**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.
**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/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.
**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!
**No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the
mosquitoes away.
**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.
**Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge
add an empty paper towel roll or empty gif wrap roll to your 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 cloth!
**Reopening envelope
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. Voila! It unseals easily.
**Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot
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...
**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 dishwashing liquid,
mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone
forever!
**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, 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.
Maryann, KemptvilleONFreecycle
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PART 2
Here's some more that I found while surfing the web! Perhaps they
really work, who knows, but I think I'll try a few too! :)
Maryann - Kemptville Freecycle
**Eliminate ear mites - All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn
oil in your cat's ear...Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball.
Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the
mites, and accelerates healing.
**Kills fleas instantly - Dawn dishwashing liquid does the trick.
Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly.
Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.
**Rainy day cure for dog odor - Next time your dog comes in from the
rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet,
instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.
**Did You Know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve
headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side
effects caused by traditional "pain relievers."
**Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for
burns.
**Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled
with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously
strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
**Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of
horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30
minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for
aching muscles.
**Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and
take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
**Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two
tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the
symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections
almost instantly-- even though the product was never been advertised
for this use.
**Honey remedy for skin blemishes - Cover the blemish with a dab of
honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps
the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
**Listerine therapy for toenail fungus. Get rid of unsightly toenail
fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful
antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
**Easy eyeglass protection - To prevent the screws in eyeglasses
from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail
polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
**Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer - If menacing bees,
wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find
the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the
ground instantly.
**Smart splinter remover - Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over
the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The
splinter sticks to the dried glue.
**Hunt's tomato paste boil cure - cover the boil with Hunt's tomato
paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and
bring the boil to a head.
**Balm for broken blisters - To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a
few drops of Listerine, a powerful antiseptic.
**Vinegar to heal bruises . Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and
apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness
and speeds up the healing process.
**Quaker Oats for fast pain relief - It's not for breakfast any
more! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm
in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture
to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.