From slightly odd to downright strange -- We celebrate the unusual.
Thanks to Roger for these unusual household & cooking tips!
No More Mosquitoes
Stick a dryer sheet in your pocket. It helps keep mosquitoes away.
Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the
stove,
set
heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps
the crust
crispy.
No soggy micro pizza.
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.
Use hair conditioner for shaving.
It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your
skin
smooth.
It's also a good use for old hair conditioner
you
bought, but
didn't
like when you tried it in your hair.
Use it
up
as shaving cream.
Double your frosting and cut your calories in half!
When you buy a container of cake frosting, 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...and you
automatically eat less sugar and
less
calories per serving.
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.
To prove it's theirs... If you buy a new bike for your child, place their picture
and
name
inside one of the handlebars before placing
the grips
on. If the
bike is stolen and later recovered,
remove the grip
and there is
your proof as to who owns
the bike.
Newspaper Weeds Away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil.
Wet
newspapers, put layers around the plants over-
lapping
as you go,
cover with mulch and forget about
weeds. Weeds
will get through
some gardening plastic,
they will not get
through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces
of
glass
-- the fibers catch ones you can't see, and
spares your
fingers.
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.
Easier Thank You's
When you throw a bridal/baby/graduation/birthday or
other
party
which entails gifts, buy a pack of thank you
cards as a
gift for the
guest of honor.
During the party,
pass out the
envelopes and have
everyone put their
address on one.
When the guest of honor wants
to
sends out "thank you's",
the cards are pre-addressed!
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 the
end of your can
nister vacuum. It can be bent
or flattened to
get in narrow openings.
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 - voila - static
is gone.
Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup,
fill it with
hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry
the cup. Next, add
your ingredient, such as peanut butter,
and watch how easily it
comes right out.
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 rag!
Reopening Envelopes.
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to
include some
thing inside, just place your sealed
envelope
in the freezer for an
hour or two. It unseals
easily.
Good-bye Fruit Flies- without poison
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!
Get Rid of Ants - without poison
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,
ESP. If it rains, but it works,
and you don't
have the worry about pets or
small
children being harmed!
Take Baby Powder To The Beach
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag.
When you're
ready to leave the beach, sprinkle yourself
and kids with the powder
and the sand will slide right
off
your skin.
