The SDMB Household Hints Thread

I think someone on this very board told me that throwing a bit of onion skin in with your hard-boiled eggs will turn their shells yellow. That way you have no problem telling the boiled from the raw once you return them to the fridge.

I think someone on this very board told me that throwing a bit of onion skin in with your hard-boiled eggs will turn their shells yellow. That way you have no problem telling the boiled from the raw once you return them to the fridge.

A bicycle pump used backwards makes a handy makeshift vaccum cleaner.

Don’t use liquid fabric softener…big waste of money and it builds up a film on your clothes. Use cheap white vinegar in the rinse cycyle of your washing machine…it neutralizes the alkalinity of the laundry detergent.