EIGHTLY USES FOR OLD NEWSPAPER
1. use as umbrella when caught in rain
2. protect carseats from muddy or wet clothing
3. spread over outdoor benches to protect clothing
4. put into loose shoes to tighten
5. stuff in leather shoes to preserve shape
6. stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry and deorderize
7. crumple and place in suitcase for couple of weeks to removestale odours
8. use as mat when polishing shoes
9. stuff hats to keep their shape
10. stuff leather handbags in storage
11. wrap around candle bottoms so they'll fit holders tighter
12. store records between sheets
13. use as padding under a table cloth
14. cover store windows when remodeling
15. cover furniture when away on vacation
16. cover furniture when sanding or painting
17. spread on floor underneath rug when shampooing
18. dampen and spread over window-panes before painting
19. use to dry and polish window after washing
20. dampen a bit and use to clean typewriter keys
21. make a hat when painting
22. fold to make a sheath for a knife
23. place in closed windows to eliminate wind rattle
24. stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind fromcoming in
25. use as a bounce reflector when taking flash photographs oruse to reflect sunlight into shadow areas.
26. place a sheet in jar tops to tighten loose lids
27. make unusual lamp shades
28. make dress patterns
29. protect table when children are painting or gluing
30. use as wallpaper for a doll house
31. make paper chains
32. make paper dolls
33. make paper mache handicrafts
34. make kites
35. make party hats
36. occupy children by letting them color and paint the cartoons
37. make a child's play tent
38. use to raise height of child at table
39. use as a stepstool
40. cut out articles and make a scrap book on a specificsubject of interest to you.
41. emergency pot holder
42. use to remove heavy grease from oven
43. emergency dust pan
44. roll, secure in middle with elastic and fringe one end touse to get rid of cobwebs
45. start fires
46. use as a fan to make fires burn better
47. sharpen pencils by rubbing the point on newspaper
48. muffle a loud alarm clock
49. muffle the sound of a typewriter by using as a matunderneath
50. place under heavy objects on wooden tables
51. spread out between garden rows to discourage weeds
52. use to wrap greem tomatoes to ripen
53. cover plants during a frost
54. use as a knee pad when gardening or scrubbing floors
55. roll and use as a funnel
56. roll and use as a torch
57. roll and use as a megaphone outdoors
58. use folded sheets as a fan to keep cool
59. use as sun shade at spectator events
60. use as a mat for wet darkroom photographs
61. shred and stuff in vases to help support fresh flowers
62. put under car wheels when stuck in snow, mud or sand
63. line storage boxes
64. line bottom of bird cage
65. line shelves
66. line waste baskets
67. line a pet's sleeping box
68. swat flies with rolled up sheets
69. use to wipe paint brushes
70. use as mat for wet, muddy boots
71. shred and use for packing breakables
72. wrap and store Christmas tree ornaments
73. wrap around ice cream to keep frozen
74. roll around baby bottle to insulate
75. use as a blotter
76. put inside coat for emergency warmth
77. place on top of snow with bird feed on it
78. place on windshield to prevent icing
79. make a litter bag for your car
80. crumple (no colors) and place in plastic containers toeliminate odours
Thursday, August 21, 2008
YE OLDE AND NEW COLLECTION OF HINTS FOR HOMEMAKERS
YE OLDE AND NEW COLLECTION OF HINTS FOR HOMEMAKERS
HEALTH AND RELAXATION
Try a cup of baking soda in a Cup of warm water. Relax for tenminutes or until refreshed.
One tablespoon of baby oil in very warm bath water for smoothskin. Watch the wrinkles go.
Try a warm bath with feet propped up high for a relaxing twentyminutes.
Mix dry oatmeal and water into a paste and spread on face. Liedown and let it dry. Wash off with warm water. Excellentfacial.
Cold Cream on eyelashes and brows keeps soap out of eyes whileshampooing.
For that Bright Eyed look, place cucumber slices on eyelidswhile relaxing in a hot bath for ten minutes.
Remove gum from hair with nail polish remover, then shampoo.
Cornbread mix spread on face, let dry and wash off with warmwater and see how clean your skin looks.
Another refresher... squeeze cotton pads out of ice water, placeon eyelids and lie down, elevate feet.
