Most people don’t know how useful toothpicks can be. Check out these 10 tips
6. Grow your own sweet potatoes
Sweet potato vines are a beautiful way to add greenery. They grow quickly and in almost any conditions. You don’t need to rush out and buy them — just reach into your pantry. With a few toothpicks, Patricia Lynn sprouts her own sweet potatoes into new plants.
Sweet potato vines are a beautiful way to add greenery. They grow quickly and in almost any conditions. You don’t need to rush out and buy them — just reach into your pantry. With a few toothpicks, Patricia Lynn sprouts her own sweet potatoes into new plants.
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7. Get an even bake
Baking potatoes in the microwave is the fastest way to a quick dinner. However, too often a potato cooks unevenly. This creative blogger figured out a quick fix to the unevenly cooked bake potato: toothpicks. She simply props her potato up on four toothpick “legs.”
Baking potatoes in the microwave is the fastest way to a quick dinner. However, too often a potato cooks unevenly. This creative blogger figured out a quick fix to the unevenly cooked bake potato: toothpicks. She simply props her potato up on four toothpick “legs.”
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8. Mark the end of a roll of tape
You need a piece of tape, and you need it quickly. Murphy’s law states that you will never be able to find the end of a roll of tape in a hurry. Never lose your end again by using a toothpick. This tip recommends wrapping the end around the toothpick.
You need a piece of tape, and you need it quickly. Murphy’s law states that you will never be able to find the end of a roll of tape in a hurry. Never lose your end again by using a toothpick. This tip recommends wrapping the end around the toothpick.
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9. Keep cake fresh
Cake goes stale once it is cut. You end up wasting bits of it just to get to the fresh cake inside. Tidy Mom has the solution to this cake problem. She uses toothpicks to secure slices of bread to a cut cake. The bread gets stale instead of the cake.
Cake goes stale once it is cut. You end up wasting bits of it just to get to the fresh cake inside. Tidy Mom has the solution to this cake problem. She uses toothpicks to secure slices of bread to a cut cake. The bread gets stale instead of the cake.
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10. Send a secret message
You can include a special message in a packed lunch on a banana. The Kitchn recommends using a toothpick to precisely poke and carve a message into the peel of a banana. Within a few hours your special message will gradually appear.
You can include a special message in a packed lunch on a banana. The Kitchn recommends using a toothpick to precisely poke and carve a message into the peel of a banana. Within a few hours your special message will gradually appear.
There are many uses for a toothpick which go beyond dental health. These handy little pieces of wood can be used throughout your entire house in many ways. Share how you do it with your friends and family on Facebook.
