[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: 25 Household tips

[Liz]

Hello rAmona, 

Some of this I also know to be quite good. :) 
Thank you for posting these, as I’ll try some.
Newspaper we use with our garden in the summer and the garlic one is also correct. 
Liz

> On Sep 17, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>                Here are some pieces of wisdom a friend sent to me.  Some I
> know to be good, some not.  Thought people on this list  might find them
> interesting.  
> 
> Ramona
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Subject: 25 Household tips
> 
> 
> 
> 1. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave
> them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
> 
> 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 really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls
> of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
> 
> 6. For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in
> double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty
> frosting.
> 
> 7. Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic
> and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
> 
> 8. Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply
> chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place
> them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples.
> Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
> 
> 9. 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.
> 
> 10. 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.
> 
> 11. 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.
> 
> 12. 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.
> 
> 13. Newspaper weeds away
> Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. 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.
> 
> 14. Broken Glass
> Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you
> can't see easily.
> 
> 15. No More Mosquitoes
> Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
> 
> 16. Squirrel Away!
> 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.
> 
> 17. 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.
> 
> 18. Reducing Static Cling
> Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and 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 ... guess what! ... static is
> gone.
> 
> 19. Measuring Cups
> 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. (Or spray the
> measuring cup or spoon with Pam before using)
> 
> 20. Foggy Windshield?
> Hate foggy windshields? 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!
> 
> 21. 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.
> Viola! It unseals easily.
> 
> 22. Conditioner
> 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.
> 
> 23. 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 and gone forever!
> 
> 24. 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!
> 
> 25. Dryer Filter
> Even if you are very diligent about cleaning the lint filter in your dryer
> it still may be causing you a problem. If you use dryer sheets a waxy build
> up could be accumulating on the filter causing your dryer to over heat. The
> solution to this is to clean your filter with with a toothbrush and hot
> soapy water every 6 months.
> 
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