To prevent hair pins from falling out, bend one prong in a "V"about halfway up and insert in hair. It will stay.
Clean your rings with toothpaste and old brush.
Artgum eraser will clean bone colored shoes.
To keep Cold Cream from spoiling and maintain its freshness,keep it in the refrigerator... and it's so cool.
Prevent wrinkled scarfs. Roll and place in toilet tissue cones.
Old lipstick tubes, thoroughly cleaned, are great forpurse-sized pill boxes or for pins etc.
White shoe polish will keep a cast clean on broken bones.
Clip on earrings can be used for cuff links or scatter pins.
Cuticle remover will clear hands of nicotine stains.
Ice water and soap to remove ring from swollen finger.
Cut legs off old card table, to about ten inches high. Thiswill make a good table for sick or bed-ridden folks.
Boil pine splinters and sip tea to stop hiccups of long duration.
Use a lazy susan at bedside to enable sick to reach more items.
Old socks worn over shoes on ice helps to prevent falls.
Tape on shoes helps prevent falls on highly waxed floors.
Emergency Sinus Relief - swap white vinegar high up in thenostrils.
Recycle Your Own Paper - Use backs of unwanted advertising mailfor scratch paper pads. Roll your newspapers into a tight rolluntil they are log size, tie with a wire and burn in thefireplace. It will burn like a log, but even longer. Shred allof your newspapers and junk mail and save in a large bag for usein packing materials and for making paper mache items by addingflour and water.
Save cans to freeze leftovers in.
Save plastic bags from bread for freezer use.
Save plastic milk containers, fill with water and freeze. Usein camper iceboxes or coolers. Also these can be used to freezecolored water or juices in for later use in a punch bowl.
Clean vinyl with liquid window cleaner.
Avoid tears when peeling onions, slice first, then slip thebands of skin off.
Use an egg slicer to slice apples or mushrooms.
Leftover pancake batter makes good fried onion rings. Separateand let soak in batter for fifteen minutes. Fry in hot oil.
Loose door knob? Put a drop of shellac in the screw hole, thentighten. It works.
To grow thyme - thyme will grow anywhere, but it prefers a dry,poor soil. If the ground is rich, the plant will become tooluxuriant and lose its aromatic qualities.
Very strengthening drink - beat the yolk of a fresh egg with alittle sugar, add a very little brandy, beat the white to astrong froth, stir it into the yolk, fill up the tumbler withfresh milk and grate in a little nutmeg.
How to preserve flowers and fruit - Fruit and flowers may bepreserved from decay and fading by immersing them in a solutionof gum arabic and water two or three times, waiting a sufficienttime between each immersion to allow the gum to dry. Thisprocess covers the surface of the fruit with a thin coat of gum,which is entirely impervious to the air, thus preventing thedecay of the fruit or flower. Roses thus preserved have all thebeauty of freshly picked ones, though they have been separatedform the parent stock many months.
Household cleaner formula: Soap powder - 2 oz.; soda ash - 3oz.; trisodium phosphate - 40 oz.; finely ground silica - 55 oz. Mix well and put up in containers. most of the above items canbe purchased from drug stores or hardware and paint stores.
Household window cleaner formula: Castile soap - 2 oz.; water -5 oz.; chalk - 4 oz.; french-chalk - 3 oz.; tripoli powder - 2oz.; petroleum spirits - 5 oz. Mix well and pack in tightcontainers. Above ingredients can be purchased at local drug,hardware, paint, or nursery stores.
Fire Kindler Formula: Rosin or pitch - 10 oz.; sawdust - 10 ormore oz. Melt, mix and cast in forms.
Paint Brush Cleaner - ammonia (household ammonia will do).
Sun Burn Lotion - Peanut oil (buy at grocery store).
Radiator Cleaner - Tri-sodium phosphate (buy at paint store).
Tree Wound Dressing - Lanolin (buy at drug store).
Frosted Window Paint - super saturated solution of Epsom salts.
Mosquito Repellant - Oil of Pennyroyal, rub on skin (buy at drugstore).
Furniture polish and cleaner - Vinegar.
Tile Cleaner - Deodorized kerosene (buy at an oil company).
Windshield Anti-fog - Glycerine (buy at drug store).
Label Cement - Egg white is an excellent label cement.
