What a great list of possible uses for coffee filters! I have been using a French Press coffee-maker for a long time, but the coffee filters which I keep in my "cooking supplies" drawer are always ready to work for me as a container for a boquet garni in a stew! I love the idea of using them as a taco-holder! or a great container for sprouting seeds!)
Thanks for the list! Penny On 3/4/12, Abby Vincent <[email protected]> wrote: > I use them to strain the extra moisture out of tofu or yogurt. > Abby > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shannon Hannah > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 1:10 PM > To: Cooking In The Dark > Subject: [CnD] Tips using coffee filters > > Tips using coffee filters > Better than paper towels and a lot less expensive Coffee filters you can > buy 1,000 at the Dollar Store for almost nothing even the large ones. > > 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make > excellent covers. > > 2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... Coffee filters are lint-free so > they'll leave windows sparkling. > > 3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between > each dish. > > 4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine > bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter. > > 5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to > absorb moisture and prevent rust. > > 6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter. > > 7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a > coffee filter. > > 8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a > kitchen scale. > > 9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods. > > 10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a > coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes. > > 11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a > coffee filter. > > 12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of > coffee filters.. > > 13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken > fingers, etc on them. It soaks out all the grease. > > 14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers." > > 15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for > embroidering or appliquéing soft fabrics. > > 16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet > to absorb or prevent odors. > > 17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups > and stews. > > 18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car. > > 19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter > spills. > > 20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of > fruit or vegetables, (Saves on having extra bowls to wash). > > 21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage. > > 22. Use them to sprout seeds.. Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds > inside, fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until they sprout. > > 23. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the > flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone > book.. > > 24. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc. > > 25. use to apply Finger-nail polish remover, when out of cotton balls. > > > OH YEAH, AND THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
