Thanks to "Roger" for these unusual household and 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. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
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 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...and you automatically eat less sugar and lesscalories 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 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.
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 all 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 cannister 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 something 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 dishwashing 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 &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 your ready to leave the beach, sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.
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