Cockroach Exterminator - Borax (buy at the grocery store).
Ground Mole Control Powder - Black pepper placed liberally intheir runs.
Battery Anti-corrode - Vaseline.
Fire Extinguisher - Plain baking soda.
Nail Bleach - Hydrogen peroxide (buy at the drug store).
Type Cleaner - rubbing alcohol (buy at the drug store).
Wonder Car Product - Removes tar, paint, wax gum, etc. Benzol.
Cures Cigarette Habit - Take before breakfast 1/2 teaspoon eachof Rochelle Salts and Cream of Tartar, also chew Ginseng rootand swallow the juice.
For Great Beauty - drink a teaspoon of Figwort. This willbanish every blemish from your skin as it cleanses the blood. Chamomile teas will give one a complexion to be proud of.
SEWING HINTS
Emergency ripped hem repair - use double faced sticky tapebetween hem and dress.
Bobbins, thread, and other sewing notions can be hung on abulletin board with straight pins near your machine.
Cut buttons, zippers, snaps, hooks, and eyes from all oldclothes and place near your sewing machine. Pin all the buttonsthat are alike together with a large safety pin. Saves a lot!
Cut the cost of making a round tablecloth by using the fringefrom an old bedspread.
To cover unremovable spots on children's clothes, iron transfersof animals, etc. over spots or paint with textile paints. Looksnew!
To reline a jacket or coat, use the old lining for the pattern. Spray heavily with starch and press. Pin to the new materialfor a perfect pattern.
For a matched set of spread and drapes, buy two bedspreads andmake a set of drapes from one.
For an attractive eyeglass case, fold a pot-holder and sew upone side and the end.
Worn out tops of little girls slips? Cut off at the waist andinsert elastic for half-slip. Also good if she has grown tootall for it.
Use iron-on rug binding on men's trousers to prevent "waist-bandcuring" of trouser tops. Great for the heavy-set men.
CLOTHING HITS
Footlets twisted twice in arch of foot prevents slipping off.
Use two rubber bands and three safety pins on sliding brastraps. Pin to each strap and in a "V" to center bra.
Use hair spray to stop runs in hose.
Clear nail polish will stop runs in hose and also makes goodglue.
Use nylon net to brush lint off dark clothing.
Fold several pieces of tissue, pin through dress with tissues onback to prevent heavy broach from sagging.
Felt markers are good to cover shoe scuffs.
Grease spots which have set, in washable fabrics, can often beremoved by rubbing fresh grease on spot and washing immediately.
HEALTH AND RELAXATION
Try a cup of baking soda in a Cup of warm water. Relax for tenminutes or until refreshed.
One tablespoon of baby oil in very warm bath water for smoothskin. Watch the wrinkles go.
Try a warm bath with feet propped up high for a relaxing twentyminutes.
Mix dry oatmeal and water into a paste and spread on face. Liedown and let it dry. Wash off with warm water. Excellentfacial.
Cold Cream on eyelashes and brows keeps soap out of eyes whileshampooing.
For that Bright Eyed look, place cucumber slices on eyelidswhile relaxing in a hot bath for ten minutes.
Remove gum from hair with nail polish remover, then shampoo.
Cornbread mix spread on face, let dry and wash off with warmwater and see how clean your skin looks.
Another refresher... squeeze cotton pads out of ice water, placeon eyelids and lie down, elevate feet.
To prevent hair pins from falling out, bend one prong in a "V"about halfway up and insert in hair. It will stay.
Clean your rings with toothpaste and old brush.
Artgum eraser will clean bone colored shoes.
To keep Cold Cream from spoiling and maintain its freshness,keep it in the refrigerator... and it's so cool.
Prevent wrinkled scarfs. Roll and place in toilet tissue cones.
Old lipstick tubes, thoroughly cleaned, are great forpurse-sized pill boxes or for pins etc.
White shoe polish will keep a cast clean on broken bones.
Clip on earrings can be used for cuff links or scatter pins.
Cuticle remover will clear hands of nicotine stains.
Ice water and soap to remove ring from swollen finger.
Cut legs off old card table, to about ten inches high. Thiswill make a good table for sick or bed-ridden folks.
Boil pine splinters and sip tea to stop hiccups of long duration.
