Place onion & knife under cold water before cutting the onion.
You should have no more tears. Or after each cut, place knife back under cold water.
Sprinkle little salt in the bottom of your frying pan before frying your hamburger,
Should stop grease splatting.
(my mom told me that one. i have tried it and does work)
-Erna B.
Keep your mouth closed while you chop an onion & you won't cry.
My aunt taught me that one and it works!!!
-Kim C.
If you want your avacados to ripen quicker...just pop off the 'button' on
the top of the avacado and the oxygen will ripen it the next day!!
Guacamole here we come!!!
-Holly C Toronto,Canada
Here is an old family tradition of ours on christmas day when we are heating up the spiral ham
when it is time to start the glaze, instead of adding water to the mix,
add some whiskey or bourbon! Yum!
-r-warbasse
Cookie Tips!
Two-Minute Cookie Rule!
For soft, chewy cookies, remove from oven about two minutes before they are
done as they will continue to bake on the hot baking sheet.
Store soft cookies & crisp cookies separately.
Store cookies in an airtight box or tin to keep them crisp.
Separate layers with sheets of wax paper or aluminum foil.
Using Eggs!
Use fresh eggs in your cookie recipes-white or brown are fine.
Eggs help make your cookies more tender, moist, and light.
Using fresh eggs add more air into the mixture.
Adding additional egg yolk will make the cookies more cakier.
Don't substitute a low-fat spread for butter or margarine,
or your cookies will tend to turn out dense & may not brown.
The longest you can keep any homemade cookie dough is 3 months maximum,
& sometimes even that is a bit too long as the spices change flavors over time.
-Lady P
To keep cookie cutters (especially plastic ones) from sticking to cookie dough,
lightly coat them in some vegetable oil.
Soften Hard Cookies!
Put your cookies in a plastic bag piece of fresh bread.
The next day you will have soft cookies again!
-Linda
Cookies have to be completely cool before you store them,
or they will "sweat" and get soggy.
Small ice cream scoops are perfect for making uniformly sized drop cookies.
Use only the top or center racks of your oven --
your cookies are much less likely to burn.
Preheat your oven 10 to 15 minutes before you start mixing the ingredients
(unless you need to chill the cookie dough).
Don't grease pans with butter or margarine.
Use solid shortening like Crisco.
Butter tends to make cookies brown too fast & oils & sprays tend to cause sticking.
Use a pancake turner to remove cookies from baking sheets.
This will keep warm cookies from tearing or breaking.
-Pat
Use old white socks to mend corners of fitted sheets.
The knitted fabric will have more give to stretch over the mattress.
Remove rust spots on wrought iron, use oily furniture polish.
Rub mayonaise into scratches on furniture with your finger, let it stand, and remove with a soft cloth.
To remove white rings left on furniture by water, rub the spot with petroleum jelly, let it stand 24 hours,
and rub into the woood ...wipe off excess and polish as usual.
Mahogany Repair
To cover scratch put iodine on the mark then polish
Soot can be reduced by two-thirds by occasionally throwing salt on the logs
The wonder tool that I use for cleaning is a toothbrush. I usually buy the cheapest and hardest brush I can find.
The possibilities are endless. The brush gets into every spot you can imagine.
It cleans all those deep, dark secret places you never think about cleaning.
Great for corners and an excellent tool in the bathroom.
It gets into the edges arund the sink and bathtub and anywhere you can think of.
The greatest cleaning tool I know of.
-Shirley
To remove bubble gum or any type of gum from hair simply spread peanut butter on the area and wash!
It comes out like magic because of the oil!!
-Anika
Alka Seltzer Tips:
*Clean a toilet--Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush and flush.
The citric acid and effervescent action cleans vitreous china.
*Clean a vase--To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet,
fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
One way to keep your thread from tangling while you're sewing
- instead of taking the two strands of thread and knotting them together, knot each strand separately.
You'll be surprised at how few tangles you'll have in the future.
