Tipful Tuesday - 10 Uses for Chopsticks

A wonderful article from This Old House.  This magazine has already given me my money's worth with all the great tips.  Try a free trial issue yourself by following this link.

How about these for some money saving ideas?  Turn Chinese takeout utensils into household helpers.  

Skewer food - Don't have enough bamboo skewers at your barbecue?  Soak chopsticks in water for 15 minutes, then use them to spear meat and veggies, and place on the grill

Prop Up plants - poke a chopstick into the soil near a spindly seedling to give it some needed support

Fill a stripped screw hole - dip a chopstick into a little glue and insert into the screw hold.  Let dry, then break off the rest of the stick to create a new spot for driving in the screw.  

Stir paint - hold chopsticks as you would when eating to 'whisk up' paint or stain before applying it

Toast marshmallows - make the fixings for s'mores by popping a marshmallow onto the end of a chopstick and carefully holding it over a low flame  

(I would guess this is not recommended for children.) J

Eliminate dirt in hard-to-reach spots - Use a chopstick to plush a cleaning cloth into the top groove of a paint can, between air-conditioner vents, behind sink faucets and in other narrow areas

Unclog bottles - free up tubes of caulk or bottles of glue by poking the narrower end of a chopstick into the gunked-up tip

Clean muddy shoes - keep chopsticks by your door, and use them to loosen dried dirt or mud from the crevices of shoe soles before stepping inside

Prevent oozing mastic - When tiling, use the tip of a chopstick to help clean up excess mastic that escapes into grout voids

Label your plants - create markers by stapling a plant's seed packet to a chopstick and placing it inside the pot or bed

 All information has been found here.....This Old House.  

Thanks for stopping by....I hope you found at least tip that will be helpful to you.J






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