We give you here, every day, tips, tricks, for save, keep fit etc. But there are also lots of small remedies, grandmothers or not, that have been talked about for decades, and which in fact do not work! Here are the top 5 worst tricks that never work!
Myth #1:Salt &Red Wine
The first "trick " to BANNER literally, I tell you in story... It happened to me personally.
A friend at home (the husband of my son's godmother, anyway, the great friend what!) sits down to eat proudly with his t-shirt, very Hype, from a big brand. And I, no less proud of the delicious red wine I bought for the meal...
Of course, you guessed it, I am committing THE ultimate clumsiness. Wow! My super Bordeaux on the no less superb t-shirt! All red (need to say so by the way!), I rush on the salt... Like everyone else, explaining to him that it is the most effective method to neutralize the pigments. red wines.
Embarrassed, I keep it to take it to the dry cleaners (the t.shirt, not the boyfriend!) Well believe it or not, but I got FIRED by the laundry lady!
Of course, I checked what he said when I got home, I was so ashamed. And it's true:loads of documents I've read since explain that salt was once used to SET color...
So instead of removing the red (therefore the tannin) from the wine, the salt had fixed it!... Sometimes you are lucky, the stains leave anyway, but above all no salt before putting in the washing machine. ..
Receipt Idea N°2:Silver &Champagne Spoon
Another trick that does not work:the silver spoon in the neck of a bottle of Champagne, which you have not finished, to keep it sparkling until the next day. I always saw my grandmother do that, personally...
Well that is not effective at all! Oenologists have even experimented with it. The best is a stopper... Or drink it whole the first day! Hips...
Received Idea No. 3 :Elastic &Bleeding Nose
Another legendary tip ? Have you ever heard of the rubber band placed on the little finger opposite a bleeding nostril?... I discovered it recently, and as it called out to me, I did not resisted, I had to find out!
It turns out that this is still a received idea:no doubt our ancestors must have thought that cutting the blood on one side should prevent it from flowing on the other side. Go figure, the logic of past times escapes me a little sometimes!
Myth #4 :Meat &P'tits Bobos
Do you also know the piece of bacon placed on a wart? Or the cutlet applied to a bruise or a bump? Seriously, have you ever tried to do this? Because apart from wasting meat and becoming all fat, honestly, this "trick" should also be totally banned!
Myth #5 :Cram &Marseille Soap
The ultimate trick which does not work :have you ever tried to stop your muscle cramps by placing Marseille soap under your mattress at night, or by rubbing it on your sheets?
It may make you smile, but other remedies that work sometimes seem completely outlandish to us... Verdict? No effect ... Apart from a not unpleasant smell of Marseille soap on our sheets.
In advance I wanted to apologize to all the grannies of France and Navarre... I do not question their precious advice, nor their remedies, simply, certain received ideas die hard.
Here, the salt on red wine for example, typical example of the trick that not only does not work but aggravates the problem.
By the way, if you know of others that are definitely better off, the comments are there for that!
I hope your grandmothers don't have the Internet, otherwise they'll beat me on the wrist, for me the best way to save money is...
...Don't listen to them anymore! But to come WE read on Comment-Economiser.fr
After all, it's our vocation:to find you simple and economical tips...
