Very interesting thanks.I'm going to check my dryer. God bless you Brutus,Sissy and Claudia
----- Original Message ---- From: G Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2008 8:40:58 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] great tips>> OT 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! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
