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How to make a fragrance in the house?
Useful advice on how to make a pleasant aroma in the house, it is very simple and without buying expensive flavors: it is enough to boil lemon peels in water for a few minutes.
The problem of odor and hard-to-remove stains on kitchen towels is also solved very simply - they need to be soaked in yogurt (sour milk) for 10-12 hours, then rinsed well and washed as usual.
How to get rid of plaque around kitchen and bathroom taps
Often, limescale accumulates around the taps in the kitchen and bathroom, which is difficult to clean. Take a little vinegar, heat it to a temperature of 40-50 degrees, moisten the plaque abundantly, and after a minute just wash everything off - there will be a pristine shine.
How to keep vegetables healthy?
In order for the vegetables to retain nutrients, and they do not change color, they must be put in already boiling, slightly salted water for cooking. Even better, add a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice (not citric acid!). During cooking, vegetables should not be pierced to check. As soon as the vegetables are ready, immediately remove from the broth and let the moisture evaporate in the air and only after that salt and add oil, seasonings, herbs.
You can quickly cook even large beets like this: cook for 20 minutes, then drain the boiling water, pour cold and cook until tender (in time - 3 times faster it will be). And so that the beets do not lose their color, add a spoonful of sugar and 50 grams of apple cider vinegar to the water.
How to peel potatoes quickly?
Useful tip: how to peel new potatoes quickly and so as not to get your hands dirty? Hold the potatoes for 15-20 minutes in heavily salted cold water, and grease your hands with vegetable oil before peeling.
If you need whole potatoes, then boil them in water with the addition of a teaspoon of salt and vinegar.
Let's look at another simple way to quickly peel potatoes with ice
How to keep bread from mold?
Put a quarter of an apple in the bread box and the bread will stay fresh twice as long, and if you keep an open salt shaker with a piece of horseradish root there, there will never be mold.
How to remove glue from hands?
If you have used Moment glue, you probably know how difficult it is to remove it from your hands. But it turns out that it is very easy to do: you take ordinary culinary margarine and spread the contaminated place. After a few minutes, everything is very easily removed with an ordinary dry cloth.
How to choose high-quality honey?
Useful advice on how to choose high-quality honey worries almost everyone. Beekeepers advise this: take a wooden stick (even a match without a head) and spin it in honey. Real honey should be wound on a stick, and artificial honey should drain. Or this way - take a drop of honey and remember in your fingers - the natural one will stick and you will have to wash your hands. And the "sugar" honey will roll up, and the fingers will remain clean in a minute. Or else - drop a little honey on the thumbnail. If it spreads, honey is diluted or bees were fed with sugar. The real one will remain lying like a drop. More tips are in the photo.