Is the top of your stove dull from cleaning and scrubbing?
Try a little liquid car polish and a damp cloth to brighten the enamel or metal.
It'll also help the food and grease to come off more easily.
Hide a few pieces of coal in your bathroom to absorb moisture and odor.
To discourage mice from entering your kitchen, hang sprigs of mint in your cabinets.
Rub the plants often to release the scent, which mice find quite unpleasant.
I have a drawer that has different types of candles, candle sniffers, and such in it, but it would never fail
when I went to retrieve a candle taper from the drawer, it would be scuffed or worse...cracked or broken.
So I figured out the best way to keep my tapers intact and from rolling around and hitting each other..
..paper towel tubes.
I recycle my paper towel tubes and place three or four of my tapers in it, and place it in the drawer.
They fit snugly and safely in the tube and no more bumping into each other, breaking or scuffing.
-Debbie
I have the best tip for all. This is about apples! Did you know that apples that are left over from one season
are frozen to preserve for the next season.
When you get a last years apple it is soft , dry, and grainy when you bite into it.
A fresh apple is hard, juicy and crisp. When you cook with a last year apple it will not hold up and turn to mush.
To tell the difference between the two:
Look on the bottom of the apple, the center that looks like a flower should be closed up tight.
If it is open at all it is last years apple and will not be worth the money that you paid for it,
which is alot now days. This has worked for me everytime I buy any kind of apple. I hope it works for you.
-Constance
I keep a swiffer duster on my my dryer to clean-up everytime i dry clothes and clean the filter screen.
also for the air -borne lint that settles all around the dryer-the swiffer is perfect for keeping the dryer area neat and clean. I also keep a swiffer duster at my computer to keep it perfectly dust -free.
-jami
An over-the-door pocket shoe rack gives you easy access to all your bathroom toiletries
and keeps them neat and tidy.
If you run an inch of cold water in the bathtub before adding hot water, your bathroom will be free of steam.
For a stainless steel sink or pot that shines like new, scrub lightly with a paste of lemon juice and salt.
Then rinse. Wola! a beautiful sparkling shine.
-Jennygirl
Soak a burnt pan in hot water with a dryer fabric softer sheet in hot water.
Soak for 20 minutes and you will not have to scrub the pan!!
-Suzanne
Always have salt handy. There are all kinds of uses for salt beside seasoning.
Here are a few:
*Too much soap in the dish washer - sprinkle salt and suds disappear.
*Got a grease spill - sprinkle salt and then wipe.
*Spill over in oven - sprinkle salt on spill. Reduces smoke and easier to clean.
*Carpet stain - sprinkle with salt let sit one hour and vacuum.
*Burner fire - sprinkle with salt
*Drop and egg on the floor - sprinkle with salt and leave 20 min then wipe easily
*Perspiration stains - dissolve 4 tbsp salt in 1 qt water. Using rag wipe stain and wash as usual.
*Clean your cutting board - dampen board sprinkle with salt and scrub.
*Sore throat - gargle with salt water.
Always keep your salt container handy.
-Irene
On those hot days or hot flash days take a paper towel, fold it and make it wet then freeze
and when frozen you can place it on the back of your neck for a cool down.
-charroe
Keep superglue on hand, if you accidently slice your finger while chopping veggies or something like that,
put superglue on it and it will not only stop the bleeding,
but will scab over and the superglue will fall off!
It has worked for me.
-Ann
TO CUT BROWNIES WHILE HOT OR COOL,USE A PIZZA CUTTER,IT WONT TEAR UP THE BROWNIE
-stromberg51
Tip to get rid of fleas:
bathe your animal in garlic water-fleas can't stand the smell.
put some brewers yeast in your animals food. i don't know why but it works.
-cynthia
To make your coffee pots look squeeky clean fast put a few ice cubes or crushed ice in them
with a few shakes of salt and swish gently- works great and safe too.
