Cheap and Easy Microwave Cleaning Tip

Vinegar is great in the kitchen and no home should be without it. I think that we all know how good it tastes with chips or in a salad dressing, but vinegar is also a lot more versatile than most people think, and can be used very successfully for cleaning in and around the home. In fact you can even use vinegar for cleaning the microwave. Yes, honestly, vinegar can be an absolute god-send when it comes to cleaning a dirty microwave oven.

No one enjoys sticking their head inside the microwave and using a mixture of 1 part soapy water, 1 part scouring pad and 20 parts elbow grease in an attempt to get rid of all that caked on, burnt on, might as well be glued on, food that can sometimes be the forfeit for trusting hubby or the kids to warm something up for themselves. And you can work up quite a sweat when you are bent over, peering in at the damage and your hand is scrubbing so fast that it is a blur - or maybe that's just the sweat in your eyes. It's hot work and it's hard work. It is also unnecessary work and so you start keeping the Clingfilm next to the microwave in the hopes that they will take the hint. Meanwhile you are left with a bad back, a blouse that has stuck to your back and little hope of catching that film that you have waited all week to see. Unless of course you can get a little help, and here is where vinegar can save the day (Yay!).

Find a small microwave safe bowl and pour 1 cup of warm water into it. Next add a couple of drops of dish soap (washing-up liquid) and 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Give the mixture a stir and then put it in the microwave and cook on high for 3-4 minutes. When the time is up, leave the door firmly closed for a further 15 minutes before you open it. When you do open it the mixture of steam and vinegar fumes should have loosened up the baked on food to an extent that it can be removed with just a sponge. No sweat!

Tip: don't forget to leave that cling film handy for next time. If they don't use it, perhaps you can use it yourself: put on a manic grin, brandish it menacingly over your head and chase them around the kitchen a few times, they will get the hint in the end.

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