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- These uses of vinegar will surprise you
- The many faces of vinegar
- household
- beauty
- health
These uses of vinegar will surprise you
Most people only use vinegar as a spicy ingredient in salad dressing or other foods, but the sour liquid can do so much more! Whether in the household, as a beauty elixir or as medicine, vinegar is versatile. Discover the variety of vinegar here.
The many faces of vinegar
household
1 ❖ Take a rag and put it in fruit vinegar. Then you stuff him in your stinky sports shoes. The vinegar binds the smell and the shoes smell like new. In winter you can also use vinegar to gently remove debris edges from your shoes.
2 ❖ To keep cut flowers fresh for longer, add some fruit vinegar and a pinch of sugar to the vase.
In the kitchen
3 ❖ Put some vinegar water and detergent into a spray bottle to treat limescale, grease and dirty mirrors and discs. Despite the high acidity, vinegar cleans gently and environmentally friendly. Leave your vinegar mixture for 5 minutes and then rinse with warm water, the dirt should now easily wipe away.
Attention! Please be careful with silicone joints - they can quickly become porous due to the vinegar.
4 ❖ In coffee machines and kettles, there are quickly white deposits on the inside that are difficult to reach. Vinegar is the solution here as well. Add a portion of vinegar essence to the unit with three parts of water and bring it to a boil. Thereafter, the mixture must act for 30 minutes. Now simply rinse the pot and rinse several times with water, so the vinegar smell disappears. When cooking the vinegar mix, do not try to breathe in the vapors as they can be harmful to your respiratory system. Be sure to ventilate well.
5 ❖ You can also wipe your trash can and old basement cabinets with a vinegar-water mixture to remove strong odors.
6 ❖ As a scent cleaner, vinegar will help you after cooking if your kitchen smells unpleasant. To do this, you boil some vinegar water in a pot and then fill it into a bowl, which you place open in the kitchen. You will see, soon all the bad smells are gone, also the vinegar smell. In summer, this method also helps against the annoying fruit flies.
7 ❖ If you wipe your fridge with a vinegar-water mix, it will smell better and the vinegar will prevent ice from forming on the walls, but you'll need to defrost the fridge first.
8 ❖ To keep your chopping boards out for a long time, you should clean them regularly. To do this you wipe the board with undiluted vinegar, which prevents the accumulation of germs. Then rinse only with warm water, so the smell of vinegar disappears from the board.
9 ❖ Every week or two you should wipe your bread box with vinegar water. This prevents the formation of mold and the bread stays fresh longer .
10 ❖ So I only wash my fruit with fruit vinegar! Why? Because it releases pesticides and bacteria more easily from the fruit. In addition, the waxy coating disappears through the vinegar, which many fruits have, so that they shine more beautifully. Add two tablespoons of fruit vinegar in 200 ml of water and briefly bathe the fruit in it. Then rinse everything well and the fruit is really clean.
11 ❖ To keep the eggs from bursting during cooking, add a dash of spirit vinegar to the cooking water. So the eggs remain undamaged.
12 ❖ The next time you cook noodles, pour a few drops of fruit vinegar into the water, which will prevent the noodles from sticking together when cooking.
13 ❖ Add some brandy vinegar directly to your dishwasher and you'll see glasses, cutlery and plates shine beautifully again.
In the bathroom
14 ❖ Fatty lime rims on the faucet and shower head are not easy to wipe off. Dip a cloth in brandy vinegar and then lay it for half an hour around the affected area. Then you can wipe the lime residue with a rag.
15 ❖ In case of a clogged drain, you do not always have to resort to the strong chemical cleaner, also vinegar will blow the drain free again . Simply boil half a cup of vinegar essence and pour into the drain. This must then act for 10 minutes. Then rinse with warm water and the drain is free.
16 ❖ For a good-smelling all-purpose cleaner, put some citrus peel with some fruit vinegar.
beauty
1 ❖ Diluted vinegar water can be anti-inflammatory, helping with insect bites and sunburn.
2 ❖ In addition, vinegar tightens the skin and prevents it from drying out. For this you mix two to three tablespoons of fruit vinegar with a liter of water and rub your body with it, as with a body lotion. Your skin will feel the same tender.
3 ❖ As a bath additive, vinegar promotes blood circulation in the skin and connective tissue. 200-250 ml of fruit vinegar in the bath water are enough to beautify the skin.
4 ❖ Mix apple cider vinegar and water in a ratio of 1: 1 for a soothing tonic. This not only clears the skin, it also removes excess fat and helps with inflammation.
health
1 ❖ As a wrap: Take one liter of water and put in a tablespoon of fruit vinegar. Then you dunk a linen cloth in and then wring it out well. Then you put the cloth on the affected area and fix it with a second cloth. You let the wrap work until it reaches body temperature. Vinegar wrap helps with throat and abdominal pain. It can also reduce fever or reduce insect bites and bruises.
2 ❖ The mood brightener: Happiness is favored by the mineral calcium, which calms the nerves. And this ionized calcium is also in the vinegar. Distribute your Essigrationen on several meals and you will see how they alleviate depressive moods, restlessness and muscle pain. A few drops of fruit or brandy vinegar per meal are enough.
3 ❖ For digestion and kidneys: Vinegar increases urinary acidity, helping with kidney and bladder complaints.
4 ❖ At the same time, vinegar relieves flatulence and diarrhea, as it stimulates intestinal activity.
5 ❖ Headaches disappear quickly when you put a spoonful of fruit vinegar and a dash of mint oil in some water and put a cloth in it. Then you put the cloth on your forehead or neck and away are the headache.
6 ❖ One-third of fruit vinegar mixed with two thirds of water also helps with foot sweats. Simply spray the foot and he feels fresh again and does not sweat so much anymore.
7 ❖ Halitosis is always unpleasant, so gurgle every three to four hours with a mouthwash of ¼ fruit vinegar and ¾ water. After that you should not eat for half an hour and do not brush your teeth.
Author: Winnie Hildebrandt
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