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Step by step guides for cleaning, storing, freezing and fixing everyday things, with the reason each method works and the ones that quietly ruin the item.
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Can You Freeze Cupcakes? Yes, Unfrosted Is Best
Yes, and cupcakes freeze better unfrosted than frosted. The crumb itself holds up well, because fat and sugar limit how...
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How to Get Permanent Marker Out of Clothes: Blot, Don’t Rub
Lay the mark face down on a thick pad of dry paper towels and press rubbing alcohol through it from...
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How to Clean Blueberries Without Washing Off the Bloom
Rinse blueberries under cool running water in a colander right before you eat them, then spread them on a towel...
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Can You Freeze Fresh Green Beans? Blanch First
Yes, and a three minute blanch is what separates a good bag from a gray one. Raw beans keep enzymes...
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How to Get Cigarette Smell Out of Clothes: Absorb, Then Wash
Before washing anything, seal the garment in a bag or bin for a day or two with an open container...
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How to Clean Golf Clubs Without Loosening the Heads
Stand the irons in a few inches of warm, mildly soapy water with the hosels above the waterline, brush the...
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Can You Freeze Cucumbers? Not for Salad
Not as slices for a salad, because a cucumber runs close to 96 percent water and thaws into a limp,...
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How to Get Vaseline Out of Clothes: Scrape, Then Degrease
Lift off the surface jelly with a spoon edge, bury the spot in cornstarch for half an hour, then work...
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How to Clean Cast Iron and Keep the Seasoning Intact
Wash the pan while it is still warm with hot water, a stiff brush or chainmail scrubber and a little...
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How to Get Grease Stains Out of Clothes
Work a liquid dish soap directly into the dry fabric before any water touches it, and give it fifteen minutes....
