Mosquito bite, bee sting, wasp sting? Take some baking soda and pour enough vinegar into it to make a paste. Put that on the bite, it'll dry and flake off. When it does, no more sting.
Wet tobacco will also extract the venom. Alton Brown suggested you put your bbq grill racks in the oven and turn it to clean. This is a great idea if you like a house full of smoke.
And that's where your post becomes completely irrelevant to mine. You're talking about regular i-have-to-build-up-a-coating-of-grease cast iron cookware. I'm not. It's equivalent to me talking about the merits of hollow-point bullets and you come in and correct me by talking about how full metal jackets perform. Non sequitur. EDIT: Dammit man, you're not supposed to tell them it's a trick. You're loading natural selection, you are. DOES IT TICKLE YOUR PICKLE TO PLAY GOD?!?!
Another use for baking soda: Put an open box in your fridge and freezer, it'll 'soak' up any bad smells if you have them. Just change the box every couple months or so. Edit: Hell, I think you can put a box just about anywhere that has bad or musty smells and it'll go away. Sprinkling a little in your shoes also works.
If you don't want to do the dishes right after cooking, you can delay it indefinitely by sticking your dirty dishes in the fridge. They won't smell, or get in the way of the sink that way. If you dont want to get the dishes dirty in the first place, line the bottom of your pan with aluminum foil before cooking.
If you suffer from hayfever or a congested nose, this works wonders. Getting past the ick factor is the biggest block. Mix a teaspoon of salt into lukewarm water. Inhale it through your nose and out through your mouth. It'll wash the pollen/assorted crap out of your sinuses. If you try it with cold or hot water, good luck to you.
A couple teaspoons of cayenne pepper in hot water will take care of you sore throat if gargled. Will also clear up any congestion
I do this to all bags in my pantry, stale snacks shit me bad. Dented a timber floor or really any dented timber, get a moist paper towel, place it over the dent and run a hot iron over it, the dent will in most cases pop out. Kitchen crack: After you have finely chopped your garlic place it in a cup with a few slugs of olive oil and put it in the microwave for about 40 seconds, you now have roast garlic infused oil. Mix in some tomato paste, herbs and a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and you have awesome pizza topping.
Along the lines of LTMS's video (Which I still can't wrap my head around after the fifth viewing) here's a couple of other good ones. Efficient T-shirt folding: If you can get over the annoyingly squeaky woman, efficient potato peeling:
This is actually from the old board's God Bless The Military thread, but I tried it last semester and it worked really well. Blister on your foot? Sterilize a needle and thread it. Lance the blister with the needle and thread attached, but you want to make sure you are lancing the blister so the needle travels parallel to your flesh, in other words, it enters one side and exits the opposite side of the blister, without stabbing the meaty part of your foot, just the part that is filled with fluid. Cut the thread while leaving a good length on both sides of the blister, maybe an inch to two inches, and the thread will wick the moisture away. Once fluid is gone, remove the thread, and the blister will not be painful anymore. Just keep it clean and it'll heal on its own.
This also works with dish soap, dishwasher detergent or laundry detergent instead of bleach. Plus, it makes your kitchen smell nice.
Boiling bleach would be VERY BAD, only do this if you are about to leave your house and want to fuck up all your flatmates/pets.
Whenever I come down with a raging case of horny and can't find a female remedy? I furiously apply a generous amount of Jergens to the affected area and it cures me right up.
If you get permanent marker on your microfiber couch, just put a little rubbing alcohol on a rag and blot it out. It takes the mark out completely! My daughter just made a HUGE mark on our light microfiber couch with black permanent marker. I thought it was fucked, but my husband's coworker told him about this, so I tried it the next day and it took it completely out. I was amazed. Another one (that may or may not really work) is vanilla on babies' gums when they are teething. My grandma used to do this to all of her children and grandchildren and swore by it.
Lestoil This stuff will work on anything. It will take road oil off your car, lipstick, ink, grease, anything out of clothes, etc. I *never* see it advertised, and the only place I can find it anymore is the hardware store. My stepdad is a truck driver, mom uses it to get diesel fuel out of his clothes. My quasi-ex BF works as a lineman, and this removes grease, all the nasty stuff (except cable jelly, nothing gets that out), that he gets at work. I can remember in high school washing lipstick & putting it through the dryer in the pants pocket of my jeans. Lestoil actually got all of the lipstick out, and doesn't bleach the fabric.
Stubborn oil stains on your garage floor? Just pour equal amounts of brake fluid and bleach on them. Does wonders. Brake fluid can also be used for washing your car. First, soak a rag in brake fluid. Then, wipe an even amount on the entire car. Leave it sit overnight, then hose it down. Cleans the fucker right up.