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When your brown sugar goes hard this simple trick works. Place brown sugar in a container with a lid and add a fresh piece of bread and leave over night. Your sugar will be soft and ready to use in the morning.

Posted 11/02/2011 by Michael, P.E.I.

POMEGRANATE TRICK

If you want to easily get the seeds out of a Pomegranate, just cut it in half and put the halves into water and the seeds will float to the top.

Posted 10/16/2011 by Karen, Kelowna, B.C.

KEEP AWAY BITING BUGS

If you are in an area that has mosquitos or black flies and you don't want to be lunch, then take a bounce sheet (the dryer sheet you use to keep your clothes static free) and put it under the back of your hat, or even in your pocket. There are chemicals in the bounce sheet that are toxic to many, many types of bugs and insects and they will not approach you when they pick up the toxic smell.

Posted 10/16/2011 by Ron, Kelowna, B.C.

HOW TO TREAT BURNS

I was not paying attention to the handle of a frying pan that I just took out of the oven and after grabbing it my hand was so badly burned that it started blistering and the pain was unbelievable. I remember my girlfriend had told that she heard that if you have a bad burn on your hands to stick them in flour. I flip off the lid to my flour canister and stuck my hand right into the middle of it. To my surprise the pain was going away, I left it there for a while and when I took it out I was excited that the blister had stop getting bigger and there was no more red and pain. So I’d like to tell you my friends tip. I now have a trick that I learned from this lesson and that is to take a pot holder and as soon as the frying pan comes out of the oven put the pot holder over the handle.

Posted 08/24/2011 Debbie, Kamloops B.C.

HOW TO GET RID OF FLIES

We had a fly problem there were hundreds of flies and it made it almost impossible to BBQ or sleep in our R.V. at night with so many flies. Our fellow R.V.er next door had these baggie 1/2 full of water and a penny in the bottom of it hanging off their canopy, I went over and asked what they were for, they said that they had no flies and that the flies when they see the bags it confuses them, they leave and go to our place. I went to our site and asked Ron to put a string along the front of the awning while I filled baggie’s and put penny’s in them. I got some close pegs out and hung the baggie on the line at the top of the canopy. And it worked NO FLIES !!!!!! they went to the next site down. So if you are somewhere and the fly’s are driving you crazy ... Try this

Posted 08/25/2011 by Karen, Ka-Ron Marketing, Kelowna, B.C.

GETTING CORN OFF THE COB

I have a great trick for getting the hair off of corn on the cob. After peeling the corn dampen a paper towel and run it over the cob and the left over hair will come right off. Throw out the paper towel and you are ready to cook your corn with no left over hair
Posted 08/16/2011 by Joanne from Armstrong, B.C.

HOME REMEDIES

My grandmother believed in her home remedies here a few that I still use today.

Stomachache : 1/4 c fresh grated ginger with 2 cups of water. Boil for 5 minutes and strain out the ginger before drinking. I tried ginger tea and it works too but you have to make sure it has actual ginger in it.

Common Cold: chest rub yup I think every grandmother has a chest rub recipe here nana’s . A balm made from Eucalyptus and or mint. Put 2 –3 teaspoons on your chess 3 x’s a day.

Sore muscles : use tiger balm ( found in Chinese or health food stores). Be careful that you do not touch your eyes after applying this cream wash hands immediately . Cream will heat up the area and get very hot and does gets deep into the muscle.

We have this stuff in our 5th wheel all the time. I often think of my grandmother every time I use these products

Posted 08/13/2011 by Carole and Al, Wash

HOW TO SEPERATE STUCK GLASSWARE

Place ice cubes in the top item and put the bottom item or class into a sink with hot water. Let them sit for a few minutes and they will come apart. This happening to me at a pot lunch and one of the girl there told me this trick and it works. Her husband suggested oil in bottom item not sure about that as the hot and cold worked.
Posted 08/12/2011 by Eve & George , Grand Prairie, Albert

