Thirty-Five Things You Can Do With a Bottle of Vinegar

Vinegar: it flavours food, can help you lose weight, itand half a cupful of vinegar. Allow to boil for 10
can clean kitchen surfaces brighter than bright, in factminutes. Strain and bottle the juice and leave to stand
vinegar has many many uses which few peoplein a cool place.* Add a teaspoonful of white vinegar to
realise. Here are just 35 ideas for getting the most outegg whites used to make meringue. Leave to stand
of a bottle of vinegar ....* Add a cupful of apple ciderfor 30 seconds before whipping in the usual way. The
vinegar to bathwater to soothe tired muscles andvinegar increases stiffness and makes meringues
relieve dry itchy skin and sunburn.* The tell-tale aromabrilliantly white. If you run out of eggs, replace them
of fish and onions on the hands can be removed bywith one tablespoonful of white wine vinegar per egg,
rubbing in neat vinegar before rinsing thoroughly inas long as the recipe includes another rising agent such
warm water.* Treat greasy hair after washing to aas self-raising flour.* Use hot vinegar compresses to
few cupfuls of neat vinegar added to the final rinse.*relieve pain from injury or arthritis and rheumatism. The
Make your own mint by gathering and stripping leaveslotion also benefits common sprains and strains.* Mix
from the stalks when dry. Tear into tiny pieces andtogether equal amounts of cider vinegar and cold
spread evenly in a shallow dish. Cover with vinegarwater to produce a toner for greasy and combination
and leave for two or three hours before straining andskin. The mixture can also be used as a soothing
pressing leaves lightly in a screw-top jar. Store in awash for tired puffy eyes.* In folk medicine vinegar is
cool, dry place.* Make your own playdough by mixingconsidered an elixir for a long healthy life and is
two cupfuls of flour with one cupful of salt, one-halfrecommended for internal and external use. Make a
cupful of water and one teaspoonful of vinegar. Mixdaily drink from one tablespoonful of apple cider
the flour and salt first then slowly add water andvinegar to a cupful of warm or cold water, according
vinegar, stirring all the time until the mixture is stiff. Useto preference. The practice is believed to benefit the
your hands to kneed the dough. You've now gotmemory and to help the body fight many diseases of
playdough that is ready to use. You can brighten upadvancing years.* Lighten age spots with a daily
your playdough with the addition of a little foodapplication of pure apple cider vinegar.* If linen is badly
colouring.* Add a few drops of vinegar to shop-boughtscorched take a cupful of vinegar to which is added
polish to improve the shine on wooden furniture.* Half ahalf an ounce of soap, two ounces of fuller's earth and
pint of paraffin mixed with half a pint of vinegar makesthe juice of one lemon. Boil well and spread over the
a great cleaner and polisher for most kinds of furnituredamaged parts. Leave to dry and wash the linen. You'll
and can also be used on lino, kitchen and bathroomfind the stain has completely disappeared!* Remove
tiles, marble and paintwork.* Keep colours fast onmineral deposits from a steam iron by filling it with
striped towels by washing in hot, soapy water mixedequal parts of white vinegar and water. Let it steam
with a cupful of vinegar.* Make a cleaner for brassuntil dry before rinsing thoroughly with clean water.*
and copper by mixing equal parts of lemon juice andMake your own airspray by mixing two cupfuls of
vinegar which should be applied carefully and left towhite vinegar with one cupful of crushed herbs,
stand for several minutes. Polish off with a fluff-freechoosing from rosemary, lavender, cloves, thyme or
cloth.* Remove heavy dirt stains from children's toyspine needles. Place the ingredients in a saucepan and
and baby hardware, tiles and other heavy dutyboil gently for 10 minutes then leave to cool. Pour into a
surfaces by using a cloth wrung out of lukewarmlarge jar with a close-fitting lid. Leave to stand for three
water to which a little vinegar has been added. Leaveor four weeks. Strain and add the mixture to a spray
to dry before buffing with a clean fluff-free cloth.*container or atomiser. Use in the same way as
Clean windows with a solution of two teaspoonfuls ofcommercial air sprays.* When a dishcloth or face
vinegar to one pint of warm water.* Clean and polishflannel gets slimy and starts to smell, immerse it in a
stainless steel pans and other kitchen utensils usingsolution of water and vinegar in equal parts. Leave to
bicarbonate of soda on a cloth moistened withstand overnight and in the morning rinse thoroughly
vinegar.* Make your own fabric softener by mixingwith clean water.* Ink stains can be removed by
bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and water (parts: 2-2-4).soaking the fabric in vinegar for an hour or two before
Add a quarter cupful of the mixture to the final rinsewashing in the usual way.* Hot vinegar quickly
for hand or machine washing.* Add a teaspoonful ofremoves whitewash and distemper splashes from
vinegar to water when boiling fish to keep it firm andmost surfaces, including fabrics.* Remove even
white.* Add a little vinegar to water used to clean leafystubborn stains from the inside of tea and coffee pots
vegetables. You'll find insects and caterpillars will floatusing a mixture of equal parts of white vinegar and
to the surface and make cleaning easier.* To preventwater. Fill the pot and leave to stand for 30 minutes
cheese becoming mouldy, wrap it in a piece of muslinbefore rinsing thoroughly.* Stickers and their gooey
which has been wrung out in vinegar. If you don't haveremains can be removed by soaking the article in
muslin try a piece of closely woven net instead.* Tovinegar until the pieces float free.* Remove salt stains
help tenderise inexpensive joints of meat, pour on afrom shoes in winter by wiping them with a cloth
little vinegar before cooking in a very slow oven.*wrung out in a mixture of one tablespoonful of vinegar
Make your own red food colouring by mixing oneto a cupful of water.* Remove grime from collars and
cupful of beetroot juice (tinned or fresh) and twocuffs by rubbing with a thick paste of baking soda and
tablespoonfuls of vinegar and water to your desiredvinegar in equal parts. Leave to stand for half an hour
colour. Bottle and leave in a cool place.* Make yourbefore washing in the usual way.* Remove rust from
own yellow colouring by placing the dark outer skins ofbolts and other small metal objects by immersing in
five onions in a saucepan with one cupful of waterneat vinegar until the residue dissolves.