Coffee Filters- GREAT EMAIL

[SDSorority]

my mom sent me this email about 25 uses for coffee filters- totally $$ friendly!!!

>>>Better than paper towels and a lot less expensive...
>>>
>>>
>>>COFFEE FILTERS
>>>
>>>Coffee filters .... Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree
>>>for almost nothing even the large ones.
>>>>
>>>>1. Cover bowls 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 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. 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 appliqueing soft fabrics.
>>>>
>>>>16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a
>>>>closet to absorb or prevent odors.
>>>>
>>>>17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in
>>>>soups and stews.
>>>>
>>>>18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your
>>>>car.
>>>>
>>>>19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter
>>>>spills.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.
>>>>
>>>>22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls..
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the
>>>>flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone
book.
25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc.


OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS TOO.

 

[dogodisney]

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.

 

[kghickey]

Great info! thanks!

 

[roadtripper]

Love some of these ideas. I am trying to be more green and use cloth when it makes sense, but it's nice to have good paper towel substitute ideas--thanks!

 

[Twende]

What great ideas! Thank you so very much!

 

[Gr8t Fan]

Wow, thanks for sharing that. So many useful tips!

 

[Fly4free]

Thanks for all the great ideas. Who knew? Now I have some great ideas of what to do with the extra coffe filters I will need to buy for the fridge/ coffee maker swap at the value resort since they are not compatible with my coffee maker.

 

[Purseval]

We bought a gold filter years ago and haven't had a paper one since.

 

[mommyoftwinfants]

I use #25 all of the time for my story time and for movie night at the library

 

[SDSorority]

I know! I don't drink coffee, but may buy the filters to have for these other uses!!!

 

[quirkymom]

Great Advice!