EASY REMOVAL OF BUGS FROM FRONT OF RV

If you want to have a easy time of cleaning the bugs off your motorhome when you get to your location, apply a small amount of dish soap to the front of the rig. When you get into your site wash it off and the bugs will come off with it.
Posted 08/10/2011 by Bill

FRESHEN UP YOUR DISHWASHER

Freshen up the smell in your dishwasher
Pour 1 c. vinegar in the bottom of the dishwasher and run through a cycle. P.S. Don’t forget to clean the bottom first . Works great and last a long time. I do this at home and in our rig my husband is the dishwasher and he does keep the sink clean. So an odor is not an issue.
Posted 08/10/2011 by Nancy

REMOVE ODORS FROM HANDS

To get the smell of garlic, fish and other smelly odor from your hands there is 3 ways that I found work.
1) Pour a little salt or baking soda on your hands and rub them together. Rinse.
2) Squeeze a little tooth paste and mouthwash in the palm of your hand rub hands together and rinse.
3) Rub hands across a stainless steel utensil under running water.
Posted 08/10/2011 by Mary , Cranbrook

CLEAN CAST IRON SKILLET

My mother gave me her cast iron skillet and it had rust in the bottom of it. I liked it, so I did some research on how to clean it and it is like new again. I thought I would share it with other R.V.’ers.

Use a nonmetallic scrubber to remove rust with mild dish soap then dry with a clean towel. Re-season the surface by coating it (inside and out) with unsalted vegetable shortening. Place creased skillet up side down on a baking sheet covered with foil. Place in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Let it cool and wipe it off with a paper towel. Place a paper plate, paper towel or round coffee filter between stored pan to absorb the moisture.
Posted 08/08/2011 by Ruth, Sask

ICE CUBES TO CLEAN BLACK WATER TANKS

If you want to get your black water tank clean, the easiest and fastest way, here is what you do.

Buy three bags of ice cubes. Fill the tank half full of water and dump the ice cubes down the toilet into the tank. Drive your rig until the ice cubes melt. When you dump the tank the ice cubes will have scoured all the hard deposits from the tank and they will flush out down the drain.

Posted 08/05/2011

TV ANTENNA AND DISH SAFETY

If you use your TV antenna or dish and at times we all do there is a sure fire way to make sure you do not drive away with the antenna in the up position. I hang my motor home keys on the crank handle for the antenna and that way when we are ready to move it always reminds me to put the antenna down. I have seen a lot of RV's driving down the road with the antenna up because the owner forgot to put them down when they leave the park. I even saw one that took out some power lines on the way out of the park. Hang your keys on the crank handle and that will never happen to you.

Posted 08/06/2011 by Fred

FOGGED UP WINDOWS

Take a paper towel with a little bit of sunlight dishwashing soap and run it over your windows. Now condensation will not cling to the windows.”

Posted 08/09/2011 by Doug, Burnaby, BC

WASHING YOUR RV IN A PARK

Most RV Parks do not want you to wash your unit because the water and soap makes a mess in the park. To say nothing of soaking down your site. Protect All makes Quick and Easy Wash that requires just one gallon of water and one cap full of Quick and Easy Wash. This product works great and uses very little water and saves a ton of money on car washes.

Posted 08/09/10 by Nygard, Aldergrove, BC

CLEAR A CLOGGED DRAIN FOR PENNIES

The low-cost, chemical-free fix for a slow-draining sink: First put a kettleful of water on to boil. Next, mix 2 Tbs. of table salt and 2 cups of club soda, then pour the solution down the drain. Wait 1 minute, then pour the boiling water into the sink. The abrasive salt-and-seltzer combination will break down grease and grime while the scalding water will dissolve the mess within seconds.

WINDOW DE-ICER

We have all had times when you go out to the car in the morning or even late in the evening and the windows are covered in frost or ice. Here is a quick and easy way to rid the windows of ice without digging out the scraper and working up a sweat.

Mix 2 parts rubbing alcohol and 1 part water together and put in a spray bottle. Spray on the car windows and ice is gone.

Posted 02/22/2012 by Nate

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