Keep your dirty hands out of your salt 'pinch bowl'

I like to keep my salt in a salt bowl that I use specifically for grabbing a pinch of salt.  So when I am making thing such as chicken, if I stick my 'chickeny' fingers into the salt bowl, it is now contaminated.  To keep this from happening (and, yes, it also keeps me from throwing away a bunch of salt that I've accidentally contaminated), I pour a little pile of the salt on my cutting board or counter.  Then I stick my fingers into the pile, use what I need, and discard the rest.

I'm safe, haven't cross contaminated, and haven't thrown out a bunch of salt I did not use.

There are so many interesting tips for salt.  Watch for tomorrow's salt tip.