10 Insane Non-food Uses For Food Items

(via Listverse) Food is important. It’s a deep part of human cultures, it’s necessary to continue living, and most of the time it’s delicious as well.  No matter how you slice it, the core of civilization always comes down, in one way or another, to food. Sometimes, we even find uses for foods that go beyond eating. Spices used to dye cloth, or in pagan rituals. Fruits and vegetables used on the skin and in cosmetics to make us look better. Then we go even farther beyond that, using food for improving our homes, even! Don’t just take my word for it, however. Here is a nice, carefully curated list of 10 different uses for foods that go far beyond eating.