To keep the dishes clean

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To keep the dishes clean• It is easy to clean burnt areas in enamel dishes with a damp cloth with baking soda. The coffee pot will be washed off if you boil water with a pinch of baking soda in it.

  • To wash dishes containing dough, flour, eggs, porridge, you must first soak it in cold water.
  • The pan in which the milk has burnt can be easily washed off if you pour cold water into it, add one or two tablespoons of baking soda and boil for two to three minutes.
  • How to descale cookware? If there are no special tools at hand, you can use baking soda and vinegar essence. Fill the kettle with hot water and bring it to a boil, add baking soda (2-2.5 tablespoons per liter of water) and boil for another 30-40 minutes. Drain the solution, pour clean water into the kettle and, adding vinegar essence (at the rate of half a glass to 4 liters of water), boil for another 20 minutes. After that, the loosened layer of scale is easily removed from the walls of the kettle.
  • Silver is cleaned with a mass of crushed chalk and water. When the mass is dry, wipe it off with a soft cloth and polish the product.
  • Darkened cutlery made of cupronickel and silver, boiled in a concentrated broth of husk garlic, acquire purity and shine. The boiling time and the saturation of the broth depend on the contamination of the devices and their quantity.
  • Cupronickel knives will be like new if they are cleaned with tooth powder and then wiped with a soft cloth.
  • Faded brass or aluminum surfaces can be easily refreshed by rubbing with an ink eraser.
  • To remove blackness on the walls of aluminum dishes, rub it with a cotton swab dipped in vinegar and then rinse it with hot water. Use specialized powders for cleaning the outer surfaces of metal dishes.
  • The polished surface of aluminum cookware should be washed with warm soapy water with a soft cloth or sponge. The shine of the polish will be preserved if the dishes are periodically cleaned with dry tooth powder. Such dishes cannot be wiped with emery paper, sand or other hard materials.
  • To prevent aluminum dishes from turning black, you must avoid boiling water without salt in it and do not boil unpeeled potatoes. If you boil rhubarb in an aluminum pan, it will look shiny like new.
  • The pans need care. They should be ignited by adding salt, then wipe with a dry cloth. Molds for cookies and biscuits made of black tin are cleaned by wiping with dry paper and salt. If there is a lot of fat on the mold, wash it with water and soda.
  • Galvanized kitchen utensils will not rust if greased with some kind of grease. Store it in a dry place. Do not cook food and boil drinking water in galvanized dishes, since the zinc salts formed in this process are harmful to humans. Such dishes are used for washing clothes and its boiling, storage of water, kerosene, etc.
  • If, sorting through onions, you find an already rotting head, do not throw it away, cut it and rub the rust on a smooth metal surface (for example, the sole of an iron) with the juicy part. She will soon disappear.
  • To make metal objects shine, they are rubbed with dry newspaper.
  • Copper utensils are cleaned with special powder, chalk or fine crushed and sifted bricks. After that, the dishes are washed and dried.
  • Earthenware is good for making dough, etc. After use, it is washed with soapy water and wiped dry. It is not recommended to keep fat or oil in pottery for a long time - they acquire an unpleasant odor.
  • Darkened porcelain dishes are wiped with baking soda or vinegar and salt. Soda water should not be used for gilded porcelain dishes. Porcelain plates and other utensils that are not used daily should be wrapped in paper to prevent scratching.
  • Earthenware is washed in lukewarm water (not hot!) With soap and rinsed cold.To keep the dishes clean
  • It is good to wipe the crystal dishes with blue starch and then with a woolen cloth. The crystal grows dull from hot water.
  • When washing crystal, do not use soda. Better use warm soapy water, and add a little blue to rinse.
  • It is easier and faster to wash oily dishes if you add a tablespoon of dry to hot water mustard... The washed dishes are placed in the dryer. It is best to wipe down the tea utensils immediately with a clean, dry towel.
  • To make the dishes shine, they are washed by adding one or two tablespoons of vinegar and a tablespoon of salt to the water, and then rinsed.
  • Glass with a narrow neck can be washed well with warm water with finely crumbled shells from raw eggs or with pieces of newsprint.
  • Glass water jugs become clear and shiny when washed with salt or vinegar water.
  • Dishes from under vegetable oil are well washed if finely chopped clean potato peelings are thrown into the water. A few vigorous shakes and the bottle is clean. Now you just need to rinse it.
  • To wash the barrel thoroughly, several large pieces of quicklime are placed on the bottom, filled with water and covered with a lid. The resulting abundant steam impregnates the wood of the barrel, extracts all acids from it. Then, adding a few more liters of water, the barrel is strongly shaken to wash its walls. After 2-3 hours, the water is poured out and the barrel is thoroughly rinsed several times.

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