Vim & Vinegar: Moisten Cakes, Eliminate Grease, Remove Stains, Kill Weeds, Clean Pots & Pans, Soften Laundry, Unclog Drains, Control Dandruff, Season Salads (Paperback)

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Product Description

Vinegar is inexpensive, safe and 100 percent natural, and nearly every household has a bottle tucked away somewhere, but few people ever take advantage of its full potential. Yes, it's great for dying Easter eggs and making salad dressing, but there's so much more it can do. In Vim & Vinegar, Melodie Moore tells all. Here are hundreds of tips to help readers tenderize meats, soup up soups, eradicate odor, firm fish fillets, cut grease, ease arthritis, cure cramps and more. Versatile vinegar also does wonders for flavoring food (plus, it has no fat or calories), and readers will be amazed at the range of tasty recipes, which include such treats as Vinegar Pie, Crazy Cake and Vinegar Hard Candy.

For tightwads, environmental activists, health advocates and curious cooks -- in fact, anyone who appreciates good old American ingenuity -- Vim & Vinegar is the perfect book.

About the Author

Melodie Moore and her husband, Ron, publish "Tightwad Living," a newsletter about saving money. Her columns appear in The Seattle Times, The Jacksonville Journal and First for Women magazine. She lives in Palm Harbor, FL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; 1st edition (April 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060952237
• ISBN-13: 978-0060952235
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #252,748 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too much ammonia, not needed food recipes, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book for the purpose of making home-made(safer than store-bought) cleansers. Most of her cleaning recipes call for ammonia-which is not good for your health. It talks about how to make different vinegars, which is acceptable although I don't think I would make my own. But I do not understand why she included food recipes that call for some(2-3tbs) vinegar.(Sloppy Joes, BBQ hamburger,etc) There are plenty other cookbooks for these types of recipes.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A WONDERFUL BOOK TO READ AND USE EVERYDAY!!, July 19, 1997

By A Customer

I LOVED IT.. SO MUCH INFORMATION AND USES THAT I NEVER KNEW EXISTED.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO LOVES SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT DOES SO MUCH!!!!

OUR HAIR LOOKS GREAT, AND MY SHOWER SPARKLES..
THANKS VIM AND VINEGAR!!!!!<BR

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" for every household., July 8, 1998

By A Customer

The receipe for the Kitchen Grease-Cutting Cleaner is worth the cost of this book. Whether you need to remove set-in stains in vintage clothing or clean a mildewed shower curtain, this book has lots of great ideas that really work. It even has suggestions for losing weight! Well, we'll see.