12 Alternative Uses for Coffee Filters
Use a Coffee Filter:
- As a food holder. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers tacos, cookies and other messy foods.
- As a Popsicle drip catcher. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
- As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.
- As a cover: Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
- As a lint free windows and mirrors cleaner.
- To protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
- As a shoe polish applier. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter to polish shoes.
- To recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
- To line flowerpots Put a filter inside the pot to stop soil from leaking through the drainage holes on the bottom.
- To weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
- To soak grease: Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.
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Great post! I especially love the idea of using coffee filters to protect the surface of your skillets during storage.
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