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VINEGAR Quick Tips
1. Vegetables: Liven up wilted vegetables by soaking them in coal water and vinegar.
2. Flowers: Add 2 tbsp of vinegar plus 3 tbsp of sugar to a quart of warm (100 degrees F) to keep fresh cut flowers blooming longer.
3. Cabbage: Add vinegar to the cooking water of boiling cabbage to prevent the odor from permeating the house.
4. Meat: A marinade of ½ cup of your favorite vinegar and a cup of liquid bouillon makes an effective meat tenderizer.
5. Rice: A tsp of vinegar added to the water of boiling rice makes it white and fluffy.
6. Fish: Reduce fishy odors by rubbing fish down with white distilled vinegar before scaling it.
7. Cheese: Keep cheese moist and fresh by wrapping it in a cloth that has been dampened with vinegar and sealed in airtight wrap or container.
8. Hard Boiled Eggs: To produce better-formed egg whites, add 1 tsp vinegar to the water.
9. Onion Odor: Quickly remove the odor of onions from your hands by rubbing them with distilled vinegar.
10. Pickling: Cider, Red Wine, Balsamic, and other dark vinegars are very good for pickling, but may discolor pickles such as pears, onions, or cauliflowers. In this case, distilled or white vinegar may be preferred.
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1. Glassware: ½ cup of distilled vinegar added to a gallon of rinse water will remove soap film from glassware and make it shine.
2. Toilet Bowl: Clean and deodorize your toilet bowl by pouring undiluted white distilled vinegar into it. Let it stand for about 5 minutes then flush. Stubborn stains make require scrubbing.
3. Bathtub: Wipe down with vinegar and soda to remove film buildup. Rinse clean with water.
4. Ants: Washing countertops, cabinets, and floors with distilled vinegar can deter ant invasions.
5. Grease: Filmy dirt and greasy residue can be removed from stove and refrigerator by wiping with vinegar.
6. Grass and Weeds: Kill unwanted grass on sidewalks and driveways by pouring on vinegar.
7. Chrome: To polish chrome and stainless steel, moisten a cloth with white vinegar and wipe clean.
8. Shower Curtain: Rub a cloth dampened with vinegar to remove soapy, steamed-in film and mildew from your plastic showe5r curtain. Then rinse clean.
9. Coffee Maker: To remove stale coffee residue, fill the reservoir with vinegar and run it through a brewing cycle. When cycle of finished, run 2 cycles of water to rinse.
10. Irons: Remove burns stains from your electric iron by mixing one part salt with one part vinegar in a heated aluminum pan. Use this to polish the iron as you would your silver.