by Annie Berthold-Bond - http://www.care2.com/
So many of you write to me asking how to safely clean the oven at this time of year, I can tell you are preparing for doing a lot of cooking.
Most of you also mention that you don;t like to use commercial oven cleaners because it is very hard to rinse the oven cleaner and the taste of it gets into food. Yum: Roast turkey a la Oven Cleaner. Many also get headaches when using commercial products.
Believe it or not, you can clean your oven safely with nothing but baking soda and water. Give this a try, because it really works!
Most people can hardly believe that all I use for cleaning the oven is baking soda and water, and that the project requires no scrubbing. I suppose we have all been so brainwashed by household products companies that we mistakenly believe we require powerful chemicals for cleaning. But most people don’t know that simple household minerals such as baking soda can clean like magic. The key is using enough of the mineral.
To clean my oven, I sprinkle baking soda all over the bottom until it is covered completely with about 1/4 of an inch of baking soda. Then, using a clean spray bottle, I spray the baking soda with water until the baking soda is thoroughly damp but not flooded. After that, this lazy cleaner goes off and does other things. When I think of it, I dampen the baking soda again if it is drying out. Before I go to bed, I do that again. When I wake up in the morning, the baking soda can effortlessly be scooped out of the oven with a sponge, bringing all the grime with it. That’s it! The only downside is that you need to rinse out the white residue left by the baking soda, but it sure beats Turkey à La Oven cleaner because there are no fumes!
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Posted on November 25th, 2007 by Dee
Filed under: Green Cleaning
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