coffee filters

Name: Coffee Filters
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## COFFEE FILTERS; - coffee filters... who knew! and you can buy 1,000 at the dollar stores for almost nothing even the large ones.; 1 - cover bowl or dishes when cooking in the microwave. coffee filters make excellent covers.; 2 - clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... coffee filters are lint free so they'll leave windows sparkling.; 3 - protect china by separating your good dishes with 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 pot with 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. it soaks out all the grease.; 14 - keep in the bathroom. they make great "razor nick fixers".; 15 - as a sewing backing. use a filter as an easy-to tear backing for embroidering or appliquéing soft fabrics.

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Pat Duran

Las Vegas, NV

Updated on Dec 28, 2011

This message was sent to me by my cousin in Arizona. What great ideas these are. Who would have thought- and so inexpensive!!! Better than paper towels and a lot less expensive!!!

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COFFEE FILTERS
- coffee filters... who knew! and you can buy 1,000 at the dollar stores for almost nothing even the large ones.
1 - cover bowl or dishes when cooking in the microwave. coffee filters make excellent covers.
2 - clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... coffee filters are lint free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
3 - protect china by separating your good dishes with 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 pot with 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. it soaks out all the grease.
14 - keep in the bathroom. they make great "razor nick fixers".
15 - as a sewing backing. use a filter as an easy-to tear backing for embroidering or appliquéing soft fabrics.

How To Make coffee filters

Step 1

16-Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.

Step 2

17-Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.
Step 3

18-Use coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.
Step 4

19-Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.
Step 5

20-Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.. Saves on having extra bowls to wash.
Step 6

21- Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.
Step 7

22-Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.
Step 8

23- Use them to sprout seeds. Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until they sprout.
Step 9

24- Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the filters in a phone book to press.
Step 10

25- Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc..
Step 11

26- Oh Yeah they are great to use in your coffee makers too!!!
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