Use a lazy susan at bedside to enable sick to reach more items.
Old socks worn over shoes on ice helps to prevent falls.
Tape on shoes helps prevent falls on highly waxed floors.
Emergency Sinus Relief - swap white vinegar high up in thenostrils.
Recycle Your Own Paper - Use backs of unwanted advertising mailfor scratch paper pads. Roll your newspapers into a tight rolluntil they are log size, tie with a wire and burn in thefireplace. It will burn like a log, but even longer. Shred allof your newspapers and junk mail and save in a large bag for usein packing materials and for making paper mache items by addingflour and water.
Save cans to freeze leftovers in.
Save plastic bags from bread for freezer use.
Save plastic milk containers, fill with water and freeze. Usein camper iceboxes or coolers. Also these can be used to freezecolored water or juices in for later use in a punch bowl.
Clean vinyl with liquid window cleaner.
Avoid tears when peeling onions, slice first, then slip thebands of skin off.
Use an egg slicer to slice apples or mushrooms.
Leftover pancake batter makes good fried onion rings. Separateand let soak in batter for fifteen minutes. Fry in hot oil.
Loose door knob? Put a drop of shellac in the screw hole, thentighten. It works.
To grow thyme - thyme will grow anywhere, but it prefers a dry,poor soil. If the ground is rich, the plant will become tooluxuriant and lose its aromatic qualities.
Very strengthening drink - beat the yolk of a fresh egg with alittle sugar, add a very little brandy, beat the white to astrong froth, stir it into the yolk, fill up the tumbler withfresh milk and grate in a little nutmeg.
How to preserve flowers and fruit - Fruit and flowers may bepreserved from decay and fading by immersing them in a solutionof gum arabic and water two or three times, waiting a sufficienttime between each immersion to allow the gum to dry. Thisprocess covers the surface of the fruit with a thin coat of gum,which is entirely impervious to the air, thus preventing thedecay of the fruit or flower. Roses thus preserved have all thebeauty of freshly picked ones, though they have been separatedform the parent stock many months.
Household cleaner formula: Soap powder - 2 oz.; soda ash - 3oz.; trisodium phosphate - 40 oz.; finely ground silica - 55 oz. Mix well and put up in containers. most of the above items canbe purchased from drug stores or hardware and paint stores.
Household window cleaner formula: Castile soap - 2 oz.; water -5 oz.; chalk - 4 oz.; french-chalk - 3 oz.; tripoli powder - 2oz.; petroleum spirits - 5 oz. Mix well and pack in tightcontainers. Above ingredients can be purchased at local drug,hardware, paint, or nursery stores.
Fire Kindler Formula: Rosin or pitch - 10 oz.; sawdust - 10 ormore oz. Melt, mix and cast in forms.
Paint Brush Cleaner - ammonia (household ammonia will do).
Sun Burn Lotion - Peanut oil (buy at grocery store).
Radiator Cleaner - Tri-sodium phosphate (buy at paint store).
Tree Wound Dressing - Lanolin (buy at drug store).
Frosted Window Paint - super saturated solution of Epsom salts.
Mosquito Repellant - Oil of Pennyroyal, rub on skin (buy at drugstore).
Furniture polish and cleaner - Vinegar.
Tile Cleaner - Deodorized kerosene (buy at an oil company).
Windshield Anti-fog - Glycerine (buy at drug store).
Label Cement - Egg white is an excellent label cement.
Cockroach Exterminator - Borax (buy at the grocery store).
Ground Mole Control Powder - Black pepper placed liberally intheir runs.
Battery Anti-corrode - Vaseline.
Fire Extinguisher - Plain baking soda.
Nail Bleach - Hydrogen peroxide (buy at the drug store).
Type Cleaner - rubbing alcohol (buy at the drug store).
Wonder Car Product - Removes tar, paint, wax gum, etc. Benzol.
Cures Cigarette Habit - Take before breakfast 1/2 teaspoon eachof Rochelle Salts and Cream of Tartar, also chew Ginseng rootand swallow the juice.
For Great Beauty - drink a teaspoon of Figwort. This willbanish every blemish from your skin as it cleanses the blood. Chamomile teas will give one a complexion to be proud of.
SEWING HINTS
Emergency ripped hem repair - use double faced sticky tapebetween hem and dress.
