When it rains, it pours

[ngauger]

Way back when... The salt would absorb humidity out of the air. It would harden into a cake. Therefore the cook would have to break it up with a spoon or fork.

Also - if it was in a shaker you would have to cover the holes of the shaker and shake it vigorously to be able to break the cake up so you could sprinkle it on your meal...

Then came Morton with some sort of new chemical manifestation and they figured out how to prevent the salt from absorbing "too much" moisture, therefore it would pour easier... They packaged it in the cylindrical carton and put a pour spout on it and.....

When it rains (humid) - it (still) pours......

It really had nothing to do with the foreboding slang "When it rains it pours" or the other one "Bad things always happen in Threes"....

But "When it rains - it pours" was something most people already knew, so it was a fantastic slogan to coin, since most people knew it - but here in this case it meant something good!!!

There's your history lesson for today

By the way - The only superstition I know about salt - is if you spill it - you MUST throw a bit over your left shoulder to ward off bad luck.