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Bicarbonate of Soda, Robin to Vinegar’s Batman

December 3rd, 2009

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A few months go, I wrote about Vinegar the Quiet Superhero, and now I am going to tell you all the things you can do with Bicarbonate of Soda aka Baking Soda.

Most Americans will remember that their mother or grandmother always had a box of Arm in Hammer baking soda in the fridge to absorb odors.  Now that I live in the UK, I am finding it less of a staple.  These people don’t know what they are missing.

I have made a list of few things I have used bicarbonate of soda in the past couple of weeks.

1. If you have burned a pan, put some bicarbonate of soda in water and heat the pan, the burnt bits will come off in a jiffy.

2. I keep a jar of it in my fridge absorb odors  then after about three months, I pour it down the kitchen drain to make it smell fresh.

3. Clean brushes and combs by putting them in a bath of warm water and baking soda.

4. Put in it the bottom of the kitty litter to keep it smelling fresher longer.

5. Bicarbonate of soda even helped to soothe an upset stomach; just put 1 teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of warm water.

There are so many uses for Bicarbonate of Soda that TipKing wrote a book Resourceful and Ingenious uses of Baking Soda. It covers just about anything and everything you can do with baking soda.

So we have Batman aka vinegar and Robin, Bicarbonate of Soda add some lemon and we will not need commercial, chemical household cleaners anymore.

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Vinegar the quiet superhero

June 26th, 2009

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Vinegar is the king of the multi taskers.  You can use it for cleaning the kitchen, doing laundry, taking care of your pets, in the garden and more.  This one very inexpensive item that can do so much more.

I discovered the wonderfully informative site called Vinegar Tips. Please have a look, you will be amazed by how white vinegar can eliminate the need for other expensive household products.

Here is a small list of just some of the amazing ways you can utilize vinegar in all areas of your life.  Here are some of the tips that I have tried out successfully and some I am planning to try.

•    White vinegar is the only thing that I have ever found that completely eradicates the smell of cat urine. So if your kitty has accidents get some white vinegar, pronto.

•    Remove musky smells from cotton clothes by sprinkling them lightly with white distilled vinegar and then pressing them. Great tip for us vintage lovers

•    Get cleaner laundry! Add about 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar to the last rinse. The acid in white distilled vinegar is too mild to harm fabrics, yet strong enough to dissolve the alkalies in soaps and detergents. Besides removing soap, white distilled vinegar prevents yellowing, acts as a fabric softener and static cling reducer, and attacks mould and mildew.

•    Get rid of lime deposits in a teakettle by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the water and letting it sit overnight. If more drastic action is needed, boil full-strength white distilled vinegar in the kettle a few minutes, let cool and rinse with plain water. None of those harsh chemicals that you get in the specialist lime scale removers.

•    When poaching eggs, add a little white distilled vinegar to the water. The whites stay better formed. Eggs Benedict anyone?

I have only listed a few and this website has over 1001, bearing in mind they also report on cider and balsamic vinegar uses.

This weekend I will be cleaning the cat’s ears, the inside of the refrigerator, making my whites whiter and descaling the kettle all with vinegar.

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