Bobbins, thread, and other sewing notions can be hung on abulletin board with straight pins near your machine.
Cut buttons, zippers, snaps, hooks, and eyes from all oldclothes and place near your sewing machine. Pin all the buttonsthat are alike together with a large safety pin. Saves a lot!
Cut the cost of making a round tablecloth by using the fringefrom an old bedspread.
To cover unremovable spots on children's clothes, iron transfersof animals, etc. over spots or paint with textile paints. Looksnew!
To reline a jacket or coat, use the old lining for the pattern. Spray heavily with starch and press. Pin to the new materialfor a perfect pattern.
For a matched set of spread and drapes, buy two bedspreads andmake a set of drapes from one.
For an attractive eyeglass case, fold a pot-holder and sew upone side and the end.
Worn out tops of little girls slips? Cut off at the waist andinsert elastic for half-slip. Also good if she has grown tootall for it.
Use iron-on rug binding on men's trousers to prevent "waist-bandcuring" of trouser tops. Great for the heavy-set men.
CLOTHING HITS
Footlets twisted twice in arch of foot prevents slipping off.
Use two rubber bands and three safety pins on sliding brastraps. Pin to each strap and in a "V" to center bra.
Use hair spray to stop runs in hose.
Clear nail polish will stop runs in hose and also makes goodglue.
Use nylon net to brush lint off dark clothing.
Fold several pieces of tissue, pin through dress with tissues onback to prevent heavy broach from sagging.
Felt markers are good to cover shoe scuffs.
Grease spots which have set, in washable fabrics, can often beremoved by rubbing fresh grease on spot and washing immediately.
SIXTY USES OF VINEGAR
SIXTY USES OF VINEGAR
1. Arthritis tonic and treatment; 2 spoonfuls of apple cidervinegar and honey in a glass of water several times daily.
2. Thirst-quenching drink: apple cider vinegar mixed with coldwater.
3. Sagging cane chairs: sponge them with a hot solution ofhalf vinegar and half water. Place the chairs out in the hotsun to dry.
4. Skin burns: apply ice cold vinegar right away for fastrelief. Will prevent burn blisters.
5. Add a spoonful of vinegar to cooking water to makecauliflower white and clean.
6. Storing cheese: keep it fresh longer by wrapping it in avinegar-soaked cloth and keeping it in a sealed container.
7. Remove stains from stainless steel and chrome with avinegar-dampened cloth.
8. Rinse glasses and dishes in water and vinegar to removespots and film.
9. Prevent grease build-up in your oven by frequently wiping itwith vinegar.
10. Wipe jars of preserves and canned food with vinegar toprevent mold-producing bacteria.
11. To eliminate mildew, dust and odors, wipe down walls withvinegar-soaked cloth.
12. Clean windows with vinegar and water.
13. Hardened paint brushes: simmer in boiling vinegar and washin hot soapy water.
14. Clean breadbox and food containers with vinegar-dampenedcloth to keep fresh-smelling and clean.
15. Pour boiling vinegar down drains to unclog and clean them.
16. Clean fireplace bricks with undiluted vinegar.
17. An excellent all-purpose cleaner: vinegar mixed with salt. Cleans copper, bronze, brass, dishes, pots, pans, skillets,glasses, windows. Rinse well.
18. Make your catsup and other condiments last long byadding vinegar.
19. To clear up respiratory congestion, inhale a vapor mistfrom steaming pot containing water and several spoonfuls ofvinegar.
20. Apple cider vinegar and honey as a cure-all: use toprevent apathy, obesity, hay fever, asthma, rashes, foodpoisoning, heartburn, sore throat, bad eyesight, dandruff,brittle nails and bad breath.
21. When boiling eggs, add some vinegar to the water to preventwhite from leaking out of a cracked egg.
22. When poaching eggs, add a teaspoon of vinegar to the waterto prevent separation.
23. Weight loss: vinegar helps prevent fat from accumulatingin the body.
24. Canned fish and shrimp: to give it a freshly caught taste,soak in a mixture of sherry and 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
25. Add a spoonful of vinegar when cooking fruit to improve theflavor.
26. Soak fish in vinegar and water before cooking for a tender,sweeter taste.
27. Add vinegar to boiling ham to improve flavor and cut saltytaste.
28. Improve the flavor of desserts by adding a touch of vinegar.
29. Add vinegar to your deep fryer to eliminate a greasy taste.
30. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to fruit gelatin to hold itfirm.
