By Terry Orr
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1. Take your
bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected
at the stem, they ripen faster.. I didn't know that!
2. Store your
opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer
and not mold!
3. Peppers
with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4
bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
4. Add a teaspoon
of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from
the meat while cooking.
5. To make scrambled
eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonful’s of sour cream, cream
cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
6. Add garlic
immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic, and at the end of
the recipe if you want a stronger taste of garlic.
7. Reheat
Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set
heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro
pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
8. Easy
Deviled Eggs: Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they
are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up
mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just
throw bag away when done easy clean up.
9. Expanding
Frosting: When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it
with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost
more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories
per serving.
10. Reheating
refrigerated bread: To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were
refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased
moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
11. Newspaper
weeds away: Plant your plants in the ground, work the nutrients in your
soil. Then wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go,
cover with mulch, and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening
plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.
12. To keep
squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne
pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come
near it.
13. Flexible
vacuum: To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an
empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent
or flattened to get in narrow openings.
14. Pin a small
safety pin to the seam of your slip to eliminate static cling. It works;
you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that
cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and ... Ta DA! ...
Static is gone.
15. Before you
pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out
the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut
butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
16. De-fog
your windshield: Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
17. Re-opening
envelopes: If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or
two. Voila! It unseals easily.
18. Use your
hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and
leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner
you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
19. Goodbye
Fruit Flies: To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it
1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You
will find those flies drawn to the cup an d gone forever!
20. Get Rid of
Ants: Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it
'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially
if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small
children being harmed!
21. Wash your
dryer filter: Did you know that cleaning your lint trap with a dryer sheet
can ruin it? Dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the
heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer
sheets to make your clothes soft and static free, and smell good. You know how
they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box? Apparently that stuff
builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is what causes dryer
units to potentially burn your house down with it! You can test it by running
the lint trap under water. If the water goes through you are good. If not then
you need to clean it. The best way to keep your dryer working for a long time
(and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it
with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six
months.
22. Drop a
small object on the carpet and can't find it. Place panty hose over the end
of the vacuum hose and start vacuuming. The panty hose will trap anything to
large to fit through the tiny hose and keep it from getting sucked into the
vacuum.
23. Wearing a
skirt or dress on a windy day. Cut open a few sections on the bottom seam.
slip in some heavy washers or flat weights (anything small heavy and flat will
work) then sew the seam back up.
24. Need to
cut some corn off the cob. Use your bundt pan. Place the ear on the opening
in the center of the pan, and as you slide the knife down the ear, all the
kernels will collect in the main part of the pan
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