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How To Of The Day: Open a Beer Bottle With a Butter Knife

The learning never stops.

Enjoy!

No bottle opener? No problem. Just grab a butter knife from the kitchen and you can easily open a beer bottle or any other with a crown cork.

YouTuber Vegetashonor shows how to do it in the video above. Basically, you have to insert the knife under the edge of the cork and twist it outwards. Do that all around the edge to loosen the cork. Then, holding the knife under the cork, bang it against a hard surface.

He uses a countertop in the video, but if you have that around, it’s already easy to open a beer bottle with a countertop, among other things.

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Costco Versus Your Grocery Store

Wondering if a Costco membership is really worth it? This grocery store vs. Costco experiment compares food prices.

Buying in bulk at Costco can save your family lots of money—depending on what you buy. To find out exactly which items are the best deals at the wholesale club, personal finance blog Squawkfox did a shopping experiment comparing unit prices on fresh, frozen, and packaged goods between a local grocery and Costco.

The results are interesting, with the local grocery store coming out ahead for fresh foods (fruits, cheese, chicken, and milk), but Costco saving almost 21% on everything else priced out:

Importantly, the quality of the frozen foods at Costco was better than the supermarket’s generic brand.

In short, a Costco membership might make sense for buying in bulk once a month for those strategic items (frozen foods, canned goods, diapers, etc.)—keeping in mind our previously tip to avoid buying soda, toilet paper, and office supplies at Costco because you can get these at the supermarket on sale cheaper with coupons. Of course, your mileage may vary, so definitely check prices yourself, but the figures above may give you an idea if shopping Costco for certain foods is worth it or not for you. Check out the full article for more tips on making the most of a Costco membership and saving more at Costco.

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How To Of The Day: Turn Off Your Gag Reflex by Squeezing Your Left Thumb

If you have a particularly strong gag reflex, this popular dentist’s trick can help distract your brain and save you the uncomfortability (and embarrassment) in seconds.

This isn’t a new discovery, but it’s one many of us hadn’t heard of before, so we thought it worth sharing. If you’re in a situation where something is setting off your gag reflex (dentist’s offices are one of the most common places), just form a fist with your left hand, squeezing your thumb.

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How To Of The Day: Deodorize a Room with a Bowl of Vinegar

If you’ve run out of Febreeze but your living room is starting to smell a little funky, you can actually clear that smell right up with just a bowl of vinegar.

From the “you-don’t-need-to-buy-this-because-you-already-have-it” files: we already know vinegar has stink-reducing abilities, but what you may not have realized is that it can actually de-odorize an entire room. Just stick a bowl of vinegar in the corner, and after a few hours that odor will be gone. Plus, you don’t need to spray it around, which always seems to make me sneeze.

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