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I do not recommend doing this.

Each time I washed it salt would recrystallize as it dried, so after 3 washes I decided to soak it in a lot of water which resolved that.

Then I went to use the salt and without any salt build up it poured out way quicker and ruined my breakfast.

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Always with a new, modified,refilled or unknown shaker: pour some on your hand first. Always.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't grandma tell you to put rice in the shaker?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It keeps the salt dry and prevents clumping up. The rice ~~absorbs moisture quicker~~ binds moisture more effectively than the salt.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like putting a slice of bread in with your cookies.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What? How long do your cookies last? (We measure it in minutes at most)

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

This guy cookies

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never tried that

I don't have issues with clumping, but I do salt boiling water so there was buildup around the holes.

I just washed it because the shaker top was looking gross.

[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

The solution (heh) here is to pour some salt into a dish or your hand for salting the water, instead of exposing the shaker to steam.

Salty buildup around ones holes is never good.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 month ago

Salt soaks up moisture much much quicker than rice. Rice just avoids clumping mechanically.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago

You season straight from the shaker? Gotta go through my palm first. The palm imparts flavor.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Kosher salt + salt cellar = better salt distribution

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do ours before Thanksgiving every year, little glass jars with shiny metal shaker tops. Yeah, they have to be super dry before refilling.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To my horror I looked again and it's covered in salt crystals again, so I guess it was not dry enough

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I do mine, rather than soaking them until the salt dissolves, I'll put a bunch of elbow grease in with a damp paper towel. It's less washing and more polishing. Perhaps the limited moisture from the paper towel helps? The dry part of the paper towel helps remove moisture as I clean it?

SAY MOISTURE ONE MORE TIME.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The lid has plastic parts for a spout and you can't get into where the plastic and metal join or the hinge of the spout, that's where the salt send to have set up base.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

Ah … I think new shakers are in order then.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

Poke toothpicks into the holes, that'll dislodge the crystals.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry about your breakfast.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks

It was a nicely cooked overeasy egg.