- Wired1950
Use a bookcase for storage of paint cans and supplies.
For brushes and rollers and paint can openers and roller pans, drill a hole in the items such as holes
in the handles of the brushes, roller handles, etc.
Put nails on the front of the bookcase edges all the way down the length
of it to hold the brushes, openers, anything smaller.
Put nails on the side to hold the roller pans.
The whole bookcase can be for ALL paint supplies all in one place!
-Susan
If your scissors are dull, sharpen them up quickly by cutting several times into a sheet of sandpaper.
-Eva
Cover half the holes in the top of a can of scouring powder with masking tape and the can will last twice as long.
A sprinkling of dry baking soda before vacuuming will freshen carpeting as well a any commercial carpet deodorizer.
-Danielle
Here are some tips to make sure your potatoes are the freshest:
*Store potatoes in a cool, dark place at about 50 degrees.
*Do not wash potatoes before storing, because the moisture can cause sprouting.
*Do not refrigerate potatoes.
Storage in temperatures cooler than 45 degrees converts the potato starch into sugar which changes
the taste and causes the potatoes to darken prematurely when cooked.
* Protect potatoes from turning green and acquiring a bitter taste by keeping them out of strong light.
If a potato has any green spots, simply pare these areas off before cooking.
-pinkydino
To keep ppl from knowing you smoke, place small bowls of white vinegar in each room.
This will keep the smell of cigaretts odor from your room, it obsorbs the smoke... change them once a day
To clean out any thermos bottle or any container with a narrow neck:
Fill with hot water and drop in an Efferdent denture cleaning tablet.
Leave soaking overnight and the next day you can rinse it clean.
It works on all kinds of caked on grime. If it is really bad, use 2.
-Beckie
If you use a dry erase board and have accidently written on it with permanent marker,
just cover the permanent marker with the dry erase marker ink and then wipe off.
Its pretty amazing that it will take it off.
-Trace
A great way to get candle wax out of fabric or carpet is to lay a throw-away towel over the spot of wax,
and use a hot iron to iron the towel.
The wax will be heated and absorbed by the towel.
-Lisa Ann
Instead of breaking my back (or my husband's) cleaning those hard to reach windows -
or even those not so hard to reach...We use a car window squeegee to clean windows at at our house
Works great and is a lot easier on both of us......
-Kris
Onions will keep longer in the fridge if you leave the skins on and wrap tightly in aluminum foil.
Just slice what you need and take the skin off. Works great and saves money!
-Jean
SOAK A COTTON BALL IN SOME VANILLA OR ANY OTHER FLAVOR AND PUT IN THE CORNER OF YOUR REFRID.
IT SOAKS UP ODOR.
-Sue
An ALL PURPOSE cleaner -sparkler:
Fill spray bottle with 1 part ammonia and 4 parts water.
Use on windows, mirrors, bathtub-shower, sinks, refrig - inside and out, stove tops-ovens,
Tile floors AND carpet spots!
Spray and wipe. Easy and CHEAP!!
-Darlene
Use the water in which eggs have been boiled to water plants...it is a good source of minerals for them.
Snow contains wonderful minerals for plants....allow snow to melt and water plants.
Ball point ink stains..Spray hairspray on the stain, then rub with a clean dry cloth. Ink should disappear.
Repeat as needed.
Use foamy shaving cream to remove spots on rugs...
Spray some oil spray like PAM into your plastic storage containers before adding a tomato based product.
This will prevent some or most staining in the container.
Clean mirrors and windows with newspaper.
This will leave the mirror or glass streakfree and lintfree.
To keep your new whites vivid, get in the habit of presoaking before washing.
Hint: keep a spray bottle of 50% vinegar, 50% water in your laundry area
and spray on stains before putting in washer.
Keep your cat's litter box out of the bathroom!
The humidity in the bathroom will only intesify the odors from the box!
Got stubborn stains inside your non self-cleaning oven?
