Friday, May 4, 2007

Facts That Can be Useful or Just interesting!! (Vinegar)

HEALTH & BEAUTY:

Dampen your appetite. Sprinkle a little vinegar on
prepared food to take the edge off your appetite.

Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot or douce the
irritated area with vinegar and relieve itching.

Relieve itching by using a cotton ball to dab
mosquito and other bug bites with Vinegar straight
from the bottle.

Relieve sunburn by lightly rubbing it with
vinegar. You may have to reapply.

Take 1 cup of vinegar and warm water into a
large glass and use to rinse your hair after
you shampoo. Vinegar adds highlights to brunette
hair, restores the acid mantel, and removes
soap film and sebum oil.

You take 1 tablespoon full and swollow when you
have the hiccups. It stops them instantly.

Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to
bath water.

Fight dandruff, by rinsing with vinegar and
2 cups of warm water, after shampooing.

Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar
in a glass of water. Gargle, then swallow.

Cure for colds. Mix one-quarter cup Apple Cider
Vinegar with one-quarter cup honey.
Take one tablespoon six to eight times daily.

Treat sinus infections and chest colds.
Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to the vaporizer.

Feel good recipe. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass
of water, with a bit of honey added for flavor,
will take the edge off your appetite and give
you an overall healthy feeling.

Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.

Remove warts by applying a lotion of half cider
vinegar and half glycerin.
Apply daily to warts until they dissolve.

Relieve arthritis. Before each meal, drink a
glass of water containing two teaspoons
Apple Cider Vinegar.
Give it at least three weeks to start working.

Remove corns by making a poultice of one crumbled
piece of bread soaked in one-quarter cup Vinegar.
Let poultice sit for one-half hour, then apply to
the corn and tape in place overnight. If corn does
not peel off by morning, reapply the poultice for
several consecutive nights.

Cure an upset stomach by drinking two teaspoons
Apple Cider Vinegar in one cup water.

Prevent yeast infections. Douche with one
tablespoon vinegar to one quart warm water,
to adjust the pH balance in the vagina.

Clean dentures by soaking them overnight in
vinegar, then brush away tartar with a toothbrush.

Relieve cough by mixing one-half cup Apple Cider
Vinegar, one-half cup water, one teaspoon cayenne
pepper, and four teaspoons honey.
Take one tablespoon when cough acts up.
Take another tablespoon at bedtime.

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Timeless

  • Vinegar has been used for 10,000 years. It just might be the world’s oldest ingredient!
  • The main uses for white distilled vinegar are cooking/food preparation and cleaning/disinfecting.

World Renowned

  • The International Vinegar Museum is in Roslyn, South Dakota.
  • The International Vinegar Festival is held every June in Roslyn, South Dakota.

The Pride of the South

  • Consumers in the South buy and use more white distilled vinegar than in any other region of the country.

There she blows!

  • Adding vinegar to baking soda produces a chemical reaction that produces carbon dioxide. This combination is often used to make a do-it-yourself erupting volcano.

It’s magic…

  • Pearls melt in white distilled vinegar.
  • An egg softens in white distilled vinegar because the acetic acid dissolves the eggshell.
  • Immersing a chicken bone in vinegar for 24 hours will make it rubbery.

A Breath of Fresh Air

  • An open dish of white distilled vinegar will help remove paint smells from a room.

Secret ingredient

  • Salad dressings, sauces, marinades, ketchup, mustard, and pickles are all made with white distilled vinegar.

From the Garden

  • Vegetable vinegars are made with potato, cucumber, beet root, and tomato.
  • Herb vinegars include thyme, oregano, basil, rosemary, sage, garlic and mint.
  • The most popular herb-flavored vinegars use thyme and oregano.

A Fruity Twist

  • Fruit vinegars include apple cider, coconut, fig, black currant, pear, prune, raisin, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, peach, pineapple, and cherry.
  • Cider vinegar is made from apples and is the most popular vinegar used for cooking in the United States.
  • Raisin vinegar is produced in Turkey and used in Middle Eastern cuisine.

Cheers!

  • Germany, Austria and the Netherlands make vinegar from beer.

Sweet Treat

  • Italy and France produce a rare honey vinegar.
  • Cane vinegar, made from sugar cane juice, is popular in the Philippines.

Healthy Hints

  • Soothe a sore throat with a mixture of apple cider vinegar, water and honey.
  • Soak your feet in white distilled vinegar to stop athlete’s foot.
  • Drink a teaspoon of white distilled vinegar to stop the hiccups.
  • Pantyhose last longer when rinsed with water containing 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar.
  • Massage white distilled vinegar into your scalp, rinse, then wash with regular shampoo and watch dandruff disappear.

The Cat’s Meow

  • Spray white distilled vinegar on furniture to stop the cat from scratching it.



Natty Note
I use Vinegar to clean my chicken , I hate the smell of chicken,,ew.

1 comment:

Johnny Ong said...

i thot my eyes went wrong when i saw yr blog. hehehehe....the greeny colour camouflaged part of the words