Clever tip test: Does spaghetti work as a candle lighter?

Reader Rebecca Maupin of Matthews made the following tip. Try it yourself and post to the blog and let us know if it works. One  person will win a $5 Bojangles card.


 If you need a long match but don't have one, grab a piece of dry spaghetti from your pantry. Strike a match, and hold the flame under the spaghetti until it ignites.   Once lit, extinguish the match and use the lit spaghetti to light the candle.  This tip  works for fireplaces & charcoal grills too.

Clever trick for solving Christmas Tree allergy

My family loves live Christmas trees. After several years of noticing that allergies got worse after the tree was put up, I decided to give the next tree a shower before we brought it in the house. Thanksgiving afternoon is always tree shopping time, we bring the tree home to a large bucket of water for a few days. While it's outside soaking up water, we hose it down to remove dust and pollen. End of allergy problem for Christmas! Gail Judy, Concord