Leave a cup of amonia in a bowl overnight inside your closed oven.
In the morning just wipe away the stubborn stains.
Can't stand a smell in your house?
Put little saucers (or ashtrays ) full of vinegar around your house.
Vinegar is a natural room freshener.
Got tons of tissue paper left over from the holidays?
Spritz your favorite cologne on it and tuck it in your dresser drawers.
Got a stain on your rug?
My source says to use ORANGE SELTZER WATER on that stain.
THANKS MOM!
-Carol
Dirty old baseball caps? Dont put them in the washing machine!
Put them in the top of your dishwasher!
They will retain their shape and come out sparkling clean and fresh!!
TO KEEP A WASHLINE FROM FREEZING IN THE WINTER RUB IT WITH VINEGAR.
-ruthann
If you have left-over broth--either homemade or canned-- freeze in icecube trays;
pop out and put in a freezer bag.
You'll have some for flavoring gravies and for other recipes.
Cheese got too strong?
Cube strong cheese, mix with cottage cheese--equal parts--in your blender, add pimentos (optional).
Instant cheese spread.
Always keep a mango chutney or some kind of chowchow in the pantry.
And a brick of cream cheese.
We are starting the time of year when guests or relatives show up and you have to feed them.
Just pour the chutney or chowchow over the cream cheese and serve with crackers.
Instant entertainment.
-M J Rivers
Clogged sink: use baking soda and vinegar
Smelly disposal: use a lemon (put half a lemon down and grind up)
Stains on clothes: use Dawn dishwashing liquid
Clean toilet: Put in 2 tablets of alka seltzer or False teeth cleaner (polident)
-Beth
Lubricate Lock's with Pam No Stick Cooking Spray.
Pluck your eyebrow's with orajel, dab on a bit of orajel before plucking the brow's this knumbs the area when tweezing.
Temporarily conceal crack's in white dishes with Liquid Paper; dab the crack or chip on the dish with the Liquid Paper.
Remove price-tag stickers with Jif Peanut Butter.
Remove a ring stuck on a finger with Miracle Whip dab on the miracle whip and glide off.
Clean your computer with Stridex Medicated Pads to clean the oils from your keyboard key's,
and for the monitor use Listerine it cut's through the residue better than glass cleaner.
-Maryann
if you are out of baking soda for your refrigerator, you can take a couple of large cotton balls ,
put them in a glass container & pour some vanilla on them, that will keep the frig, fresh smelling for days.
-martha
To get crayon off of walls use toothpaste. Cleans it right up.
-MomNdaboys
You can save your back and lots of elbow grease if you spray down your shower with bathroom cleaner
and use a sponge mop to clean it...it works wonders and you can reach all those hard to get places!
For folks with back, leg and general health problems:
if you invest in an inexpensive office chair you can sweep, mop and vacuum the floors by scooting yourself around.
It is a lot easier on you and allows you to continue to do the things you used to do!
Good for your self esteem!!!
If you use cast iron to fry pancakes, rubbing the pan or griddle with salt before using will keep them from sticking,
saving calories from having to use butter or oleo to grease the pan.
-vtchameleon
Got smelly shoes? Stuff with newspapers every night. Newspapers act like deoderizer.
-Trace
Keep trash bags in bottom of trashcans , for a quick change.
Keep a spray bottle of water and bleach mixed together, to clean sinks from bacteria, after cleaning chicken, etc.
Toss shower curtains in washer for a easy clean.
Use a hair drier to remove dust in and on computer. . make sure its on cool!
Dab some perfume on your lamps bulb for a nice air freshner when turned on.
-edwina
I like to wash my beanie babies everynow and then, but alo don't like to get them wet in the washer
so I put them in a thigh high stocking and wash them on a gentel cycle with woolight.
I then air dry them.
I have washed them about five or six times this way and you can not even tell it.
For getting white clothes rid of the dingy yellow color...
you take powder dish soap and use about 1/4 to 1/2 cup in your wash machine.
