Many municipalities in the north are facing budget cuts. As a result, some places have to use their salt reserves wisely during the winter. The salt is used to clear the roads of winter snow and ice. However, the “Des Moines suburb of Ankeny are using garlic salt to melt snow and ice” on their roads. The salt was donated by Tone Brothers Inc.—a spice producer. It seems the only side effect from using the garlic salt are hungry stomachs. From the chicagotribune.com:

Public Works Administrator Al Olson says the company donated 18,000 pounds of garlic salt to use on its 400 miles of roads.

Olson doesn’t have details, but he says the salt would have ended up in the landfill, so the company donated it. A telephone call Wednesday to Tone Brothers wasn’t immediately returned.

Olson says the city mixed the garlic salt with regular road salt and it works fine. He says some road workers say it makes them hungry, but Olson doesn’t recommend it to spice up lunch or dinner.

Hat tip to Kevin.

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