11 Foods That Also Work As Cleaning Products
The majority of basic cleaning supplies are on back order right now because of COVID-19. However, you’re not out of luck if you need something to clean the house. Here’s…
The majority of basic cleaning supplies are on back order right now because of COVID-19. However, you're not out of luck if you need something to clean the house.
Here's 11 foods that are in your kitchen but can also be used as a cleaning product, according to The Huffington Post.
1. Bananas peels can actually polish silver.
Sandra Mu/Getty Images2. Cucumbers can remove scuffs from the walls.
(Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 26: A women washes cucumbers on May 26, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany. German health authorities have announced they suspect cucumbers, tomatoes and salad grown in northern Germany to be possible carriers of potentially lethal enterohemorrhagic E. coli, also known as the EHEC bacteria, in a an outbreak that has thus far inflicted over 400 people and caused one confirmed death since mid-May. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)
3. Use ketchup to bring back copper shine.
(Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 25: In this photo illustration, Heinz Tomato Ketchup is shown on March 25, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Kraft Foods Group Inc. said it will merge with H.J. Heinz Co. to form the third largest food and beverage company in North America with revenue of about $28 billion. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
4. Use onions to clean a dirty grill.
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 08: Onions lie on display at a Spanish producer's stand at the Fruit Logistica agricultural trade fair on February 8, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The fair, which takes place from February 8-10, is taking place amidst poor weather and harvest conditions in Spain that have led to price increases and even rationing at supmermarkets for fresh vegetables across Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
5. Use walnuts to remove most scratches from wood furniture.
6. Have a red wine stain? Then use salt!
7. Use white bread to pick up tiny broken glass shards.
(Photo illustration by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: A photo illustration of a loaf of white pre-sliced bread on February 16, 2018 in London, England. A recent study by a team at the Sorbonne in Paris has suggested that 'Ultra Processed' foods including things like mass-produced bread, ready meals, instant noodles, fizzy drinks, sweets and crisps are tied to the rise in cancer. (Photo illustration by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
8. Uncooked rice can clean your coffee grinder.
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)DHAKA, BANGLADESH - JULY 17: A man holds a handful of rice grains at a market on July 17, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh has recently closed nearly 2,000 rice mills because they ignored official demands to sell the staple to the army-backed government at below market rates. Rice, a basic staple for Bangladesh's 144 million people, has nearly doubled in price in the past 12 months due to shortages caused by floods last summer, a cyclone in November and the continued rise of fuel prices. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the population survives on less than a dollar a day. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
9. Olive oil combats tree sap.
(Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Food Network Magazine)NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 05: A view of Pampeian olive oil being used in the kitchen at the Food Network Magazine Cooking School 2016 at The International Culinary Center on November 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Food Network Magazine)
10. Cornmeal to remove grease.
(Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: Culinary student Kate McMurray pours out cornmeal for a polenta during a class for aspiring professional chefs at The Institute of Culinary Education in New York City February 1, 2007 in New York City. A boom in all things food, including the popularity of television chefs and cooking shows, is increasing demand for cooking classes for amateurs and aspiring professionals alike. Brian Aronowitz, who works at ICE, says that enrollment for all classes is up, and that the famous cooking school is 24 hour a day facility, with classes, cooking shows, and clean up going on around the clock. "Cooking is the new post-grad type of career," Aronowitz says. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
11. Have a dirty toilet? Use coca-cola to clean it.
Nadine Hutton / StringerJOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 7: Environmentally friendly toilet paper is used in the toilets before lthe Live Earth concert at the Coca-Cola Dome on July 7, 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07, bringing together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis. (Photo by Nadine Hutton /Getty Images)
