Household hacks that work
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dobielvr
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This is an old one... for chopping onions.
Stand next to a lit burner/stove element on high while chopping the onions. It prevents your eyes from tearing up.
Stand next to a lit burner/stove element on high while chopping the onions. It prevents your eyes from tearing up.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
Chew on an old fashioned match. On the wooden end! Sulfer reacts to sulfer.
mike4lorie
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- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Roll your bacon in the package before opening it, and it will come apart easier in the package...Roll the length of the bacon...
mike4lorie
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- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Few years ago, I bough scissors for my sister-in-law to cut her herbs, scissors for cutting herbs and things, only because she always cuts herself with a knife...
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
Ginger Root
Freeze and grate frozen.
If you have very fresh ginger plant it. Shallow planter or something the roots cannot get through at about 4-6 inches (plastic, metal), sun please, you should get a lot of pleasant foil age and flowers in year one or two. Cut the flowers and like on a pine co e o e petal will open at a time. Very fragrant off white blooms.
Freeze and grate frozen.
If you have very fresh ginger plant it. Shallow planter or something the roots cannot get through at about 4-6 inches (plastic, metal), sun please, you should get a lot of pleasant foil age and flowers in year one or two. Cut the flowers and like on a pine co e o e petal will open at a time. Very fragrant off white blooms.
hollydolly
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- London England
I peel onions under a running cold tap, stop my eyes from stinging...
Jules
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Many years ago, I bought a pair of those fancy scissors for too much money in the US because I couldn’t find any locally. DH does the dishes and he hated having to clean them. They’re at the back of the drawer. Not long after that, I found some nearby for a lot less money. Overall, a waste of money.
Jules
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Forget the old-fashioned hack for cutting onions. I bought a Starfull chopper online. It slices through the prepped onions, no tears and I can store the leftovers for days without them going soggy. It does lots of other things too. I’m really not a fan of contraptions; this one just plain works.
hollydolly
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- London England
same...same drawer... I just know the minute I throw them out I'll need them for something otherwise they would be long gone
Lawrence00
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I made one of these. Much more powerful than really expensive retail units. (noisy)
againstthegrain
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- Sun Valley, ID
Refrigerate or lightly freeze the onions prior to cutting or work in vicinity of the kitchen's running exhaust fan (if so equipped.)
oscash
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- Sydney - Australia
Scissors are great for cutting up chicken breasts into cubes. My knives seem too blunt.
hollydolly
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- London England
When prising off a jar lid like this... most people will slip a knife into the lip on the lid, and try to push the lid off... don't do this. Instead, slide the knife next to the lip... and the lid will pop off easily
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I had one of those and got rid of it. If its the same one it was a PIA to clean.
I buy 4# bags of chopped onions at GFS and freeze them to use later.
One of my small indulgences.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
I am sorry to heat that. I have several in use for all sorts of tasks from cutting bacon to coring hot peppers. They come apart with one motion and go in the dishwasher.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
You may want to try moleskin. Honestly, donate them. Life is too short to suffer because of ill fitting shoes.
Lawrence00
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For my ankle boots I take an extra sock, fold it over, and stuff it on the side that rubs the bone. I also thought of taping gauze pads against the skin or do something inventive with a gel pad, moleskin, or bandages.
Jules
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As mentioned, moleskin. Even then, just wear for a short time.
Heat the area with a blowdrier. Then stretch the area with two pairs of socks, a screwdriver to pry, anything that you can use to stretch the area until it cools. It's a bit of a PITA, but it works. Or you can take them to a shoe repair place. They will stretch them for you.
I keep rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle. You can freshen your sheets when making the bed or to clean multiple surfaces that are alcohol safe. I spray bathroom surfaces & wipe them down. The alcohol works great on enamel or painted kitchen appliances and removes grease in a snap, even that old gunky grease that builds up in corners of appliances.
Flarbalard
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in the '80's I had a pair of hiking boots. Filled them with boiling hot water then put them on my feet with 2 pairs of socks so the leather would conform to my feet. Did work, but a PIA for $200 boots. At the time that was A LOT of $$$$ for boots. They don't make them like that anymore, so what do I know?
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
A good spray bottle for oil especially if you are using an air fryer.
Small silicone mats such as coasters give a good grip on stubborn lids.
Small silicone mats such as coasters give a good grip on stubborn lids.
dobielvr
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- California
Or, with the bigger jars w/too tight of a lid....to open it, tilt it almost upside down. Tap the lid w/the end of a fairly sturdy knife all the way around. This should loosen it enough for it to come off easier.