Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:42
* Antique Your Photos: To make a new photo look antique, just take a
photo (make sure you have a second print of the photo in case you mess up!!) and
soak it in Coca Cola. I just used a small brownie pan and poured in about 1/2
inch of Coca Cola. Then I put in the photo until it was covered with the cola.
Just soak for a few minutes until you get the colour that you want. Gently lift
out the photo (careful not to touch the front with your fingers). Then gently
pat dry with a soft lint less material. Or, drip dry. Then finish drying with a
hair dryer.
* As a grease cutter in laundry.
Pour a can/bottle of Coke into
your was to loosen grease stains on clothing.
* As a meat tenderiser - I buy the absolute
cheapest cuts of meat now and they turn out tender!
Use Coke instead of water for a
pot roast
- pour a 12 oz. can/bottle of Coke
over your meats that you want to tenderise and keep in fridge for at least 2
hours prior to cooking - OK to add spices in with the Coke if you like!
Pour over a ham to make the best
ham ever.
* Bake a moist ham. Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap
the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished,
remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for sumptuous brown
gravy.
* Baked-on food cleaner - pour Coke on your baking pan and let stand
overnight - or you can boil the Coke in saucepans and burned-on food comes off
easily.
* Beautiful Curls: Pour a can of flat coke onto long hair and leave it
in for a few minutes before washing thoroughly for perfectly separated curls!
* Boost a compost bin. Pouring flat Coca-Cola into the compost pile
helps jump start the micro-organisms. The Real Thing increases the acidity and
the sugar feeds the micro-organisms, increasing the organic matter in the
compost.
* Bug & Road Film: use Coke to clean off accumulated crud from the
windscreen of my car. I buy a 600 ml bottle and shake it up so that it acts like
a pressure pack can. The citric and phosphoric acids lift everything off,
including crusted on bugs. Best not to do it in full sun, and wash it off
immediately."
* Carpet Stains!: Permanent marker stains coke over
the stain
then after letting the coke set
and gently using a scrub brush, the permanent marker stain was lifted. I added a
little soapy water which consisted of tide and water to gently wipe over area.
* Clean a toilet bowl. Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl. Let
the real thing sit for one hour, then brush and flush clean. The phosphoric acid
in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
* Clean Ancient Coins: An anonymous contributor writes; "I have a use
for Coca Cola. We use it to clean ancient bronze coins. Badly corroded coins are
first soaked in 100 percent lye for several weeks, and then in the final stage,
they are soaked in Coke and hand cleaned.
* Clean Battery Corrosion: Pour a can of Coke on your car battery's
connections to remove that cruddy corrosion. A clean connection makes it easier
to start your car!
* Clean blood stains from clothes. Saturate the blood stain with
Coca-Cola, let sit five minutes, and then launder as usual. Coke removes blood
from clothing—even dried blood that has gone through the washing machine and
dryer.
* Clean Burnt Pans Effortlessly: Cleaned a long-forgotten burnt saucepan
simply by boiling some Coca Cola in it. A few weeks later my turnip boiled dry
and the pan was quite encrusted in places.
* Clean corrosion from car battery terminals. Pour a can of carbonated
Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion, according to Heloise.
* Clean eyeglasses. The phosphoric acid cleans the grunge from
eyeglasses, then rinse with water.
* Clean milk stains from clothes. Saturate the milk stains with a can of
Coca-Cola, let the garment sit for five minutes, and then launder in your
regular wash.
* Clean rust in a bathtub. Saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca-Cola
and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the Coke removes rust.
* Clean tarnished pennies. Fill a drinking glass with Coca-Cola and drop
in the pennies. Let sit for one hour, then wipe clean with a soft cloth.
* Clean Truck Engines? A Rumour: Staff cleaning their Coke Truck engines
with Coca Cola.
* Condition hair. To give your hair a great shine, pour a can of Coca
Cola into your hair, working it in well, and then rinse your hair with water.
* Cook with Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Consumer Information Centre offers
a free packet of recipes including a Mustard Herb Dressing (an Italian style
salad dressing made with one-half cup of Coca-Cola), a Twin Cheese Dip
(requiring three-quarter cup of Coca-Cola and doubling as a sandwich filling),
and Sweet-Sour Cabbage (using one-half cup of Coca-Cola and two tablespoons of
bacon drippings).
