Hope this is the right place to put this. I thought these would be very helpful and useful. 1. Reheat Pizza >Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick 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. >(I like the toaster oven as well. Just like the delivery guy bringing >you a fresh one.) > >2. 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. > >3. 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 c ake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar >and calories per serving. > >4. 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. > >5. 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. > >6. Broken Glass >Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you >can't see easily. > >7. No More Mosquitoes >Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. > >8. Squirrel Away! >To keep squirrels from eating yo ur plants sprinkle your plants with >cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the >squirrels won't come near it. > >9. 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 your vacuum. It can be bent >or fattened to get in narrow openings. > >10. 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 * ta da! -- static >is gone. >11. Measuring Cups >Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot >water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. ext, add your >ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right >out. > >12. 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! > >13. 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. Viola! It unseals easily > >14. 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 y ou tried it >in your hair... > >15. 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 dish washing liquid, mix well. You >will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! > >16. 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, >especially if it rains, but it works &you don't have the worry about >pets or small children being harmed! > >17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS >The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things >around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and >he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. >(I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He >took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter >is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint >filter looks like. WELL...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It >didn't go through it at all! He told >us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out >the heating unit. You can't SEE the film , but it's there. It's what is >in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that >nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them >out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your >lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire >&potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep >your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill >lower) is to take that filter out &wash it with hot soapy water &an old >toothbrush (or other brush) a t least every six months. He said that >makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that? >Learn something new every day! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets >would do that. So, I thought I'd share! >
