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Kitchen Tip Tuesday ~ Dirty Dishes

March 10, 2008 by happyhousewife

Have you ever had a really dirty baking dish or pot? Instead of spending time and money (on the hot water) endlessly scrubbing the dish, fill the dish with water. Then, add a used dryer sheet. Soak overnight and the baked on food will clean right off the next day.

no more endless scrubbing

The Happy Housewife™

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Posted in Food, Frugal living, Homemaking | Tagged cleaning, cooking, Frugal living | 14 Comments

14 Responses

on March 10, 2008 at 11:29 pm | Reply Shilah

Oooooh I love this tip! I usually soak my tough pots overnight and that does help. But the dryer sheet will tackle the rest of the mess. Great! Thanks! Now if only I hadn’t thrown out all my used dryer sheets today. (Monday’s my only laundry day.) Oh well my menu is fairly simple this week so I shouldn’t have many tough pots or pans.
on March 11, 2008 at 1:10 am | Reply Amanda

I’ve heard this once before and completely forgot about it! Thank you for putting this back in my head. I didn’t know that it could be used!! That makes it even better.
on March 11, 2008 at 2:15 am | Reply Jessie's Attic

Oh I love this tip. I am one of the lucky housewives who has a husband who prefers to do the dishes … I have no clue why … but I will pass this tip along, I am sure he will be greatful
on March 11, 2008 at 3:10 am | Reply BallerinaGurl

Oh wow! Wish I had known this 1 year ago. I decided to get a whole new set of pots and pans, much needed anyway, but there was one HUGE pot I could barely part with and I tried everything-or so I thought. What a very helpful tip, I will have to try that one! Thanks
on March 11, 2008 at 5:12 am | Reply Melinda

Neat tip! I’ll give this a try next time!
on March 11, 2008 at 8:30 am | Reply Beth/Mom2TwoVikings

Very clever! I’ve been using dishwasher soap to soak for the same result…but another good idea is ALWAYS valuable!

And, you stopped by my bloggy home recently for the Blog Party and asked if I was the Mom2TwoVikings from Homeschool Lounge…and that’s a YES! LOL Nice to “meet” ya!
on March 11, 2008 at 9:32 am | Reply Rachael

What a great idea! It seems I ALWAYS have something dried on in a pan or pot.
on March 11, 2008 at 9:42 am | Reply Jenn

That is a great idea! I have learned a similar tip as a result of scorching a cream sauce and being left with a blackened mess inside my pot. Put a bit of water in the pot with some baking soda and boil it on the stove and the blackened mess comes right off.
on March 11, 2008 at 10:15 am | Reply Vicki

Clap Clap Clap… Bravo! Im gonna try it.. Can you use a used one?
on March 11, 2008 at 10:35 am | Reply happyhousewife

“Can you use a used one?”

Yes ~ I suppose you could try it with a new one, but it works great with sheets that have already been through the dryer.

THH
on March 11, 2008 at 2:38 pm | Reply allegromedical

I always get frustrated when I have a really dirty dishes and I can’t get them clean. I’m going to try that trick tonight and see what happens. Thanks for the information!
on March 12, 2008 at 4:10 am | Reply Jenni

How on earth did you figure this out? I am going to stockpile the used dryer sheets for this purpose alone..LOL! Great tip! Thank you!
on March 12, 2008 at 2:49 pm | Reply Feather

Do you know if this also works for the stove’s drip pans? Nothings seems to get those clean…

thanks!
on March 12, 2008 at 4:25 pm | Reply toni

Wow!Thanks so much for this tip!I can`t wait to try it!Baking soda also works very well.It shines stainless steel up nicely.