Don't throw that empty salt container away. You can remove the top with the spout and cut it down to fit inside a mason jar ring! Now you can put all kind of things in the jar and easily pour out the amount you want.
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Wow, this is a really great tip-I live in the UK and finding a reasonably priced sugar dispenser like the one I had in the US has been impossible.
But I do have a jar, lid, and an empty Morton's Salt container (thank-you American Store in Edinburgh for stocking Morton's iodised salt!) so in a few hours I'm finally going to have a proper sugar dispenser again, Yea!
It never seems to amaze me of the ideas and shortcuts my thriftyfun friends come up with. I save all kinds of gars and lids but I'd never think of saving part of a salt box.
Great idea! I'm definitely going to do this as soon as my salt container is empty. I'm going to tape a note on the container to remind me. It may be a while before it's empty. We don't use a lot of salt.
For best results dip the cardboard cut-out from the salt box in spar varnish or any good, waterproof varnish. Even spray on varnish works. You will have to wiggle the spout a bit while the varnish is setting up, so that it does not lock. When I was living in the bush in the Yukon I even used pasta sauce jars with screw top caps, marked and poked a hole into the lid and then glued one of my varnished cardboard toppers onto the screw-on cap.
Of course plastic topped salt containers work too. Just poke a hole into the screw-on cap, and glue the plastic top onto it.
Have FUN!
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