Multi-Tasking Food Tips

1-25-2008 @6:03PM Rick said... Try rubbing peanut butter on leather furniture to get out pen marks grease and dirt stains, works great on leather car seats as well
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1-25-2008 @5:57PM veronica said... Knox Gelatin is not only good for nails but for hair. Mix 4 packs knox gelatin with 3/4 cup HOT water. Apply to hair and leave on for about 30 minutes. Take a hot shower to rinse out. This leaves hair silky and shiny for several days. (I know as a synchronized swimmer- my hair never looks better than after a swim meet)
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1-25-2008 @5:58PM shan said... I wouldn't want anyone rubbing a banana peel on silverware I would be using. They are full of pesticides and will also cause bacteria to form. A picnic with bowls of milk sitting around with dead flies in them doesn't sound like the kind I'd like to be at. Mayonaise that is unrefrigerated or spoiled can cause food poisoning. Not sure I'd want to be spreading that bacteria around on my furniture and cds to hands that will spread it further. That is right that onions are toxic to pets.
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1-25-2008 @6:03PM Stacy said... Cayenne pepper will keep ants away (wouldn't recommed this where children or pets could get to it, but we use it on a high, kitchen windowsill where ants get in).

In a cooking pot or pan that has hardened or burned food, Boil water with a couple tablespoons of baking soda OR vinegar to get rid of burned on food. You may need to scrape at paricularly difficult spots while the water is boiling, but it sure beats endless scrubbing with steel wool.
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1-25-2008 @6:11PM Brian Baker said... I've heard aspartane sweetener was first developed as an ant poison I have not tried it yet but certainly will.
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1-26-2008 @6:40PM Steve said... I have used the bread in the brown sugar trick...works like a charm. I have also used peanut butter to get gum out of my own hair...also works great. One I didn't see on the list was the use of cloves to deaden toothache pain until you can get to the dentist. Cloves will numb you right up!
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1-25-2008 @6:35PM Lane Hogan said... If you are tired of athletes foot...Just run about an inch of warm water in your bath tub then add about 1/2 cup of pine-sol and put your feet in for about 3 minutes......that should get rid of it for good.....No follow up.....No pain involved....feels the same as only warm water would feel.
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1-25-2008 @6:31PM Sue said... Place Jalapenos in small bowls around your picnic patio tables to keep flies away. I learned this from a couple who have a fruit & vegetable stand years ago in Tucson, Az.. where they can make your life outside miserable. Just be sure to warn people not to touch because that can be more miserable.
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1-25-2008 @6:23PM Brady said... Honey, when sterilized can be used to dress a wound the is resistent to antibiotics.
Hone will not overstimulate your liver.
Honey, when taken at night will help you trim off the pounds.
Honey is the oldest known sweetener and will never spoil.
A TEASPOON A DAY WILL KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY.

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1-25-2008 @6:23PM Pat said... A piece of white bread will stop bleeding
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1-25-2008 @6:26PM Lane Hogan said... Automotive windshield washer fluid is an excellent fabric....upholstery....and carpet cleaner. Apply strait from the container or use a spray bottle let set for about a minute and wipe up with a damp or dry cloth.
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1-25-2008 @6:33PM Lane Hogan said... Those were not opinions.....they were facts......tried and tested ..Automotive Windshild fluid will clean fabric or upholstery....Pine-sol will get rid of athlets foot fro good.
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1-25-2008 @6:35PM Virginia Davis said... I just found out that Listerine, can get rid of Toe Fungus, who knew, and how does that work? I wonder. Also, Hydrogen Peroxide gets blood stains out of carpet or clothes too! And when your pet comes in from the rain, just take a dryer sheet and dry them off with it, plus it will make them smell better. I also use Dawn Dishwashing Liquid in my wash to clean the grease out of blue jeans that my husband wears, if they are like totally saturated in grease, you can soak them in a five gallon bucket of one liter coke for thirty minutes, then wash them in the wash with Dawn, This really cuts the grease! I also use the plastic grocery bags to cover my head when coloring my hair, that way I don't get my towels covered in coloring. I could go on, I have lots of tips. It comes from trying things out of necessity. Virginia Davis Independent Watkins Consultant #366017 Spice up Your Life with Watkins ! www.watkinsonline.com Interested in owning your own business www.tsginfo.com and enter my code. Have A Great Day!
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1-25-2008 @6:52PM steph said... my sis said that if you put deoderant instaed of toothpaste on cd's it works freeking awesome to get scratches out as well or even better than toothpaste can!!

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1-25-2008 @6:46PM Heather said... Next time you have to change a broken light bulb, cut a potatoe in half, push the flat cut side down toward the socket until the remainder of the glass and base are securely stuck into the potatoe. Slowly turn counter-clockwise until the base is free from the socket then simply throw the whole thing away. You're now ready for a new lightbulb!

Also, if your brown sugar becomes a brick, cut an apple in half and place it with the brown sugar in an air tight container. Mine worked overnight and was soft as new the next day.
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1-27-2008 @5:54AM jack said... Sprinkle dry baking soda on your stove to get rid of old built up grease. Just rub with your finger and the grease disappears.
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1-25-2008 @6:59PM Irene said... Ok so here is one I just learned about last summer. If you have an ant or insect problem set out or spread out margarine. They won't come near it. Why? Because margarine is so close to being plastic instead of margarine it's unreal. I left some margarine out for days and there was not one bug in it. I put it in the middle of an ant parade and the ants disappeared in minutes. I now eat that high cholesterol butter.


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1-25-2008 @7:05PM Kim said... Meat Tenderizer is gets blood out of clothing. Just soak the garment in cold water, pour or sprinkle the unseasoned meat tenderizer over the spot. Let it set, rinse and poof, the spot is gone.
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1-26-2008 @10:31AM Marshall Sherrill said... Honey-----
Clean minor wounds and scratches with Peroxide, then place a little bit of honey on the wound, then bandage with a bandaid or gause, then leave it for 3 or 4 days and the wound should be healed. Germs do not grow in a sweet atmosphere, also honey prevents the wound from sticking to the bandage as you remove it.
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