

Answer 9

Salt is cheap. Buy some new stuff. When you fill your shakers put a few grains of rice in it, it absorbs humidity which is what causes the clumps.

Answer 10

Raw rice in with your salt .. it will absorb any moisture that gets into your container. Problem solved...