And then there's glass and hard and soft plastics, and paper, and card and tin foil.

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Others recommend wrapping a burger in tin foil with a few teaspoons of water before putting it on the grill.

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At Hanukkah, they pass out what's called Hanukkah gelt, and it's little gold tin foil coins that are filled with chocolate.

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My fiance's: a coat hanger and a bunch of tin foil.

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Ditch the tin foil and place them in the warming drawer.

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When she chopped off all the Troll fluff and realized it wouldn't grow back, she says, she got into styling, creating Troll costumes including an Egyptian suit of armor made of tin foil.

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We were a little wary at the first when we heard about tying RFID so closely to our monies, and that Chase Bank blink card of ours has been collecting dust ever since it showed up in the mail, but the latest failings of RFID "security" have us running for the hills -- tin foil hat in tow.

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