Make a Low-Budget Salt Cellar Without Removing the Tape From the Stone Jar
It is very important to have easy access to the salt while cooking, but if you pour small piles into your hand straight from the Diamond Crystal box, the salt will crumble. Storing molds with this product works for the evening, but open containers can collect dust, and no one likes dusty salt. (And no, the Diamond Crystal does not work with a salt shaker; the holes are too small.)
I have a small bamboo salt shaker for my Maldon with a lid that folds to the side so I can open it with one hand and not stop stirring, searing, or other cooking movements I do with the other. But I also have more than one type of salt, which means I need more than one type of salt shaker. Turns out the Mason jar, without the metal tape, works pretty well.
I understand that “putting something in a Mason jar” is not an innovation. When I told Alice about this little “hack” of mine, she said: “So this is a Mason jar?” And I wasn’t very impressed. Yes, it’s a Mason jar, but the lack of tape means you don’t have to twist off the jar every time you need salt, and the lid’s lip keeps it in place. The lid easily slides to the side with your thumb, allowing you to perform a one-handed maneuver without stopping stirring. It’s stupidly simple, but it keeps my salt easily accessible and protected from dust.