31. Steep your favorite herb in vinegar until you have apleasing taste and aroma.
32. Use vinegar instead of lemon on fried and broiled foods.
33. To remove lime coating on your tea kettle; add vinegar tothe water and let stand overnight.
34. To make a good liniment: beat 1 whole egg, add 1 cupvinegar and 1 cup turpentine. Blend.
35. Apply vinegar to chapped, cracked skin for quick healing.
36. Vinegar promotes skin health: rub on tired, sore orswollen areas.
37. Reduce mineral deposits in pipes, radiators, kettles andtanks by adding vinegar into the system.
38. Rub vinegar on the cut end of uncooked ham to prevent mold.
39. Clean jars with vinegar and water to remove odor.
40. Avoid cabbage odor by adding vinegar to the cooking water.
41. Skunk odor: remove from pets by rubbing fur with vinegar.
42. Paint adheres better to galvanized metal that has beenwiped with vinegar.
43. Pets' drinking water: add vinegar to eliminate odor andencourage shiny fur.
44. For fluffy meringue: beat 3 egg whites with a teaspoon ofvinegar.
45. Pie crust: add 1 tablespoon vinegar to your pastry recipefor an exceptional crust.
46. Half a teaspoon per quart of patching plaster allows youmore time to work the plaster before it hardens.
47. Prevent discoloration of peeled potatoes by adding a fewdrops of vinegar to water. They will keep fresh for days infridge.
48. Poultry water: add vinegar to increase egg production andto produce tender meat.
49. Preserve peppers: put freshly picked peppers in asterilized jar and finish filling with boiling vinegar.
50. Olives and pimentos will keep indefinitely if covered withvinegar and refrigerated.
51. Add 1 tsp. vinegar to cooking water for fluffier rice.
52. Add vinegar to laundry rinse water: removes all soap andprevents yellowing.
53. After shampoo hair rinse: 1 ounce apple cider vinegar in 1 quart of distilled water.
54. For a shiny crust on homemade bread and rolls: just beforethey have finished baking, take them out, brush crusts withvinegar, return to oven to finish baking.
55. Homemade sour cream: blend together 1 cup cottage cheese,1/4 cup skim milk and 1 tsp. vinegar.
56. Boil vinegar and water in pots to remove stains.
57. Remove berry stains from hands with vinegar.
58. Prevent sugaring by mixing a drop of vinegar in the cakeicing.
59. Cold vinegar relieves sunburn.
60.When boiling meat, add a spoonful of vinegar to the water tomake it more tender.
Bonus:
61. Marinate tough meat in vinegar overnight to tenderize.
62. A strength tonic: combine raw eggs, vinegar and blackpepper. Blend well.
63. Douche: 2 to 4 ounces of vinegar in 2 quarts of warm water.
1. Arthritis tonic and treatment; 2 spoonfuls of apple cidervinegar and honey in a glass of water several times daily.
2. Thirst-quenching drink: apple cider vinegar mixed with coldwater.
3. Sagging cane chairs: sponge them with a hot solution ofhalf vinegar and half water. Place the chairs out in the hotsun to dry.
4. Skin burns: apply ice cold vinegar right away for fastrelief. Will prevent burn blisters.
5. Add a spoonful of vinegar to cooking water to makecauliflower white and clean.
6. Storing cheese: keep it fresh longer by wrapping it in avinegar-soaked cloth and keeping it in a sealed container.
7. Remove stains from stainless steel and chrome with avinegar-dampened cloth.
8. Rinse glasses and dishes in water and vinegar to removespots and film.
9. Prevent grease build-up in your oven by frequently wiping itwith vinegar.
10. Wipe jars of preserves and canned food with vinegar toprevent mold-producing bacteria.
11. To eliminate mildew, dust and odors, wipe down walls withvinegar-soaked cloth.
12. Clean windows with vinegar and water.
13. Hardened paint brushes: simmer in boiling vinegar and washin hot soapy water.
14. Clean breadbox and food containers with vinegar-dampenedcloth to keep fresh-smelling and clean.
15. Pour boiling vinegar down drains to unclog and clean them.
16. Clean fireplace bricks with undiluted vinegar.
17. An excellent all-purpose cleaner: vinegar mixed with salt. Cleans copper, bronze, brass, dishes, pots, pans, skillets,glasses, windows. Rinse well.
