Read them below:
1. QUICK FOIL FIX
Do you hate the way your rolls of aluminium foil, cling film and grease proof paper jump out of their boxes and unravel whenever you try to tear off a length? Funnily enough, this irritating quirk is not a design fault. In fact, you are missing a trick.
If you take a look at the small, square ends of your...
cardboard container, there should be a tab on each end with the words 'press here' or 'push in'. Push those tabs in and they will so they hold the roll of foil in place - much like a toilet roll holder, meaning the roll will be held securely in its box when you next tear off a length of foil, clingfilm or baking parchment.
2. SHOELACE SECRET
Wonder what that extra set of shoelace eyelets at the top of your trainers is for?
They are there to stop your feet sliding around in your shoes and
blisters forming when you run - and there's a special way to lace them
up if you want them to work their magic for you.
Start by lacing up your shoes as normal, then use the two top eyelets to
create a loop of shoelace on either side of the shoe. (The loops should
be on top of the shoes, with the loose ends of the laces coming out
from the undersides of the top eyelets).
3. CRACKING YOUR EGG
Can't crack an egg without getting tiny pieces of shell in your meal? Then you really need to try this life-changing technique.
Can't crack an egg without getting tiny pieces of shell in your meal? Then you really need to try this life-changing technique.
Cracking an egg on the sharp edge of a bowl or pan, as most of us do,
immediately breaks through the shell creating tiny shards that
inevitably splinter off into the egg.
Give the side of your egg a
gentle tap on a flat surface however - just enough to dent it - and
only the very outer layer of shell will break, leaving the thin membrane
that sits just under the shell intact. Any stray pieces of egg shell
will stay attached to this inner lining now, making it much easier to
open the egg neatly into your pan without splinters.
4. BANANA PEELING
You would think that, after millions of years of evolution, humans would have cracked the art of peeling a banana – but apparently not.
You would think that, after millions of years of evolution, humans would have cracked the art of peeling a banana – but apparently not.
The best way to peel a banana quickly and neatly is not to snap off the
stalk end as we've all been taught, but to approach the fruit the way
monkeys do - upside down.
Just give the opposite end of your
banana - the one with no stalk - a gentle squeeze on either side, and
the skin will pop open easily into two or three neat strips without the
usual mushiness and bruising. Amazing!
5. TAKE A SINGLE TIC TAC
Ever gone to shake a tic tac out of the box, and ended up with a huge
handful of mints? Ok, it's definitely a first world problem - but this
neat, rectangular breath-mint box actually contains a clever compartment
designed to dispense one mint at a time, if you just know where to
look.
To take a single mint out of a tic tac box every time, first make sure
the box is closed properly, then turn it upside down and give it a
shake. Then carefully turn the box horizontal, open the box by holding
the lid and pulling the carton back, away from it. Inside the lid you
will find a neat slot that should be holding just one, single sweet.
Clever!
6. USING STRAWS IN A CAN
Drinking through a straw is a great way to protect neatly applied lipstick. It can also help to keep cold, fizzy drinks away from delicate tooth enamel and sensitive teeth.
Drinking through a straw is a great way to protect neatly applied lipstick. It can also help to keep cold, fizzy drinks away from delicate tooth enamel and sensitive teeth.
But when you place a straw in a can of cola or fizzy water, the bubbles
in the drink make it bob around manically, before eventually ejecting it
altogether as soon as your back is turned.
There is a simple trick that can stop this irritating phenomenon, however,Once
you've opened your drink, just turn the pull tab around 180 degrees
until it covers the drinking hole in the top of the can. The small
aperture in the pull tab can now be used to hold a straw firmly in
place. Brilliant.
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