06.07.2024
DID YOU KNOW?!Coffee filters…Who knew!
- Cover dishes in the microwave: Coffee filters make great covers.
- Clean windows, mirrors and chrome: They are lint-free and will leave your windows shiny.
- Protect dishes: Place a coffee filter between each plate.
- Filter broken cork from wine: If the cork breaks when opening a bottle, filter the wine with a coffee filter.
- Protect a cast iron skillet: Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
- Apply shoe polish: Roll a lint-free coffee filter into a ball.
- Recycle frying oil: After frying, strain the oil through a strainer lined with a coffee filter.
- Weighing chopped foods: Place the chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
- Hold Tacos: Coffee filters are convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10.Prevent soil from escaping a pot: Line a pot with a coffee filter to prevent soil from leaking through the drainage holes.
11.Prevent popsicle drips: Poke a hole or two in a coffee filter. - Use to pluck eyebrows: Use coffee filter strips.
- Place fried foods: Place fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc., in coffee filters to absorb grease.
- Have in the bathroom: They are great for fixing razor cuts.
- As a backing for sewing: Use a filter as an easy-tear backing for embroidery or appliqué on soft fabrics.
- Absorb odors: Place baking soda in a coffee filter and put it in shoes or a closet.
- Strain broth and bind fresh herbs: Use a strainer to strain broth and to bind fresh herbs in soups and stews.
- Avoid spills when adding liquids to the car: Use a coffee filter.
- As a spoon rest and to clean up small spills in the kitchen.
- Hold dry ingredients when baking or cutting fruits or vegetables: Saves washing extra bowls.
- Wrap Christmas decorations for storage.
- *Removing nail polish when you don’t have cotton balls.