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#134891 - 06/05/08 10:36 PM Long term salt storage
DFW Offline
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Registered: 09/03/07
Posts: 80
I have realized that my stored salt, in it's cardboard boxes, is vulnerable to moisture. Glass is inert, but could break, and I don't have nearly enough to think about the 5-gallon bucket storage. I have other dry goods stored in cleaned-out juice bottles. Could salt be done that way too, or would it's corrosive properties do nasty things to the plastic - and the salt?

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#134893 - 06/05/08 10:46 PM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: DFW]
Jackal Offline
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Registered: 08/19/07
Posts: 115
Loc: cornwall UK
my salt is in 500g boxes so i just put the box in a vacuum packer bag and vacuum packed it. that way the salt is not in direct contact with the plastic.

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#134897 - 06/05/08 11:10 PM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: DFW]
ironraven Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
Should be fine- we store it in a Nalgene at my folks.

Yeah, there are a lot of them around... they follow me home like strays....
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#134901 - 06/06/08 12:09 AM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: ironraven]
MDinana Offline
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Registered: 03/08/07
Posts: 2208
Loc: Beer&Cheese country
salt... ? I'm totally missing the point of having salt, besides drying the heck out of something.

Me? I keep my salt in the blue cylinder canister that I bought it in. I think I've had the same one for like the last 4 years...

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#134904 - 06/06/08 12:55 AM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: MDinana]
ironraven Offline
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Loc: Vermont
Salt is needed for life. And unless you live along a coast line, it isn't naturally occuring.

And turns into a solid salt lick it absorbs enough moisture. :P
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#134905 - 06/06/08 01:12 AM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: ironraven]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Quite a bit of salt will fit into a well-washed plastic quart mayonnaise jar or peanut butter jar. It may need a replacement gasket, but that's doable.

Sue

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#134908 - 06/06/08 01:52 AM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: Susan]
BobS Offline
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Registered: 02/08/08
Posts: 924
Loc: Toledo Ohio
Nalgene gets my vote for a good way to store it.
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#134917 - 06/06/08 02:26 AM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: BobS]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
The whole thing is the seal. If it isn't air tight, and you are in any kind of a moist environment, your salt is toast. Rubbermade salt/pepper "plastic" shakers are not adversly effected by the salt itself, but they are not sealed well enough to prevent moisture from causing the salt to clump. This I know for a fact...
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#134940 - 06/06/08 12:03 PM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: OldBaldGuy]
Kris Offline
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Registered: 04/13/07
Posts: 627
Loc: A Canadian Back in Canada
I know that some outdoor restaurants put uncooked rice with the salt in their salt shakers, see it more in the caribbean than the coasts of north america... could this be a viable solution for long term storage of salt?
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#134949 - 06/06/08 01:01 PM Re: Long term salt storage [Re: Kris]
KG2V Offline

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Posts: 1371
Loc: Queens, New York City
Of course the other question is - so it becomes a salt block (thinking LONG term storage) - flake off, grind off, etc what you need when you need it
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