New Uses for Ziploc Bags
In 1963 a unique bag with a plastic zipper seal was introduced at a
packaging trade show. Most recently, the seals strength was demonstrated at a
Riverton, Wyoming, school, where eighth-grade students discovered an uneaten
sandwich in a Ziploc bag at the bottom of a locker. It had been there for months.
Students were so impressed with the bags ability to seal in the odor (and
mold growth) that they actually sent a thank-you letter (along with the
sandwich) to the manufacturer, SC Johnson. In a letter back to the students, H. Fisk
Johnson, the company chairman, called the locker one of the toughest product
test sites we've ever discovered. Good thing Mom didn't use wax paper.

Use Ziploc Bags to:

1. Knead dough. Place dough in a Ziploc bag so your fingers don't get
sticky. Or slip your hand into the bag and wear it like a glove. 2. Store panty
hose. Nude, Tan, Nearly Naked  they look the same out of the package. Tear off
the corner of the package listing the brand, size, and color, then slip it
into a bag. Store each pair in its own bag to keep hose organized and prevent
snags.
3. Remove chewing gum or candle wax from a tablecloth, a couch, or
carpeting. Gently rub gum or wax with a Ziploc bag filled with ice cubes until the
substance hardens. Shatter gum with a blunt object, then vacuum up the chips.
Carefully peel off frozen wax with a plastic spatula.
4. Pipe frosting. Snip off a tiny corner to use a Ziploc as a pastry bag.
5. Store homemade soup. Fill up bags, then lay them flat in the freezer.
When the bags of soup freeze flat, you'll be able to pile them up like stacked
books for easy, space-saving storage.
6. Protect precious cargo. No bubble wrap? Slip a straw into the top of a
nearly closed Ziploc bag and inflate. Remove the straw and seal to make a
cushion. (Heirlooms, however, should wait for that bubble wrap.)
7. Break up graham crackers or vanilla wafers to make a piecrust. Fill a bag
with the cookies, then roll a rolling pin over it.
8. Prevent a handbag from turning into a snow globe. Store pressed powder
and other compacts in Ziploc bags.
9. Gather herbs from the garden. Before winter frost sets in, wash, pat dry,
and freeze the herbs in Ziploc bags.
10. Ice an injury. Fill a bag with ice cubes to create a cold compress.