“Life with kids is unpredictable. Their propensity to live “in the moment” clashes easily with our “perfect plans.” — Jill Savage

Monday, January 19, 2009

A 'gift' for you this Monday or a lot to do for nothing . . .

Coffee filters ..who knew! And you can by 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 stuff.

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."

Wow - who knew all that?

Chatty

2 comments:

Changes in the wind said...

I am going to have to remember these:)

^..^Corgidogmama said...

Gahhhh-leee!
That's a wealth of information!
Those little thingies are handy.
I'm going to pick some up at Wally world, to have on hand.
Great post!