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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (238g) Recipe makes 1 servings The following items or measurements are not included below: 6 vinegar
Calories 0
Calories from Fat 0		(0%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 0.0g	0%
	Saturated Fat 0.0g	0%
	Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 4mg		0%
Potassium 0mg		0%
Total Carbohydrate 0.0g		0%
	Dietary Fiber 0.0g	0%
	Sugars 0.0g
Protein 0.0g		0%
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Fly Deterrent

Recipe #390660 | 5 min | 5 min prep | add private note

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By: RECIPE ADDICT
Sep 17, 2009

YOU DO NOT NEED VINEGAR PENNIES, ZAAR WOULD NOT LET ME PUBLISH THIS RECIPE BECAUSE PENNIES ARE'NT A FOOD SO I SAID VINEGAR PENNIES! I have no idea why or how this works but it does! Our garbage can is right outside of our kitchen door and when you went out the door you could usually count on a fly or two getting in the house. Since we've hung this by the door, there is not one fly! We've got them at different places now in the back yard where we spend a lot of time. There's two on our back porch and not one fly is on the porch. Theres one hanging from the big umbrella over our chairs and there are what I call the stupid "teenage flies" that will occasionally bug the heck out of you but nothing like it used to be. We're having company over Saturday for a backyard bbq so I'm anxious to see how it works for that, we'll hang one from the tree over the table. I don't know if its the reflection of the pennies in the water or what that makes it work. If you try this let me know how it works for you.

SERVES 1 , 1 Bag (change servings and units)

Ingredients

6 vinegar, pennies
1 ziploc bag
1-2 cup water, to 1/2 fill the bag

Directions

1
Fill the bag 1/2 way with water.
2
Put three pennies in each corner.
3
Close the bag and make a hole in the middle up past the ziplock.
4
Put string or fishing line in the hole and then hang it up.
5
It may take a day to notice the difference.

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From: Chef #1310251

On Sep 24, 2009

This works! I don't know how either. I had previously seen TV footage from tropical regions where bags of water were hanging outside doorways. Also, at an herb farm I visit near here they had one hanging in the building where you would pay for your purchases (doors open all the time). I have been doing it for 2 summers now and it makes a world of difference. The only thing I do differently is no pennies — just a gallon-sized bag half-filled with water.

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