* Fertilize azaleas or gardenias. Watering azaleas or gardenias with
Classic Coke increases the acidity in the soil, which azaleas love, and boosts
plant performance. The sugar in the Coke feeds micro-organisms in the soil,
increasing the organic matter in the soil.
* Get a Tan:
Buy some Coke, not diet coke,
cherry coke or generic, just plain Coke and apply it over skin. Lay in sun for
short while. It lasted for about 6-7 months.
* Get rid of fruit flies. Use an electric drill with a one-quarter-inch
bit to drill a hole in the cap of a two litre Coke bottle. Leave one inch of
Classic Coke (not diet r caffeine-free) in the bottom of the bottle, and set
outside. Fruit flies will crawl into the bottle to enjoy the Real Thing, but
won’t be able to get back out.
* Greener Grass: Spray an inexpensive cola on your grass once a month
for super green grass which remains greener than other lawns throughout the fall
and winter months. This really works! Also, for green grass and no bugs,
combine: 1 can of coke, 1 cup of ammonia and 1/4 cup of dish soap. Spray on
grass once a month.
* Greener Grass: Spray an inexpensive cola on your grass once a month
for super green grass which remains greener than other lawns throughout the fall
and winter months. This really works! Also, for green grass and no bugs,
combine: 1 can of coke, 1 cup of ammonia and 1/4 cup of dish soap. Spray on
grass once a month.
* Gum in your Hair: Take the gum coated hair and dip in a small bowl
that has some Coca Cola in it. Let sit for just a few minutes and the gum will
wipe right off.
* Ice Removal:
In the winter when your windshield
ices up, just pour coke over it and it will go away instantly! Thanks Jennifer!
Sounds a bit messy, but a good way to get that ice off quick when you are in a
hurry and happen to have a Coca Cola near by!!
* Kill slugs or snails. Fill jar lids with flat Coca-Cola and set in the
garden. Slugs and snails, attracted by sweet soda, will slither into the jar lid
and be killed by the acids in the Coke.
* Lawn fertiliser - Use coke in a spray canister on your lawn about once
every 30-45 days to keep your grass greener.
* Loosen a rusted bolt. Apply coke on a cloth soaked in a carbonated
soda to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
* Mousse hair. Mix equal parts Coca-Cola and water in a trigger spray
bottle and shake well. After getting out of the shower or bath, spray a light
coat of the diluted Coke over your hair to give your locks a tousled look.
* Neutralise skunk odour. Pour four two litre bottles of Coke into a
bucket, sponge yourself down in shower, and rinse clean. The acids in the
Coca-Cola kill skunk odours.
* Plump Raisins Tip for Cooking: When baking, if you need to "plump"
raisins before adding to cakes and cookies, soak them in Coca Cola instead of
water. Water leaches out the flavour of the raisins, but Coke adds spiciness and
intensifies the flavour.
* Pour Coke down your drain once a month to keep it from clogging.
* Remove grease from clothes. Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy
work clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular wash cycle. The Coca-Cola
will help loosen grease stains.
* Remove Oil Stains from the Driveway!: Fish from Santa Cruz, California
writes; "I grew up in Australia and it is well known that the best way to remove
oil stains from concrete driveways or garages is to pour on coke, let it soak
then hose off -
* Remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers. Rubbing the bumper with a
crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola will help
remove rust spots.
* Tile and grout cleaner - pour it on directly from the can or bottle
and leave for just a little while - when you wipe it , tile and grout will be
glistening clean!
* Too Dark Dye Job: strip dye from hair, or at least fade it (I have a thing for dying my hair you see) and she said that if you pour a bottle of diet coke (and diet coke only) over your hair, it helps fade dye and even remove it!
* Home Remedies from the Country Doctor: These are only suggestions! Use with Caution!
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As a stomach remedy.
Open a Coke and pour back and
forth between two glasses rapidly until carbonation is gone - then drink slowly
to relieve upset stomach.
Also helps with heartburn.
* Gargle with Coke next time you have the hiccups.
* Prevent diarrhoea. When travelling through
developing countries where the risk of getting diarrhoea is high, drinking
Coca-Cola helps minimize your chances of getting the trots, according to The
Doctor’s Book of Home Remedies. The acids in Coca Cola help reduce the amount of
E. Coli bacteria in your intestines, inhibiting the production of toxins that
would otherwise prevent your intestines from absorbing water.
