This really works. I recently
read that putting your burners and such from your stove in a bag with a
bit of ammonia overnight would get them clean without scrubbing. I know
I tried this yrs ago and somehow it didn't work for me. I must have
done something wrong I guess.
And so I tried it yesterday. I put
that one burner in a zip lock bag with a tb or so of ammonia and sealed
it. They said you don't need much cuz the fumes are what do the work. I
put it outside on the porch just in case it leaked. That stuff stinks. I
just remembered it tho and went out to see what happened.
When I looked at the bag, the burner looked the same.
When I brought it to the sink tho and opened it......I dumped it out and
tried to scrub it. OMG it didn't need to be scrubbed tho. The stuff
just flaked off ez. There were one or two spots that were stubborn that I
scratched at with a knife and they flaked off too! Look at the
difference there between two, one clean, one not. I will be doing this
from now on. I hate scrubbing. This is amazing.
UPDATE:
I love this stuff! I had to redo one seriously icky
burner but this time stuff was flaking off with just the water spray.
Some things do stick and need a bit of steel wool. My burner pans were
seriously bad. So bad I took to covering them with foil.
I
have double burners so I do one at a time so I can still cook. So the
one I cleaned today was the one I use the most. Seriously stuck on stuff
that even steel wool wouldn't get off.......until I did it this way.
The burner pan looks like new and I will never have to let it build up
like this again. Its just so ez to clean, Im amazed.
This is my day after Thanksgiving mess a few yrs ago. I spend so much time cooking that I don't do dishes till the next day. I just don't have the energy left to do that.
I saw this video Ive posted
below and it started me thinking. How many blogs we go to that show
beautiful, perfect houses. How many pretty magazine pictures of homes
are out there. And then we see it promoted on TV too. And even Martha
Stewart, the Queen of perfection. And I thought about all the anxiety
all this has caused women. And how its made men think women should live
like this. My own ex would be furious with me for any messes in the
house. He lived in hotels all week tho so of course it was ez to keep it
clean, especially when there were maids to clean up after YOU! (BTW I
have been a maid so he doesn't get off so ez with me about that.)
And
then I read this blog about trying so hard to keep a house nice and how
many bloggers felt bad when they would see others perfect homes. So
this blogger asked others to send her pics of their messy homes.
Honestly I love this video. Not cuz of the messes, heck most aren't even
that bad. Perhaps they didn't send in the really bad ones cuz they
didn't want to be embarrassed. But regardless look at these photos.
Wanna know what I see?
I see messy kitchens where there is food
and abundance. And how lucky they are to have all that including some
beautiful kitchens. And I see overflowing laundry, which to me means,
there's a family there......together. And I see toys and kid stuff
around the house, which to me means there are children there and their
playing is more important than keeping that floor clean. I see paperwork
on desks and counters which means they have a real life like me, with
bills and taxes and such. Some even have craft rooms which to me means
they are lucky to be able to have time to be creative and have the space
for it.
My fave one is the junk room area in that one pic. Looks
like my laundry room. We enter thru the garage past it all. Right now
there's loaves of bread on the desk because it seems anywhere else I put
it, it molds fast. And there's a big plastic box for ironing. There are
my tools too for cleaning. And best of all the tops of things are
covered with containers filled with seedlings growing. IT means if they
survive Ill have a great garden. While its messy, I see potential.
I
guess what I'm saying here is we all think our homes are such a mess
and maybe they really are. But I'm sure not anywhere near one of the
Hoarders. Maybe instead of worrying about perfection and messes we
should look at what to be grateful for. All those things means abundance
and life is in the house. It is not a museum. Real people live there.
As Martha says: Its a good thing.
