Achieving sparkling clean dishes doesn’t require expensive products or laborious scrubbing. Here are some easy, effective methods to get your kitchenware gleaming without much effort:
- Teapots and Coffee Pots: Fill with water, add a tablespoon of baking soda, boil, then rinse with warm water to quickly remove residue.
- Meat Grinders: Grinding a peeled potato or a piece of stale bread after meat makes cleaning much easier.
- Meat Grinder Care: Don’t dry it on a flame or hot stove as it can damage the blades. Passing paper through it will help it dry without rusting.
- Decanters and Pitchers: To remove white deposits, fill with hot water, add a teaspoon of vinegar essence, wait a minute, then rinse well with clean water.
- Porcelain Dishes: Avoid washing with hot water to prevent glazing from deteriorating and yellowing.
- Glassware: Wash in warm water with a mixture of salt and vinegar (1 tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of vinegar per liter of water) to enhance shine. Rinse and dry with a linen towel.
- Wooden Spoons: Clean in a washing soda solution, then rinse with hot water. Boil weekly in a soda solution (1 tablespoon of washing soda per liter of water), followed by a cold rinse.
- Plastic Butter Dishes and Cheese Containers: Refresh by washing with baking soda.
- Wine Glasses: If they’ve become slightly matte, rinse with cold water and dry the outside thoroughly.
- Tarnished Silver: Clean with a mixture of lemon juice and cigarette ash. After cleaning, rinse and dry.
- For burned pots and pans: Fill with hot water, add a tablespoon of baking soda, let sit, then boil. Food remnants will come off easily.
These tricks utilize common household items to effectively clean and maintain kitchenware, making the task of dishwashing simpler and more efficient.
