Don't Let The Precious Berries Mold~Read How To Care For Them

I received an email from a friend from my childhood and wanted to share. 

Since I have talked about ways that vinegar can be sued I thought I would add this tidbit to share.

Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate.  Raspberries in particular seem like they  can mold before you even get them home from the market.   There's nothing more tragic than paying $4 for a pint of local raspberries, only to look in the fridge  the next day and find that fuzzy mold growing on their insides.   Well, with fresh berries just starting to hit farmers markets, we can tell you that how to keep  them fresh!   Here’s a tip I’m sharing on how to  prevent them from getting there in the first place:   Wash them with vinegar. When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider  probably work best) and ten parts water.  Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around.  Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar,) and  pop in the fridge.  The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the  surface of the fruit, and voila!  Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go  almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft.  So go forth and stock up on those pricey  little gems, knowing they'll stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them.  You're so berry welcome! And here are the hints I have shared with you before: Household Hints For Your Home Using Vinegar Save More Cash For Your Family Using Vinegar As An Alternative To Costly Cleaning Supplies

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Vinegar Institute offers many suggestions for the use of "white vinegar" as an alternative for household use, namely for a fabric softener, simple and very cost effective, a gallon can cost $2.00 and can be used in so many different home remedies.  For fabric softener, if you want a scent just add about 40 drops of your favorite essential oil to 1 gallon of White Vinegar, then add 1/2 cup to final rinse.  

Check out the many ways to use vinegar in your home:
Heinz Vinegar Tips
Ehow Ways For Household Vinegar
Vinegar Tips

You can clean scissors, glass, remove dust from silk flowers, fight shower curtain mold,
eliminate odors in your fridge, clean glasses, run through your dishwasher once a month
to remove soap residue, clean shower heads with a plastic bag partially filled with vinegar
and use an elastic to hold in place.

Vinegar is effective in killing bacteria, germs and mold. Vinegar is an fantastic product, as the

it was discovered by the ancients. And the Babylonians discovered it for a preservative and 

to use as a condiment. So you can see there are so many ways this simple inexpensive product
can save your family a lot of money. Check out the links above for even more ways you can save and 
let me know what you use vinegar for in your next cleaning task.


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Household Hints For Your Home

I am always looking for ways to clean without harsh chemicals as I know what it is doing to our environment, and there are so many ways to get the same results or better with natural products to do all the cleaning jobs in our homes.

Today I received a email from a blog that I have been following for a while and it was all about the use of vinegar, one of my favorite natural products, and I wanted to share her blog with you to read all her hints. The Clothespring Adventures of a Wahm

I have one more to go along with it and that is wiping down your counters in the summer time to keep the sugar aunts away.

And to read more useful household hints here is the queen of hints, Heloise http://www.heloise.com/