Vinegar: 20 ways to make it more useful

Here's a great article on 20 ways to use vinegar for various things. From deodorizing toilet bowls to polishing metal, vinegar goes way beyond cooking. Talk about versatility: did you know that if you add a cup of apple cider vinegar to your bath water, it will soothe itchy and dry skin? And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Apparently vinegar is bad odor's worst nightmare. Pets who mess around with skunks are easily remedied with a cloth and vinegar. Another great way to make the kitchen more sanitized is to use this elixir for cleaning the microwave. Simply douse a cloth with vinegar and nuke it for 15 seconds on high. The evaporated fumes will break up the crusty food particles clinging to your microwave (and yes, deodorize it the process).

On the food front, vinegar still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Add a tablespoon of it when boiling eggs and if the shells crack, you won't lose any of the egg whites through a leak. Vinegar also tenderizes meat and reduces the taste of salt in the event you add too much while cooking various foods. The uses keep going, so check out the full list here for more.