{"id":6011,"date":"2012-01-22T06:08:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T02:26:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-02T11:16:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:16:05","slug":"homemade-hot-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/homemade-hot-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Hot Pad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I need to make a hot compress I put dried beans (preferably lentils) in a pillowcase and heat in the microwave for a minute or two. It&#8217;s cheap, easy, doesn&#8217;t smell horrible, and retains heat for quite some time. Reusable, too. If you want a pretty one, there are some nice ones available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/search\/handmade?search_submit=&#038;ref=auto&#038;q=heat+pack&#038;view_type=gallery&#038;ship_to=US\">etsy<\/a>, including scented ones. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Courtney Ostaff<\/p>\n<p>I also make hot compresses at home, but with rice in a long sock. Same method: microwave for a minute or two to enjoy around 10 minutes of heat. After several uses, the rice will eventually start to breakdown and you&#8217;ll need to replace it. The heated rice does emit a very faint smell, but I actually find it to be comforting. This might be a problem, though, if you&#8217;re using the heat to treat migraine pain.<\/p>\n<p>I tried using a rubber hot-water pouch recently, but I found that the thick rubber walls weren&#8217;t transmitting heat very well, so I went back to rice in a sock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Camille Cloutier<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot, comforting rice and beans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}