Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shovelling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller’s Housekeeping Hints, 1966
Cleaning the Blender
To clean the Blender, take a few drops of detergent, fill halfway with hot water, and turn on blender for a while. Rinse and dry the blender.
The Breadboard
In order to remove onion, garlic, or fish smell. Cut a lime. Rub it over the surface of a cutting or breadboard.
Broken Eggs
If you drop an egg on the floor, generously sprinkle salt over it and let it stand for 5 to 10 minutes. Sweep the dried egg into a dustpan.
Cleaning up Broken Glass
To clean the broken glass from the floor, sweep large pieces into a dustpan; pick up slivers with a damp paper towel.
Burnt Food in Pan
To remove Burnt Food in Pan, boil water in the pan to loosen food. Or you can sprinkle baking soda generously over the burned food and moisten with water. Let stand for few hours. Wash it with plain water. Read the rest of this entry »
Innovations over the years have made oven cleaning a very simple job.
For those of you who have invested in those "self cleaning" ovens, congratulations. Please take good care of them.
If you don’t have a "self cleaning" oven there are some great oven cleaners out there you can use.
Oven Cleaning - When it’s a self cleaning oven
Self cleaning ovens work when the clean mode is turned on and the interior surface of the oven heats up to about 800-900 degrees. For 2 - 6 hours all stains, grease and spills are turned into a gray ash.
To start oven cleaning your self cleaning oven, remove the oven racks and soak them in warm water mixed with a dishwashing cleaner.
Set the clean mode timer for 2 - 6 hours and make sure the oven door is locked.
When the oven cleaning cycle is complete, let the oven cool and then wipe out the ash with a damp sponge or rag.
Don’t forget to clean the inside of the oven door. With a little bit of cleaner and a rag, wipe the inside the door, paying close attention to the seal around the door. Rinse well with a damp sponge or rag.
You should also wipe clean the outside of the oven door and the stove.
If you have stove racks soak them in in warm water mixed with dishwashing cleaner. Read the rest of this entry »