Let fill, add clothes aggitate for five minutes and then add your reg detergent to the washer and go.
For the garbage disposer, add a few lemon rinds with a couple of ice cubes and turn on the disposer,
do this about once a week and you will never have a problem with odors.
-batwoman1958
When you're ready to frost the cupcakes you've made to pack in lunches, don't frost the tops.
Slit the cupcakes in half, frost the centers and put back together.
This way, the frosting won't stick to the sandwich bag.
Use a Bounce Dryer sheet to repel bees and mosquitoes.
Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
To clean artificial flowers, pour some salt into a paper bag and add the flowers.
Shake vigorously as the salt will absorb all the dust and dirt and leave your artificial flowers looking like new!
Got a paper cut - use crazy glue or chap stick.
Eliminate puffiness under your eyes:
All you need is a dab of preparation H,carefully rubbed into the skin, avoiding the eyes.
The hemorrhoid ointment acts as a vasoconstrictor, relieving the swelling instantly.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus.
Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash.
The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
-June
When putting curtains on the rods, make them slide on easier by putting
a little tape on the ends of your rods-once they're on, just peel of tape and hang.
- Regina
A rubber gripper (made for food serving trays) under cutting board and board don't slip.
Baking soda on back of stove for cleaning top of stove and just in case of fire.
Old flower vases good for holding knives and spoons
Old glass bottles are good for storing small amounts of dry pasta
-Ada
Another way to freshen up your pillows is to hang them on the line outside.
Or you can spray them with a half vinegar half water mixture and then put them in the dryer on air.
They will smell fresher.
-Debra
Put shaving cream on your batroom mirrors and wipe off.
They won't fog up
Got crayon marks?
Spray WD-40 (generic does not work as well) on the mark.
Wipe of. Crayon marks just come off.
Clean that flat top range with good old toothpaste and a toothbrush.
Put regular old car wax on your shower walls (not the floor) and clean up is a breeze.
Drop an Alka seltzer in your toilet for a sparkling bowl.
Also works great for you coffee pot.
-Tina
I have discovered that windex will get out stains in your carpet.
Just spray a little on the area and scrub with a paper towel.
This has worked very well with me since I have 3 kids!!!
-Deborah
Use laundry detergent like tide w/ bleah or surf to clean your tub and sinks or toilet bowl,
it works really well and smells good.
-Allison
Tip forAthlete's foot:
Fill a bucket with some warm water then pour in about 1/2cup of bleach.
Soak for 15 minutes and your feet will come out feeling SOFT and will NOT smell or itch anymore!
-Beth
In the shower after you apply hair conditioner use a wide tooth comb to
distribute the conditioner evenly.
Works Great !
-carol57
I found out if you put your pets on the enclosed back porch, if you put mothballs around the
outside it will keep all other animals away.
They don't like the smell.
Also it will keep your pet from spraying all over.
I found out if you keep the shells from your eggs,
they do help your plants grow healthier.
You put egg shells in ground first,then plants or bulbs,then more soil.
Same for potted plants.
For Iron Skillets:
If you coat and work alittle oil with an papertowel, it comes out more even
Then mix in some spices,work in with papertowels and they will be ready to cook in.
-Christine V.
When planting a plant (either potted or in the ground) i use a paper towel or toilet paper cardboard tubes.
Set tube 2-3 inches from plant roots (vertically) and the fill around it with soil.
Put a handful or 2 of small stones in tube, then remove tube.
When you water, the "cylander" of stones, allows water to more easily access roots.
Take 2/3 cups of dried cherry pits or dried beans, put into a new sock, or sew a simple small tube out of fabric.
Sew the end to make kind of a bean bag thing. Put in microwave for 3 or so min.
This makes a great "heating pad", for aches and pains.
Also I use a larger one on those cold nights to pre-heat the bed by my feet.
You can also put it in the freezer for an cold pack.
Use a red wash cloth when examining a child's scrapes or cuts.
