General Discussions

**Green Tomatoes - Place in a box and put a banana in with them and the Ethylene gas will help ripen them faster.

**Tea Bags- Many uses- Can neutralize odors such as stinky shooes- put dried bags in them to absorb odors, used ones are fine. Scatter dry flakes on the carpet and let it sit for a few minutes then vacuum. Clean leather shoes, it will buff them. If cutting up smelly veggies such as onions, garlic and proteins like fish, wash hands with tea bags to remove the smells.

**Threadup- Consignment online store that will take your items (they send you a "clean out bag"), you send your items to them and they email you what they will pay you.

**Cheese- Grate your own. Supposedly bagged grated cheese has products in it to keep it from clumping and it is unnecessary when you grate it yourself as it is fresh .

**Gift Certificates- restaurant.com offers gift coupons for cheaper than the restaurant meal prices to save some money. The example was for $10 you could buy a $25 coupon to a restaurant. Always verify if extra purchases have to be included to get the offer.