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Top Ten Tips to Safeguard Your Utensils

  1. Soak used plastic containers in warm water mixed with bleaching powder for about 10 minutes. Then, wash in cold water using liquid soap. This will remove the dirt and oil completely.
  2. If any dish has got the smell of fish scrub it with a piece of lime and wash in cold water with liquid soap.
  3. Never use steel wool to wash non-stick utensils. Keep a separate sponge scrubber to wash non-stick dishes. Also, use only liquid soap to wash them.
  4. Boil a cup of salt water in burnt vessels before cleaning them.
  5. Boil a few pieces of tomato in pressure cooker to remove stains from it.
  6. When you buy new plastic containers fill them with warm salt water for some time to take away the smell of plastic.
  7. Pouring cold water in any utensil when it is hot will damage them easily.
  8. Mix a few drops of vinegar in liquid soap to wash steel vessels so that they shine well.
  9. Soak glasses in warm water mixed with liquid soap for some time and wash well to get back their shine.
  10. Clean brass vessels with salt and tamarind for better shining.