| Ice cubes are merely frozen lumps of liquid. Most | | | | 3. Ensure reheated rice stays moist. If you've |
| of the time we use ice cubes to cool off our | | | | ever tried to warm up leftover rice in a |
| drinks. But did you know that there are other | | | | microwave, it usually comes out nice and crunchy. |
| uses for ice cubes? We're going to explore a few | | | | To fix that, add an ice cube to the rice and cover |
| of them. | | | | with a lid. Heat the rice on high for 2 to 3 minutes. |
| | | | The steam created by the evaporating ice should |
| 1. Water hanging plants. If you have a few potted | | | | infuse the rice grains with enough moisture so |
| plants hanging on your patio or back porch, | | | | that it will come out with a light and fluffy texture. |
| watering them can be a bit tricky. To simplify the | | | | 4. Get rid of unsightly carpet dents. If you have |
| task, just drop a half dozen of ice cubes onto the | | | | acquired new furniture or just moved your |
| surface of the soil daily. Because the ice melts | | | | existing furniture around, you may have some |
| slowly, the soil has time to absorb the moisture | | | | unsightly dents in your carpet. To get rid of the |
| as needed, without the risk of messy overflow. | | | | dents, place an ice cube on each one right before |
| 2. Revive your garbage disposal. If your garbage | | | | you go to bed. As the ice melts, the water will |
| disposal has been sluggish lately or your sink drain | | | | gradually sink into the fibers of the fabric and |
| has been getting clogged more than usual, your | | | | plump them back up before morning. |
| garbage disposal may not be running as smoothly | | | | 5. Clean a scorched coffeepot. How many times |
| as it should be. To revive the disposal, toss in 3 to | | | | have you or somebody else at the office forgot |
| 4 ice cubes and power up the disposal for about | | | | to turn the burner off of the coffeepot which |
| 30 seconds. The grinding of the ice cubes will help | | | | eventually leaves a scorched, burned mess in the |
| sharpen the blades of the disposal as well as | | | | bottom of the coffeepot? To remedy this, fill the |
| dislodge grease and stuck-on food that can slow | | | | coffeepot halfway with ice, add 1/4 cup of salt |
| down the disposal. If you want to deodorize the | | | | and swish vigorously. The abrasive salt and ice will |
| garbage disposal, make the ice cubes out of white | | | | create friction that should dislodge the burned-on |
| vinegar. White vinegar will help kill odor-causing | | | | stains. |
| bacteria. | | | | |