101 Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar

Isn't it about time we do another 101 Uses post? I think so. Here's an easy one: Apple Cider Vinegar. A simple search on google yields a ridiculous amount of results, so finding 101 should be easy. To make it more specific, let's target just Apple Cider vinegar, not ordinary white vinegar. While it may seem that they are very similar, in fact, they are not.
Here are a few of my favorites*, along with some of the more bizarre:

1. Cure colds: 1 part ACV to 1 part honey, take 1 T 6-8x a day
2. Appetite suppressant: 1 t. ACV to a glass of water + a little honey for flavor
3. Arthritis cure: 2 t ACV to glass of water before each meal--takes 3 weeks to start working
4. Upset stomach: 2 t to 1 c of water
5. Yeast infections: douche with diluted ACV solution (do not use white vinegar)
6. Cough cure: 1/2 c ACV, 1/2 c water, 1/4 c honey, 1 t cayenne pepper--take 1 T any time cough acts up.
7. Flea removal: add to pets water, and rub on fur to remove fleas
8. Hair rinse: 1/2 T to c water
9. Skin toner 1:2 water on cotton ball
10. Lighten age spots
11. Spa treatment for feet
12. Remove tooth stains
13. Weight loss
14. Kidney detox
15. All around the house cleaning
16. Aftershave?
17. Acne cure

Well, there's a start. Anybody have anything to add?

*this does not mean that I have tried all of these, or can attest to their effectiveness, or even safety. If you try them, you do so at your own risk. However, if you have good, bad, or hysterical results, of course, I want to know about it.

101 Uses for a dryer sheet

I've updated the list for the coffee filters and thought it was time to add a new item to our 101 Uses lists. This time, Dryer Sheets!

1. Tie or pin a dryer sheet to your clothing to repel mosquitoes when you are letterboxing. I tuck mine into my cap to keep them away from my face.
2. They also repel ants...
3. ...and mice...
4. ...and yellow jackets...
5. They will take the odor out of books and photo albums.
6. Remove static electricity from your tv or computer screen...
7. ...it also helps keep dust from resettling on those surfaces.
8. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors and tubs.
9. Put one in the vaccum cleaner.
10. Store one in empty luggage to keep them smelling fresh when not in use.
11. Store them in sleeping bags or camping gear.
    
12. Lay them in drawers or on shelves in closets.
13. Put them in the top of laundry hampers...
14. ...or gym bags...
15. ...or tennis shoes...
16. ...or garbage cans...
17. ...or litterboxes...
18. ...or the fridge... (you'd think we had issues with stinkiness, wouldn't you?)
    
19. Run a threaded needle through a dryer sheet to keep it from tangling.
20. Use them to collect pet hair from furniture.
21. Use them to remove baked on food from cookware. Lay a sheet in the pan and fill with water. Let it sit and then wipe off the food. The anti static agent helps break the bond between the food and the dish.
22. Use them to clean up saw dust after sand or drilling.
23. Dust venetian blinds with a dryer sheet.
24. I have used them to control my girls' fly away hair.
25. Rub them on slips, skirts, etc to remove the static.
26. Oh! I almost forgot! You can put them in your dryer too.
    

Your turn!

101 Uses for a Coffee Filter

As if I needed another distraction, I have hit upon an idea that will not only get me out of an unlimited amount of laundry folding, but could actually be helpful as well.

According to Rachel Hardage in 101 New Uses for Old Things, you can take common household objects and use them for multiple tasks, some of them far outside their original purpose. (I'm vaguely remembering doing this with a safety pin some time back) Now Rachel gives us 10 uses for each of the items on her list, but being the obsessive compulsive types that we are, I think we can do better than that. Don't you? Let's see if we can come up with 101 uses for each item. Starting with the Coffee Filter:

1. *Diffuse the flash on a camera.
2. *Strain wine from a bottle with a broken cork.
3. *Serve popcorn or other snacks.
4. *Help with kitchen prep. (by holding cut veggies, herbs, chocolate...)
5. *Cover items in the microwave.
6. *Prevent soil from draining out of flowerpots.
7. *Prevent scuffs and scratches on fine china. (I already do this-yay for me!
   
8. *Protect hands from Popsicle drippage.
9. *Serve pita sandwiches.
10. *Clean windows or glass. (*These first 10 are from Rachel's own list. We're on our own from here on out.)
11. Make funny little hats. (see the silliness above)
12. Make coffee. Who would have thought?
13. Make tie-dye butterflies. (use spray bottles with diluted food coloring, and when they are dry, pinch them in the middle and wrap with a pipe cleaner for antennae.
14. Make skirts for Barbies.
15. Use as mini portable garbage cans for craft projects (thread clippings, paper scraps, glitter...)
16. (Here are the ones that were sent in by others) My husband uses them as potato chip snack containers as he sits on the couch. They absorb grease. From Gramatrick.
17. Put it in a strainer and use it to dip dead bugs out of a hot tub (mini pool net)
18. Strain herbal tea
19. Strain broth when making gravy
20. Line a glass pan with them and fill with cake batter when cooking in the microwave for non-stickness. 4 From Romana.
21. I use them to make little "bouquet garnis" for apple cider. From Hufflepuff Lost.
22. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
23. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
    
24. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
25. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a filter on a kitchen scale.
26. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.
27. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.
28. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
29. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers." 8 from Woody Clowns.
30. Very mild abrasive towlet for scrubbing delicate items. From Just4bees.
31. They also come in handy when making paper flowers.
32. The unbleached kind make for fun shredding material for hamsters.
33. You could fold one up and use it as a bookmark.
34. Or use one to blow your nose in a pinch. 4 from Mother of five.
35. They also work great for cleaning your spectacles, I have discovered.
    

Your turn. Email or leave comments and I will add to the list. Upcoming posts will include other lists for different items. Just think of all the chores we could avoid!