Rice is the best accompaniment to most dishes.
It is ideal with fish or meat for example.
However, rice has many other uses without eating it.
For me, its best use is to have saved my laptop that fell in the toilet!
I put it in a bowl of rice which absorbed all the moisture and my phone started working normally again.
Want to know all these miraculous uses?
Here are 10 amazing ways to use rice grains without eating them. Watch:
Did your phone fall in the toilet? Or did you put it in the washing machine carelessly? Don't worry, it happens to all of us, but I'm not telling you about the panic! Because who says portable that takes water, says ruined telephone. But do not worry ! Your laptop can be saved with rice. Just immerse it in a bowl of uncooked rice between 12 and 24 hours. The rice absorbs moisture and liquids and hopefully your phone will restart on its own! All kinds of rice work:basmati, round, white or black. Check out the trick here.
Make yourself a small fabric pocket (for example in an old pillowcase, because two edges are already sewn), fill it with grains of rice and close the pocket by sewing the other edges. Your hot water bottle is ready. Now put it in the freezer for a cold pouch that reduces bruises and relieves pain. Or put it in the microwave for its heat to warm you up, soothe muscle aches or cramps. Check out the trick here.
Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker to fight the humidity. This is particularly useful in very humid regions. The rice absorbs moisture and prevents the salt from clumping together into small lumps. No more tapping the salt shaker on the table to get the salt out properly! Check out the trick here.
To have well-fried food, you need very hot oil. You can test the temperature of the oil by throwing a grain of rice into it. If it floats and bubbles, the oil is ready to use. If the grain runs down, the oil still needs to heat up a little.
Your mixer works less well than before? Pour in a few cups of rice and run the blender for 2 minutes. You will find blades like new and very sharp. Use only rice, do not add anything else that could damage the blades.
If your single-flower or narrow-necked vase is dirty, it's hard to clean it when you can't get your hand through it, isn't it? The solution is simple:put a handful of rice in the vase and a little water. Then plug the neck with your hand and shake the vase very hard for about a minute and rinse. Dirt is gone without using a single chemical and your vase is like new.
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When you think about it, cats never really play with the toys you buy for them. So, we might as well create them ourselves, it will cost less and it will use less plastic. Take an old tube of aspirin for example, and fill it with a little rice:it rolls and it makes noise! Nothing better to occupy your cat for hours.
Place fruits in a container with rice when you want them to ripen faster. Check regularly to prevent them from over-ripening and rotting. And then, the advantage is that you can eat the rice after having used it (rinse it and cook it). No danger, because any chemicals do not penetrate.
To discover: Ripen Fruit Quickly? Our Grandmother's Trick.
Do you have rusty tools? A good way to avoid rust on the blades of the tools is to place them in an unclosed box containing rice. Rice absorbs moisture, which prevents rust from forming on metal tools.
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Once the rice is cooked, collect the water and massage your face with this lukewarm water. It may sound weird, but this grandmother's remedy restores radiance to the skin and makes it radiant! The rice cooking water can even be stored in the refrigerator for three days. Try it and you will be amazed by the effectiveness of this trick.
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