Zesta BICARBONATE OF SODA _ Leavening Powder Used In Baking & Cooking 100g×5

Did you know there are many other uses of Bicarbonate of Soda away from bread/cake leavening ? Here are some of them..

• Clean toilet bowls: Add a quarter cup of baking soda and half a cup of white vinegar to an empty bowl. Bubbles will form! Scrub with a stiff brush and flush. Repeat if necessary. A damp cloth sprinkled with baking soda will also clean the outside surfaces of the toilet, tank, and cover.
• Clean faucets and door handles: Make a thick paste of baking soda and a bit of water, apply to grimy areas, and scrub with a stiff brush (For the tightest spots, I use an old toothbrush. I save all my toothbrushes for tasks like this). Rinse off immediately, or let it dry and rinse later.
• Clean toothbrushes: Soak toothbrushes in baking soda and warm water overnight to clean bristles.
• Clean rubber gloves: Keep your rubber gloves dry and smelling good by sprinkling baking soda inside them. They’ll slip on more easily too.

In the Kitchen

• Scrub coffee mugs, tea cups, and carafes: Sprinkle the inside of the mug or container with baking soda and gently scrub with a moist cloth to remove the stains. Then give the mug or container a thorough rinse.
• Remove burned-on foods from stainless steel cookware: Add plenty of baking soda to the pot/pan with enough water to form a thick slurry, let sit (minutes, hours, or overnight), and go to it with a fresh scrubbing pad. Repeat as necessary.
• Clean your refrigerator: Scrub with a solution of one-teaspoon baking soda to one quart of warm water.
• Clean your toaster oven: Sprinkle a teaspoon of baking soda on the bottom of your toaster oven to eliminate the burned smell from drippings and crumbs.
• Clean fresh produce: To remove pesticides, dirt, and wax from fresh fruits and vegetables, wash them in a large bowl of cool water to which you’ve added two to three tablespoons of baking soda.
• Get red sauce stains out: A paste of baking soda removes red sauce stains from plastic.
• Unclog drains: Pour a cup of baking soda into the opening of your clogged drain and then add a cup of hot vinegar. After a few minutes, flush the drain with a quart of boiling water.

Cooking and Baking

• Make fluffier omelets: A pinch (¼ teaspoon or less) in your morning eggs as you whip them up will make your omelettes or scrambled eggs fluffier.
• Make the best cookies: In a project intended to find the best leavening agent for chocolate-chip cookies, the folks at BuzzFeed baked 400 cookies comparing various agents and discovered that baking-soda-only cookies won hands down. Prove them wrong!
• Prevent syrup from crystallizing: Add a pinch of baking soda to boiled syrup to prevent it from crystallizing.