Image via WikipediaDon't throw out your stale bread, put it to good use!Did your little ones leave fingerprints on your wallpaper? Erase them with stale bread. Just ball up the bread and rub the marks away.
Has your brown sugar become hard as a rock? Add a piece of stale bread to the package, and wait a couple of days. The next time you open it, the sugar will be nice and soft!
Need to thicken your soup? Add some chunks of stale bread to the broth. It will soak up the excess liquid if you leave the bread in the simmering pot until it becomes soft.
Want a handy spoon rest while cooking? Try stale bread. Your counter top will stay clean. When you are done cooking give the gravy soaked bread to your puppy for a treat.
Tired of crying when you cut onions? Wrap stale bread around the handle of your knife. It will absorb the odor before it will sting your eyes.
Irene Helen Zundel is a freelance writer, educator and mother, and an expert in child development, home schooling and creative parenting and home making. Visit her online at http://www.irenehelenzundel.com