The blood will be less noticeable thus the child will stay calmer.
Unseasoned meat tenderizer works well on fresh blood stains.
Rinse with cold water, first Then pour on the meat tenderizer and let it soak for a few minutes.
Then wash as usual.
Meat tenderizer works to neutralize the venom of many other stinging insects....ants, bees,etc.
Just wet the bite and sprinkle it with the meat tenderizer.
-Majormom
For dry itchy skin, and inexpensive,.....Use infant oatmeal baby food.....
Tie small portions in old stockings about the size of a baseball.
Drop in the bath, wait until the water turns milky.
Helps dry itchy skin, and it's cheaper the the other oatmel bath products.
Bounce Eliminates static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
HOMEMADE "SUN-IN" HIGHLIGHTER FOR HAIR
Juice of 1 lemon
1 oz. mild shampoo
Juice of 2 limes
Mix all ingredients.
Leave on hair for 15 to 20 minutes
while under a dryer or in the sun.
Rinse out. Style as usual
BLACKHEAD BLASTER
1 cup Oatmeal
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 eggwhite beaten
To loosen and cleanse blackheads, make a paste of
oatmeal, honey and egg white.
Apply to the skin, massage for 10 minutes
then rinse with tepid water.
Drain Cleaner
1 cup bleach
1/2 cup salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
Mix and poor in to all drains once a month, you never have to buy drain cleaner again
-surveyqueen2
Having a hard time giving your pooch a bath?
Dab some peanut butter inside the wall of your tub to keep them busy while you wash.
Not only does it give your dog a treat & makes the bath more pleasurable for them, it makes the job easier on you!
-nks6
If you are running late in the morning & no time to wash your greasy hair sprinkle some baby powder in
and brush &/or blow dry making sure that it is not visible.
Of course it is easier for blondes to get away with this than people with dark hair, but it works!!
-Alicia
If you don't have any silver cleaner in your home, use regular toothpaste, old toothbrush
(make sure the toothbrush is clean)
and a glass of water to get rid of any tarnish.
I have used this method for a couple years and has even gotten tarnish off of my silver jewelry!
If you have any permanent marker marks on your counter tops, floors or fridge, use the same method.
It takes a little bit of elbow grease, but you will not see any remnants of the mark.
-Elizabeth
If you have a cake on a plate and want to cut it without making it crumble,
use a long strand of dental floss just grab both ends, longer than the cake is wide,
pull down and then pull one end of floss through cake and it is neatly cut.
Most people scrub on cold pots and pans to remove grease buildup.
If you let it heat up in hot water (not boiling) the buildup is MUCH easier to remove.
I have taken pans that were thrown away because they looked so bad and cleaned them up
to a bright finish with this method.
If the build up is heavy, you can use a salad knife to scrape it off before scrubbing too.
I clean suede boots, shoes and briefcases that are lightly dirty by using a slice of white bread.
If they have heavy stains it won't work, but it will for dirt, mud other lightly stained areas.
-Sandi
Ever had your mouth set on fire by something too hot and spicy? Cool it down quick!
Bathe your mouth in plain old milk. Aaah....relief!!!!
-Susan
Have a scratch or some mark on wooden furniture... take mayonnaise and a soft cloth and rub
the mayonnaise on & all over the table or whatever piece of furniture & then take another & buff lightly.
The scratch or mark will almost disappear, the furniture shines, & you may just give up furniture polish forever.
Works as if a pro repaired it for you.
Use BAYLEAVES to end your ANT problems forever.
Put a few discreetly like under stove, fridge, and place one in all food cupboards.
Your flour, cereals all dry goods will never see another ugly critter again. Nor will you!
Cascade powder will clean your entire bathroom tub, shower doors, tile, toilets, floor and sinks.
Just mix with water and even your walls and bathroom doors are clean and fresh.
