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tablespoons three times a day. (or more if needed)
8. Quit Smoking: Take a little lick of salt on the tip of your tongue whenever you feel the urge to smoke. This is supposed to break the habit within 1 month.
9. Stomach Ache: Dissolve 1 and teaspoons of ground cinnamon in 1 cup of warm water. Cover this and let it sit for 15 minutes. Drink it like tea.
10. Nosebleed: Do not tilt your head back to stop a nosebleed. Sit or stand up straight.

Food/Cooking Tips
1. Clean Coffee Grinder: Grind up a little more than a cup of rice. This will clean the grinder and sharpen the blades.
2. Clean a George Foreman Grill: When finished grilling, generously soak a paper towel in water and place it on each of the two cooking surfaces. Unplug the appliance and allow it to sit for 5 to 30 minutes. Then use the paper towels to effortlessly wipe away the grease and food particles.
3. Fluffy Rice: Add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice to each quart of water to the boiling rice.
4. Easy Cutting of Food: Using dental floss, wrap it around your finger and wrap the other end of the floss around your finger on your other hand. You can cut through cakes, cheese and also hard-boiled egg to slice them into thin or small pieces. It is cleaner and neater than using knife.
5. Easy Peel Tomatoes: Add boiling water to tomatoes in a bowl. Let them stand for one minute. Tomatoes will peel easily with a sharp knife.
6. Remove Spatter: Keep your frying food from spattering by inverting a metal colander of the pan. This allows the steam to escape and traps the spatter.
7. Fresh Egg or Not: Submerge the egg in a pan of cool salted water. If it rises to the surface, it is stale, but if it sinks, it is fresh.
8. More Lemon Juice: Bring the lemons to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing them or put them in the microwave for 10 seconds and then squeeze. This works with lemons and limes.
9. Soften Brown Sugar: Add a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it.
10. Use the Leftover Wine: Freeze the leftover wine into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces

Miscellaneous Household Tips
1. Ant Plague: Spread some ground cinnamon where you think the ants are coming in to the house.
2. Ant Plague 2: Ants will not cross a chalk line. Draw a line wherever the ants are marching. They will not cross the chalk line.
3. Stop Mosquito Bites: Splash plain rubbing alcohol on yourself and allowing it to dry. This will stop mosquitoes from munching.
4. Button Saving: Put

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