# I water down my Soy Sauce.... and other Domestic Trickery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740 "2021-01-29T04:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/21 "2021-01-30T20:27:47Z")
Back when I still used dryer sheets, I’d cut them into thirds and that was still plenty big enough. I quit using them altogether because the wax clogs the dryer lint filter. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/22 "2021-01-31T03:40:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Poor kid or lucky kid, you make the call. I HATE FedEx, but the checks seem to clear. Keeps him from… well, you all know what teen-aged boys do. Somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/23 "2021-01-31T04:05:07Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > They make low sodium soy sauce No such thing. Reduced sodium, i.e. less than regular soy sauce, but in no way is it ‘low’. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/24 "2021-01-31T04:08:52Z")
You are very right doc _“Generally, **low sodium soy sauce** is **soy sauce** that has had about 40% of the **salt** removed after brewing. **In** other words, if a regular **soy sauce** has about 1000mg **sodium** per tablespoon, the **low sodium** stuff has about 600 mg.”_ ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/25 "2021-01-31T04:44:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I don’t use dryer sheets … I stopped using them and can’t articulate why I ever did. If they were once important, they aren’t anymore. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/26 "2021-01-31T05:16:07Z")
I use dryer sheets only for towels. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/27 "2021-01-31T08:31:41Z")
I have a stash of used ones in the Jeep for picking up dog shit… Thankfully, since the puppy has grown, the Jeep has been a No Shit Zone, so I haven’t had to use any. They sit in a zip-lock right next to Beckda… never mind. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/28 "2021-01-31T09:01:35Z")
Heh. While I would associate the soy sauce and egg tricks more with what you’d do with a kid closer to 5 than 25, it might very well result in the son developing, relatively painlessly, a palate comfortable with less salt. That’s a nice health gift. With regard to dryer sheets, I’ve always been mystified by them. The only reason I even know they exist is because of times in my life when I used shared laundry facilities. I have a very sensitive nose so I realize my experience is unusual, but omigod the odor of those things is vile. The closest I can come to describing the smell is the time about 5 decades ago when the camp nurse wafted smelling salts by me as I was feeling faint when she removed some stitches. A very nasty, prickly sensation. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/29 "2021-01-31T11:05:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > use dryer sheets only for towels. I hope you’re kidding. For the record, towels are exactly when you _don’t_ want to use softeners of any kind, including dryer sheets. Coats the terry fibers so they aren’t as absorbent. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/30 "2021-01-31T11:28:45Z")
I’ve never used dryer sheets. I’ve actually forgotten what problem they’re supposed to solve. Whatever the problem is, I don’t seem to have it. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/31 "2021-01-31T11:58:23Z")
Static, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/32 "2021-01-31T12:06:43Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > With regard to dryer sheets, I’ve always been mystified by them. The only reason I even know they exist is because of times in my life when I used shared laundry facilities. I have a very sensitive nose so I realize my experience is unusual, but omigod the odor of those things is vile. The closest I can come to describing the smell is the time about 5 decades ago when the camp nurse wafted smelling salts by me as I was feeling faint when she removed some stitches. A very nasty, prickly sensation. Right there with you. But mostly i dislike that they make everything feel slimy. How hard is it to separate socks, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/33 "2021-01-31T16:10:36Z")
> [@Esprise\_Me](#): > > I’ve never used dryer sheets. I’ve actually forgotten what problem they’re supposed to solve. Whatever the problem is, I don’t seem to have it. Ditto. ISTM the only problem they solve is a small lack of revenue for P&G and the other laundry products companies. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/34 "2021-01-31T23:11:53Z")
I get terrible static without them and I dislike it very much. I don’t use them on towels though. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/35 "2021-02-01T04:00:27Z")
Kroger was giving away boxes of dryer sheets for a while. Like a sore dick, free is hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/36 "2021-02-01T04:46:49Z")
Honestly, by the time I get around to sorting my socks, there’s rarely any static left. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740/37 "2021-02-01T05:45:56Z")
Your Sister sorts socks that suck! Sorry. Wrong movie. And wrong quote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740.md?page=1)