Bee stings and hornet stings can be doctored quickly by mixing baking soda and vinegar into a paste, apply on sting, remove any stinger if seen, and your cure is quickly on the way.
Wonderful for your children and you too.
Clean your reading glasses, all prescription glasses with rubbing alcohol.
Grab a paper towel and shine your glasses for keeping your eyes with clear vision at all times.
So cheap too! Dirty glasses can impair your vision.
-Janice
If you've got grease or dirt all over your hands
( you know, the kind that just doesn't come off no matter how many times you wash!)
Just mix some flour and water together to make a dough like consistency and work it with your hands.
Pretend like your making dough for a pizza.
All the dirt is suppose to come off into the dough mixture.
I have a buddy who says he uses it all the time. What have we got too lose!?!
-Tracie
Bacon- Minimize bacon shrinkage by running bacon under water before frying.
Beans- A tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in a large pot of beans while soaking them, the 'flatulence'
caused by the beans is kept to a minimum
Boiling eggs- Add a little salt or vinegar to your boiling water when cooking eggs;
a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
Boiling Over- Rub butter or margarine on the rim of a pot in which you cook rice or macaroni and it won't boil over.
Cakes-A cake will keep longer if you place half an apple in the cake tin when storing.
Chocolate cake- Make a better chocolate cake by adding a teaspoon of vinegar to your cake mix.
-Dee
Put a couple of drops of scented oil in your vaccum sweeper bag or on the inside of your
bagless sweeper to freshen the air each time you use it.
To get rid of fishy smell, put a small bowl of vinegar on the stove(stove not burner) while you are cooking
it gets rid of the smell and when your finished you can pour the vinegar back in the bottle.
this really works I use it all the time.
-Irene
Use Old English type furniture oil to clean soap scum from shower doors.
Do not use the new orange oils. It leaves a green residue.
Slightly undercooking large pans of brownies and leaving in oven to cool allows the outside pieces to be done
but not too hard and the inside pieces to be done.
All the brownie pieces will be chewy.
-Jenice
to butter corn on the cob without making a mess of your hands, generously butter a piece of bread, the rub it on your corn. Your corn's nice and buttered and you can eat the bread also
Put a Bounce dryer sheet in the bottom of your trash cans to absorb odor
When baking a ham, pour a can of Sprite over it while baking, this will take the salt out of the ham
Take the smell of onion off your hands by rubbing your hands on a stainless steel knife under cold running water.
-busymom4
Keep extra plastic store bags in wastebaskets.
Layer them for time saving when emptying the trash.
Cut up old oranges and put them in your potpourri burner with water.
They make a nice fragrance in the kitchen.
Soak stovetop burners, grids, etc. in Dawn dishwashing liquid and a bit of Vinegar...
Goodbye grease, goodbye smell !!!
Use a pachouli scent in your lamp oil holders.
Gives a comforting outdoor scent to a closed up room in the cold seasons!
MMMMM the great outdoors !
-Mimi
Do you have white shoes that are dirty? Want them to be white again?
Spray them with Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner.
Wait a few minutes and then just wipe clean with a damp cloth.
Sparkling white shoes once again!
Do you have a headache?
Eat 10-12 almonds, the equivalent of two aspirins, for a migraine headache.
Almonds are far less likely to upset the stomach.
Can't get the wax out of Candle holders?
Add a few drops of liquid soap, fill the votive with hot water and let it sit for 20 minutes.
The wax and metal wick holder will pop right up.
Ever had a dark shirt fade and then get a grease spot on it? Notice how it is darker.
Take a can of Pam cooking spray and spray it all over your dark faded shirt then wash.
It will darken it!! It is hard to believe but it works!!
Use a bread slice to pick up small, broken pieces of glass.
This works better than a sponge.
White bread slices also take smudges off a wall.
Use a plastic knife to cut fresh out of the oven brownies.
They cut clean no sticking or breaking.
White bread also takes musty smells out of drawers.
Just put a slice in the drawer.
-Tina H