18. Make your catsup and other condiments last long byadding vinegar.
19. To clear up respiratory congestion, inhale a vapor mistfrom steaming pot containing water and several spoonfuls ofvinegar.
20. Apple cider vinegar and honey as a cure-all: use toprevent apathy, obesity, hay fever, asthma, rashes, foodpoisoning, heartburn, sore throat, bad eyesight, dandruff,brittle nails and bad breath.
21. When boiling eggs, add some vinegar to the water to preventwhite from leaking out of a cracked egg.
22. When poaching eggs, add a teaspoon of vinegar to the waterto prevent separation.
23. Weight loss: vinegar helps prevent fat from accumulatingin the body.
24. Canned fish and shrimp: to give it a freshly caught taste,soak in a mixture of sherry and 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
25. Add a spoonful of vinegar when cooking fruit to improve theflavor.
26. Soak fish in vinegar and water before cooking for a tender,sweeter taste.
27. Add vinegar to boiling ham to improve flavor and cut saltytaste.
28. Improve the flavor of desserts by adding a touch of vinegar.
29. Add vinegar to your deep fryer to eliminate a greasy taste.
30. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to fruit gelatin to hold itfirm.
31. Steep your favorite herb in vinegar until you have apleasing taste and aroma.
32. Use vinegar instead of lemon on fried and broiled foods.
33. To remove lime coating on your tea kettle; add vinegar tothe water and let stand overnight.
34. To make a good liniment: beat 1 whole egg, add 1 cupvinegar and 1 cup turpentine. Blend.
35. Apply vinegar to chapped, cracked skin for quick healing.
36. Vinegar promotes skin health: rub on tired, sore orswollen areas.
37. Reduce mineral deposits in pipes, radiators, kettles andtanks by adding vinegar into the system.
38. Rub vinegar on the cut end of uncooked ham to prevent mold.
39. Clean jars with vinegar and water to remove odor.
40. Avoid cabbage odor by adding vinegar to the cooking water.
41. Skunk odor: remove from pets by rubbing fur with vinegar.
42. Paint adheres better to galvanized metal that has beenwiped with vinegar.
43. Pets' drinking water: add vinegar to eliminate odor andencourage shiny fur.
44. For fluffy meringue: beat 3 egg whites with a teaspoon ofvinegar.
45. Pie crust: add 1 tablespoon vinegar to your pastry recipefor an exceptional crust.
46. Half a teaspoon per quart of patching plaster allows youmore time to work the plaster before it hardens.
47. Prevent discoloration of peeled potatoes by adding a fewdrops of vinegar to water. They will keep fresh for days infridge.
48. Poultry water: add vinegar to increase egg production andto produce tender meat.
49. Preserve peppers: put freshly picked peppers in asterilized jar and finish filling with boiling vinegar.
50. Olives and pimentos will keep indefinitely if covered withvinegar and refrigerated.
51. Add 1 tsp. vinegar to cooking water for fluffier rice.
52. Add vinegar to laundry rinse water: removes all soap andprevents yellowing.
53. After shampoo hair rinse: 1 ounce apple cider vinegar in 1 quart of distilled water.
54. For a shiny crust on homemade bread and rolls: just beforethey have finished baking, take them out, brush crusts withvinegar, return to oven to finish baking.
55. Homemade sour cream: blend together 1 cup cottage cheese,1/4 cup skim milk and 1 tsp. vinegar.
56. Boil vinegar and water in pots to remove stains.
57. Remove berry stains from hands with vinegar.
58. Prevent sugaring by mixing a drop of vinegar in the cakeicing.
59. Cold vinegar relieves sunburn.
60.When boiling meat, add a spoonful of vinegar to the water tomake it more tender.
Bonus:
61. Marinate tough meat in vinegar overnight to tenderize.
62. A strength tonic: combine raw eggs, vinegar and blackpepper. Blend well.
63. Douche: 2 to 4 ounces of vinegar in 2 quarts of warm water.
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