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  • Always get someone else to clean the oven!

    "Posted by James"

  • When using fish, work with it on a glass or pyrex surface immediately rinse in cold soapy water, the smell does not linger, works for the hands too (Crafty cookie)

    "Posted by Hettie"

  • Boil half a lemon or remains of used lemon in water in microwave to clean

    "Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

  • Put half a lemon with a teasppon of salt in the fridge overnight, its antibacterial and will remove any odours

    "Posted by cupcake chaos"

  • Boil vinegar to disperse cooking smells

    "Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

  • White wine vinegar cleans up old grimy floorboards and gets old wax off.

    "Posted by Velvetini"

  • To disperse cooking smells, boil some orange peel plus cinammon in a saucepan

    "Posted by Shyvas"

  • When cooking something that can cause odours in the kitchen, for example, oven baked fish or a lamb shoulder, place a pierced lemon in the oven; it smells amazing pervades the room, and when removed, lots of oozing juice can be squeezed from the lemon with great ease to be used in cooking etc....

    "Posted by Nancy"

  • Bio soap powder for soaking burnt on stuff in pots pans and dishes

    "Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

  • To clean a granite pestle and morter leave half a lemon and boiling water in it overnight

    "Posted by KitchenGoddess"