Chocolate cake: Make a better chocolate cake by adding a teaspoon of vinegar to your cake mix.

Descaling fish: Soak fish in salt water before descaling and the scales will come off easier.

Pie pastry : For flakier pastry, substitute 1 teaspoon vinegar for 1 teaspoon of the cold water called for in the recipe.

Tenderize meat : One to two table spoons of vinegar with your meat help tenderize it while you are cooking. Vinegar used as a meat tenderizer. Add a tablespoon to water when boiling ribs or meat for stews, and even the toughest meat will be so tender you can cut with fork or will fall off the bone.

Vegetable colour: Add vinegar to the water when boiling vegetables to retain color.

Wilted vegetables: Perk up wilted vegetables. Soak in 2 cups water, 1 tablespoon vinegar.

Crystal:Wash in a solution of 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water.

Dishes:Vinegar cuts grease and freshens dishes when washing them.

Humidifiers :Vinegar cleans calcium deposits, lime, and scum from your humidifiers

Iron :Clean your iron of lime scale. Pour equal amounts of vinegar and water into the water holder. Put on the steam setting and let it stand for 5 minutes. Cool and drain. Clean a scorched iron plate. Heat equal parts vinegar and salt in a small pan. Rub solution on the cooled iron surface to remove dark or burned stains.