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Thursday, January 8, 2009

COFFEE FILTERS

Coffee filters ..who knew! And you can buy 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 foods.

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."
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13 comments:

  1. Ally LifewithallyJanuary 8, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    Gosh Linda what a lot of different things coffee filters can be used for ~ they are on my shopping list to buy when I go to Pound savers ~ just hoping they have them in stock ~ Ally x

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  2. BlueRidge BoomerJanuary 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    Thanks fir alllllllll the great tips!!

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  3. JulieJanuary 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    Wow, I guess I will be hitting the dollar store, thanks for the tips.

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  4. Chrissie a.k.a. HoneyBJanuary 8, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    Already did some of those things, but thanks for the other tips too and yes they are cheap to use.
    Take care, Chrissie

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  5. Chrissie a.k.a. HoneyBJanuary 8, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    I meant to tell you great pic up above I can tell you're dreaming of a boat ride.
    Take care, Chrissie

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  6. JanJanuary 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM

    What great ideas I will be buying some coffee filters when I go shopping ,how did we live without them until now? lol ...love Jan xx

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  7. Searching for PeaceJanuary 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Those are great ideas!! I have a bunch left from when I had a coffee maker. Now I know what to do with them. ..hugs, Christine

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  8. AliceJanuary 8, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    Hi Linda. Filters are so useful for many things. Tks :).......

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  9. LisaJanuary 8, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    Oh my gosh ~ who knew!!! These are some great tips which I will be trying.

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  10. JoyceJanuary 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM

    You are just full of good coffee filter ideas. I guess I'll have to pick some up (my pot has a permanet filter) to use for some of these things. Thanks.
    Hugs, Joyce

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  11. bettyJanuary 9, 2009 at 6:41 AM

    thanks for all the tips on how to use them Linda! I didn't think of half of them but all useful!

    (love your header picture; I bet you enjoy looking at it and remembering your fun times :)

    betty

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  12. LindaJanuary 9, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    I can't wait to try the eye brow wax strips!! Those things are so expensive and I never knew you could use them for that, but I will be using them now!! I like the popsicle holder idea too. Aiden always drips, he eats to slow! Linda

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  13. RobinJanuary 9, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    When I ran out of paper towels I once used them to soak up the grease of my homemade french fries!

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