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How to clean a coffee/spice grinder
To clean a spice grinder, don’t bother trying to pull out the grinding mechanism and wiping it down with a Q-Tip. Instead, grind about a teaspoon of uncooked rice through it. Most of the coffee/spices will stick to the rice as it’s grinded through.
—submitted by mbishop
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How to clean a coffee maker
Have the filter basket empty. If you use a reusable filter, remove it.
Fill the reservoir up to the top with two parts water (tap works fine for me) to one part white vinegar.
Brew it.
Dump it out.
Fill the reservoir, again up to the top, with straight water.
Brew it.
Dump it out.
If you’ve never done this before, you will not believe how well it works. The difference is most visible...
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How to unwrap a straw
Grab the end of the wrapper.
Peel it diagonally downwards, so that the wrapper comes off in one continuous spiral.
Whenever you deem fit, pull what remains of the wrapper straight down off the straw.
The other way, which I’ve used for years, is to push the wrapper down into the table, effectively using the table to push the straw up out of the wrapper. This usually works, but not always, and...
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How to pack your luggage →
quatermain:
theoriginaljoefisher:
Heather Poole, a flight attendant from Los Angeles, demonstrates how to pack enough for a 10-day trip into a single standard carry-on.
Spoiler: Don’t fold your clothes—roll them up.
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