Thanks to my favorite guest contributor Gail, our Ten Tips Thursday is taking a break from the hundreds of uses for WD-40 and is all about CUCUMBERS. As you will see, they are way more than just a salad ingredient!
CUCUMBERS
- Cucumbers contains most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains vitamin B1, B2, B3,B5, B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Iron, Potassium and Zinc.
- Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
- Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the surface, it will eliminate the fog and provide a lovely spa-like fragrance.
- Are slugs and grubs ruining your planting beds? Place a few cucumber slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum and give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and drive them from the area.
- Looking for a fast and easy way to minimize cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumber along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer, reducing the visibility of the cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too.
- Want to avoid a hangover or a terrible headache? Eat a few slices of cucumber before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache-free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins, electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium avoiding both a headache and a hangover.
- Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explorers for quick meals to stave off starvation.
- Realize you have an important meeting or interview and realize you don’t have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but will also repel water.
- Out of WD-40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the squeaky hinge and voila the squeak is gone.
- Stressed out and don’t have time for a massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a pot of boiling water, the chemicals and the nutrients of the cucumber will react with the boiling water and will be released in the steam, creating a soothing and relaxing aroma that has been shown to reduce stress in new mothers and college students taking final exams.
- Just finished a business lunch and realize that you don’t have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemicals will kill the bacteria in your mouth causing bad breath.
- Looking for a a green way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, it won’t leave streaks and won’t harm your fingers or fingernails while you clean.
- Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of a cucumber and slowly rub to erase the pen writing; also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls.
Wow – What a little gem the cucumber is!!!
The Almighty Cucumber
Check out the many uses for lemons – https://pbenjay.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/ten-tips-thursday-got-lemons/ AND – https://pbenjay.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/sooooo-when-life-gives-you-lemons/
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I am really impressed with how civil your posters are to each other on this subject. It’s refreshing to see people put forth different opinions and still be polite to each other.
I think the cucumber ideas are great! Thanks.
Yes and I think the civility is important to the integrity of the blog system. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Oh and if anyone leaves an obscene remark I just delete it.
I love cucumbers, and i had no idea they would do so many things, I will definetly try a few of the ways mentioned above.. thanks for the great “TIPS”
Thank YOU Cynthia for stopping by my blog today. I enjoy doing this and love the comments.
I haven’t read anything that says cucumbers provide any great amount of food value. Anything else – very subjective, I think. A wonderful thing in salads, etc.. I love cucumbers to eat…still not sure what benefit has in cosmetics.
When you show a website rivalling cucumber with ‘WD 40′, you’re being ridiculous! You expect people to test every scenerio you’ve listed….? In situations one would normally use ‘WD 40′… if wasn’t available, grab your closest cucumber? Whatever grabs attention, right? You got mine, but your content is not what I would have any credence to.
That is cool i did not that a cucumber can do all that you no
Hi Rodney,
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Glad you enjoyed the tips. There are more on the blog under Thursday’s Top Ten.
For squeaks when you cant find WD-40 or all the cucumbers are gone. Spray with any cooking spray. I had a bedroom door that was driving me crzy and knowing that WD is somewhere I gave up searching grabbed the spray. ta-da.
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Great tip, wish I had thought of it but now you’ve put it out there, hope readers pick it up.
Wow! I am so impressed with all these incredible uses. I will definitely be planting cukes next year. I hope you don’t mind if I link from my blog, http://blog.juicingwithspunk.com. I’m sure juicers would find this useful info as well.
Hi Perspunkity,
Thank YOU for coming to my blog and of course feel free to spread the word. I am going to check out your blog because recently I have been considering taking my juicer out again and drinking healthy once more.
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Iknow pigs dont eat them and they eat everthing. I love the tips. thanks
Hi Ruth,
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Glad you enjoyed the tips. If you go to my categories and click on Thursday’s Top Ten you will find lots of uses for WD-40
HI Heather,
I’m sorry you feel that way although you are in the minority on reviews of the blog. I NEVER claimed that I tried them all and as you can see in the beginning of the post, someone else sent it to me and I just re-posted it. I am a proponent of both and if you look at Thursday’s Top Ten you will see that WD-40 has had many posts.
I received the article about cucumbers a few months ago.Who would ever thing something so good to eat
could to all that!!!!
Thanks Pat for stopping by my blog today. Glad you enjoyed the post.