Instead of storing your salt in the cupboard or a grinder, try a salt box—it keeps the essential ingredient within reach and makes seasoning your food easy. ... The matching lid keeps the seasoning free from moisture (and curious house pets).

What was a salt box used for?

They pounded salt lumps with a mortar and pestle to make it ready for culinary use. Salt was important for preserving food as well as cooking it. In colonial homes, free-flowing grains [of salt] began with placing the salt box near the fire for drying out lumps or removing a brick to make a salt niche.

What do you put in a salt box?

You can fill it with your standard sea salt, kosher salt, or larger flaky salt depending on your preference. Whichever one you choose, in the salt cellar you'll be able to add flavor quickly as needed and get your dinner on the table that much faster.