Just wanted to share...
Gloria C> > > > DID YOU KNOW? > > > > > > Peel a banana from the bottom and you
won't have to > > pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the
primates do it. > > > > Take your bananas apart when you get home from the
store. > > If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. > > > >
> > > > Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. > > It will stay
fresh much longer and not mold! > > > > Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are
sweeter and better for eating. > > Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are
firmer and better for cooking. > > > > Add a teaspoon of water when frying
ground beef. > > It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
> > > > > > For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes
mints > > in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a
wonderful minty frosting. > > > > > > Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you
want a light taste > > of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a
stronger taste of garlic. > > > > Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a
delicious dessert. Simply > > chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core
and slice a few apples. Place them > > in a baking dish and sprinkle the
chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 > > for 15 minutes!!! Serve
alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm! > > > > 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. > > > > > > 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 and 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 for-> > get about weeds. Weeds will get through
some gardening plastic they will not > > get through wet newspapers. > > > > >
> Broken Glass > > Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards
of glass you can't see easily. > > > > > > 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 gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to
get in nar-> > row 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 ... ta da! ... static is gone. > > > >
Measuring Cups > > Before you pour sticky substances into a m! easuring cup,
fill with hot water. > > Dump out the hot water, but don't dry 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 window s 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.
Viola! It unseals> > easily. > > > > > > Conditioner > > Use your hair
conditioner to shave your legs. It's 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 dish washing 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, especially if it rains, but it works> > and you don't have the worry about
pets or small children being harmed! > > > > > > 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 fil-> > ter after every load clothes.) He told us that
he wanted to show us something; he > > took the filter over to the sink and 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 > > <
span style='font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family:
'Verdana','sans-serif';'>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 potentially burn
your> > house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for
a very long> > time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that
filter out and wash it with > > hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other
brush) at least every six months. > > He said that makes the life of the dryer
at least twice as long! How about that!?! > > Learn something new everyday! I
certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that.> > So, I thought I'd share! >
> > > Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The
water ran > > through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the
mesh screen. I washed it > > with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had
it done in 30 seconds. Then when > > I rinsed it ... the water ran right thru
the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was
talking about! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
