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Old 03-05-2014, 12:26 PM
 
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When I was scrubbing out the tub with baking soda I got thinking about this. What other foods are good for nonfood purposes?

I know of a 5-alarm hot sauce a friend uses to keep the deer off his tomatoes.
Beer is good for catching slugs.
A slice of bread can be used to rehydrate brown sugar.

Does anyone else know any multi-purpose food tricks along these lines?
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Old 03-05-2014, 02:32 PM
 
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Cider vinegar is great for catching fruitflies (in a jar with holes punched in the lid).
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Old 03-05-2014, 04:23 PM
 
Location: League City, Texas
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White vinegar's good for lots of things--cleaning coffee pots & shower heads to name a couple. A few grains of rice will keep salt from clumping.
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Old 03-05-2014, 05:15 PM
 
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apple cider vinegar is a great all natural weed killer

baking soda - some folks brush their teeth

speaking of toothpaste, you can use toothpaste to help restore a scratchy dvd or cd

a slice of bread will also soften up some hard cookies

onions will repel ants
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Old 03-05-2014, 05:44 PM
 
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A necklace of garlic keep the vampires at bay. It is also good for birth control as it keeps the potential mate away unless the object of your affection has also armed themselves with the same. They are not then repelled but you have just found your garlic soul mate for the making of garlic love.

eh, whatsamatta with dat, I am New Yawk Italian and I want a damn to smell like me.

When I was a kid, I had very dried dark elbows and my mother would rub in olive oil to soften them with a wipe of a lemon to whiten. Everybody knew when I was around as I smelled like a salad.

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Old 03-05-2014, 08:33 PM
 
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Lemons and vinegar are disinfectants. Vinegar can be used as a fabric softener.

Apple slices will soften hard cookies.

Wet tea bags and cucumbers will ease puffy eyes.

Sugar or salt in olive oil make a softening scrub for rough hands, elbows, etc.

Oatmeal and honey make a good facial scrub.

Milk bath!

Mayonnaise = hair conditioner (just rinse it well!)

Egg white facial


Anything with vinegar in it will clean copper and brass.
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Old 03-05-2014, 10:03 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Parsley as a breath mint. It's not just a garnish.
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Old 03-06-2014, 05:02 AM
 
Location: Florida (SW)
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1. I use coarse kosher salt to scrub out my cast iron skillet if it ended up with a crusty residue from cooking. Then I wipe it out with a little oil or Crisco.

2. I think I heard that coffee grounds will absorb a musty odor in a storage area. I am going to give that a try.....I have a Christmas spiced ground coffee that I didn't care for.......worth a try to use it that way.

3. Mayonnaise is touted as being good for renewing marred or water rings on wood.

4. A pot-pourie can be made of kitchen spices and some apple cider vinegar and water to simmer on the stove. We also used to stud an apple with whole cloves to make Pomanders, to scent linen closets and drawers after they dry. When I was a kid that was often a Christmas gift to an elderly aunt or grand parent.

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Old 03-06-2014, 06:23 AM
 
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I use kosher salt and a lemon to clean my cutting boards. Have use an onion also.

K. salt to clean cast iron pans

On older cars, eggs will mess up a paint job.
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Old 03-06-2014, 08:03 AM
 
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While the article starts out preachy, disregard till you reach the list of 20 uses of Coke.

20 Domestic Uses For Coca Cola... Proof That Coke Does Not Belong In The Human Body | Wake Up World

Along with other suggestions in this thread. I also use Pam/Olive oil to remove stickers from items/walls. Olive oil is excellent on hair for a conditioning treat. Eggs for a peel off mask. Cinnamon and sugar for a scrub. Lemon for lightening hair and skin.
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