Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
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Not completely about camping but use your emagination
Coffee filters ..who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for
> almost nothing.
>
> COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee....
>
> 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
> Coffee filters make excellent covers.
>
> 2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are
> lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
>
> 3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting 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. Soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick
fixers."
Coffee filters ..who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for
> almost nothing.
>
> COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee....
>
> 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
> Coffee filters make excellent covers.
>
> 2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are
> lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
>
> 3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting 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. Soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick
fixers."
