Make Your Own Foaming Dish DetergentUse any type of foaming soap dispenser - (hand soap, shampoo, body wash, dish soap, etc.) I personally use a recycled kid's foaming body wash dispenser. . .
Cleaning Black Burnt-on Stuff from Stainless SteelFor burned-on black yuk in a stainless steel pot or a glass one, use bleach (like Clorox). Pour in enough to cover. Usually by the next morning, the black will be gone. Even if the charred part is thick, the bleach will loosen it enough that your pot can be saved, and with no strenuous scrubbing. Some pots will require more than one overnight (don't ask how I know).
Cooking Oil Residue on Plastic?We keep our cooking oil in a plastic jar until we use it again. After awhile the plastic jar becomes grimy, sticky and hard to remove residue. Do you know of any cleaner that will remove the residue quickly and without a lot of elbow grease.
Onion Smell in Bowls?Does anyone know how to get onion smell out of bowls? Washing does not take all the smell out and I would like to remove it all. Any ideas would be helpful.
Cleaning Silver Spoons?I recently picked up four silver spoons at an auction sale. Two of them are tarnished with dark spots in the center. Any suggestion on how to clean them?
Cleaning the Silver for the HolidaysHoliday entertaining means bringing out the good china and the silver. A quick and easy way to clean your silver in a thrifty way is to use household aluminum foil, salt, baking soda and hot water...
Cleaning a Stainless Steel Griddle?What can I use to clean a plain stainless steel stovetop griddle that is not covered with a nonstick material?
Porcelain China Stained By Windex?I got a gift of Limoge china. I put Windex on it to clean it. It stained white porcelain to blue. Is there anything I can do to get rid of the blue?
Plastic Wrap Cooked on Corningware Casserole?Ooops. I put a corningware casserole into my hot oven with a Saran Wrap cover. The Saran Wrap melted and stuck to the corningware bowl. How can I remove this? Is the casserole bowl ruined? Any help would be appreciated.
Getting Dishes UnstuckWhen two dishes are stuck, one nested in the other, pour cold water in the top dish while dipping the bottom dish in warm water. The warm water will make the bottom dish expand while the top dish contracts. Works with glasses and bowls.
Cleaning Sippy Cups?Tips for cleaning sippy cups. Post your ideas.
Vinegar PrewashOn your dishwasher don't fill the prewash container. just fill the 2nd wash container. I have saved a whole lot on soap since I learned that.
Smoke Smell In Food Container?Does anyone know how to get the smell of cigarette smoke out of rubbermaid food containers? They were given to me, and other than the smell they are in great shape, so I would like to keep and use them if I can get that smell out. Thanks a lot!
Sheila
Removing Scorch Marks from Large PotI work for an electric co-op and during a recent ice storm our crews were working around the clock to get lights back on. All the ladies usually go and prepare meals for the guys . We were cooking a spaghetti supper for them. We had big pots of spaghetti cooking and when one of the pots was poured into a collandar we discovered the bottom had stuck and actually scorched on the bottom of a stainless steel pot. I am really having a tough time getting all the scorch marks out. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Nona
Georgia
Keeping Silverware Polished?I have a wonderful full set of hotel silverware that I use for everyday eating. Unfortunately, they get tarnished and become so time consuming to keep clean. So far a gentle rub with SOS or Brillo has gotten it very shiny but doesn't last and is probably destroying the surface. As everyday silverware, tarnished ware is rather unappealing and chemical polishes may not be the healthiest choice. What can I do to keep longer lasting brilliant silver? How in the world do the fast-paced hotels maintain their silver?
ZSU
Cleaning Wine DecantersWhen the bottom of the decanter is discolored from wine, drop a few drops of Clorox in and it will disappear.
By Syd
Put Dirty Pans And Casserole Dishes Back In The OvenWhen I take a baked dish out of the oven, I put the contents in another container, put cold water in the pan, and put it back in the hot (turned off) oven to soak. It is then very easy to scrub.
Aunt Sharon from Texas
Cleaning Cooking Oil Out Of A Crystal Holder?How do you get old olive/cooking oil out of a good crystal holder?
Margot
Corrosion on Stainless Steel?My dear husband filled my stainless steel stockpot with water for the cat while we were gone for the weekend. Now, there's a white, crumbly corrosion around the rivets that join the handle to the stockpot. I've cleaned it off, but my question is this: Is it still okay to use the pot for cooking food? If not, what else can I do with it (short of throwing it away). It's not my best stockpot, but it's still a nice pot.
Camilla
Yellow Marks On Dishes?Hi everyone, my question is... I have a dishwasher and it has left some yellowish scorch marks on my dishes, does anyone have any ideas on how to remove this?
Kim
Cleaning Cake Decorating Bags?I bake and decorate cakes, as a second income, and use washable bags for my frosting. Over time, the bags seem to develop an odor of stale shortening, which I can't seem to get rid of. The bags are not cheap, so I can't keep replacing them, and the odor doesn't seem to transfer over to the cake I am working on, but it just bothers me that I can't get rid of the odor. I don't like the disposable bags, because they are too stiff, and they're not cheap either. I don't have a dishwasher to wash them in, but I try to use really hot water, and even let them soak, but it doesn't matter. Any suggestions on what I should use?
Mrs. Mutt
Cleaning Up Dried-on EggSalt not only makes eggs taste better, but it makes "eggy" dishes clean easier. Sprinkle salt on dishes right after breakfast; it makes them a whiz to clean if you have to wait until later when you have time.
By Lori Zehren
I Love to Cook and Hate the Dishes!Always keep a fresh dish pan of sudsy water to clean your cooking dishes while you cook, incorporate your style of cooking and cleaning at the same time, then when your baking is done so are your dishes! Multitasking can be multi-relaxing!
Dishwasher Turns Plastic Pink?We don't eat a lot of spaghetti and we just bought a house with a dishwasher. Sometimes my dishwasher turns all my plastic pink! I cannot figure it out! Its a pale pink, not orange like tomato sauce stains. Some of the stuff I had will not go back to its original color so now my coffee pot filter holder and my ice trays are pink!
Does anyone else have this problem? I keep wondering if it is the cascade dishwashing powder. I switch to electrosol and it does not seem to happen anymore.
Has anyone tried that plastic booster stuff? Does it work?
sarah_bellum from Saint Louis
Washing Knives in the DishwasherNever get stuck by a knife again! When loading your dishwasher, place your sharp knives in the very back silverware space. This way you'll always know where they are and never reach in and get cut again.
By Harm0ny
Removing Dried Egg from Egg Poacher?I can't get the dry egg out of my egg poacher wells, any suggestion?
Thanks,
Brigid
Burnt Tea Bag in Pot?Hey everyone! I have burnt some tea bags in one of my favorite pots and was looking for a way to clean it. Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks,
Katie in SC
More Water Softening Problems?The hardness of our water tested at 20 grains. Best advice seems to be to install a water softener. Since neither sodium or potassium is acceptable in husband's diet we were advised to install softener on hot water only. Is this a viable solution? Is there a better way?