* Prevent flatulence. Add a can of Coca-Cola to a pot
of pinto beans when cooking to neutralize the gas.
* Relieve an upset stomach, nausea, or the pangs of
food poisoning. Open a can of Coca-Cola, let it sit until it goes flat (roughly
thirty minutes), then drink the defizzed real thing. Coca-Cola syrup is used an
elixir to cure upset stomachs, and it still works, according to The Doctor’s
Book of Home Remedies. Letting the bubbles out of the soda prevents the
carbonation from further upsetting your stomach.
* Relieve constipation. Drinking a can of the real
thing can have a laxative result.
* Silky Soft Skin: Mix a spoonful of regular
coca-cola (not diet) with unscented lotion.
* Soothe a jellyfish sting. Pouring the real thing
over a jellyfish sting relieves the stinging pain. The acids in the Coke seem to
neutralize the venom.
* Soothe a sore throat. Gargle with Coca-Cola. The
carbonation in the cola loosens phlegm.
Recipes Using Coca
Cola
BBQ Sauce: Mix mixed 50-50 coca cola and Heinz ketchup together and
slathered on his barbecue meat
BBQ Sauce:
1- 28 oz. bottle ketchup
1 lg. onion (or 2 smaller ones)
1 T. soy sauce
1-12 oz. can Coca Cola (the real thing)
2 T. cooking oil (olive works well for the heart)
3 cloves garlic crushed or minced
BBQ Left-overs. If you have barbeque leftovers like
chicken or steak put them in a pan with a can of coke and reheat in the oven,
the meat stays extra tender without ruining the grill flavour." Thanks Sarah, I
can't wait to try this one!
Coca Cola Cake Take chocolate cake mix and mix it with 1 can of diet
coke (10-12 oz.). Bake as directed on the back of the cake mix box. It makes the
moistest chocolate cake ever. All you use is the cake powder and the diet coke
(no eggs, milk, etc...)! if making a vanilla cake you can use Diet sprite
Coca Cola Chicken: In a Dutch Oven or Crock Pot add
up to 12 pieces of chicken, 1 bottle (36 0z.) Catsup or Tomato Sauce, 20 oz.
Coca Cola. Cook in Crock Pot until Chicken is tender and comes off the bone
easily. In a Dutch Oven, heat to 350 degrees, cook for 30 minutes or until
chicken comes off the bone easily.
Coca Cola Chicken: Take one frying chicken, 1 cup of
dry red chiles 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 2 cans of coke. Cut and fry
chicken--remove from pan--to pan add 1 can of coke, brown sugar, and crushed up
chiles--bring to a boil add chicken and simmer on low for 20 minutes--add
reserve can of coke if liquid evaporates. Serve over white rice. This is a very
spicy meal and it is delicious.
Flavourful & Tender - Pork, Chicken or Beef: Mix
equal parts of Coca Cola and catsup and pour over your meat in a Crock Pot. Cook
on HIGH for 4-5 hours or LOW for 8-10 hours. Works well with pork, chicken,
beef. I've also added onion at the same time as the Coke/catsup mixture and
that's also tasty
Ingredients:
Saute onion and garlic in the oil until transparent.
Add ketchup, soy sauce, and Coke to that and simmer until of desired
consistency. If you like it thick, simmer it a little longer than, if you want a
light sauce coating. Cool and use on all your grilled meats or, make Sloppy
Joe's out of it with pre-browned meat or leftover meat.
Super Tender Steak: Always marinates steaks in coca
cola before barbequing. It works as a great tenderizer.
Tender Pot Roast: When preparing a pot roast, use
Coke instead of water. Tenderizes and imparts unique flavour.
To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into
the baking pan; wrap the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before
the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the
Coke for sumptuous brown gravy.
Variations follow: Add some liquid smoke if you want
it smokey. If you want it less sweet add 1 t. vinegar. Want it spicier add red
pepper flakes or juice from canned jalapeno peppers. You can also divide it if
you make a bigger batch and make it a variety batch with different tastes for
different dishes. Use your imagination, and the recipe is endless as far as
different varieties.
You can make up to 6x the recipe and store leftover
sauce for the summer in the freezer or fridge in air tight containers. I do this
so that I have plenty on hand for the summer months.
