Why Don't you write a cook book,,,,for the apes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sheerin" <a5jaker4@comcast.net> To: <roscommon@rootsweb.com>; "John Sheerin" <a5jaker4@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:55 AM Subject: [ROSCOMMON] Super Handy Tips > Hey Gang, > > I've just received this and think these tips > are great, especially the clothes dryer... > > Jake > > > > 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. > > To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of > sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then; beat them up. > > 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. > > 1. Reheat Pizz a: 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. > > > 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. > > 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 your 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 flattened 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 -- tada! -- Static is gone. > > 11. Measuring Cu ps: Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring > 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. > > 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 you > 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, and 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, and 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! > 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) 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 & 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 & a nylon brush & 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! > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1350 - Release Date: 3/30/2008 > 12:32 PM > >