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Ways to use lemon for all purposes
Lemon juice contains about 5-6% citric acid and a pH level between 2 and 3. This makes it an ideal assistant in the safe cleaning of kitchen surfaces from scale and stains of mineral origin.
For home:
1. Removal of sebum stains
Greasy pan coating? Overgrown cooking hobs? If your kitchen is a victim of over-cooking, try using half a lemon before resorting to toxic cleaning products.
Pour a little salt (for abrasion) on half a lemon and rub a greasy spot on it, then wipe the surface with a rag. (Use caution with marble surfaces or any other acid sensitive).
2. Cleaning the kettle or coffee machine
To remove the scale that has formed in your kettle, fill it with water, add a handful of finely chopped lemon peel and put it all on fire. After boiling, let the kettle with this liquid stand for an hour, pour out the liquid and rinse the kettle well.
To clean the coffee maker, put ice, salt and lemon zest in it, shake it well for a minute or two, shake and rinse the coffee maker. All will shine!
3. Microwave cleaning
Cooking in the microwave, especially unsuccessful, usually leads to a rapid loss of purity and appearance of the latter. Spots may look like dried cement.
Before picking up a chemical cleaner, try this: add lemon peel to a microwave oven half filled with water. Turn on the stove at full power for 5 minutes, let the water boil, and steam condense on the walls of the microwave. Then just take out the dishes and wipe off all this dirt with a damp cloth.
4. Deodorizing the bin
You can also use lemon zest to deodorize the place with the most unpleasant odors - trash buckets - and give the kitchen a fresh aroma. This, by the way, is a good last use of lemon after applying for some other of these tips.
5. Polishing chrome surfaces
Mineral sediment on a chrome plated faucet, however, as on other surfaces from this metal, is easily removed with lemon. Rub such a surface with the half squeezed lemon, rinse and lightly polish with a soft cloth.
6. Polishing of copper surfaces
Half a lemon, dipped in salt or baking soda, can be used to clean and refresh dishes made of copper, brass and stainless steel. With such a half of lemon it is necessary to rub the contaminated place and leave for 5 minutes. Then wash the dishes with warm water and polish dry.
7. Cleaning the stainless steel sink
Use the same method as for cleaning chrome surfaces.
8. Insect repellent
Many animals have an aversion to citric acid. You can cut a lemon and put slices on the threshold, window sills, near cracks and holes through which uninvited guests in the form of ants and other harmful insects can enter your home.
9. Making a flavored humidifier
If in winter the air in your home is drained by heating, lemon will come to the rescue. Fill the dishes with water, put the lemon zest in the water and place on the stove. After boiling, make the fire minimal and leave it for a while. The air will moisturize and fill with a fresh aroma.
10. Refresh the cutting board
Due to the low pH level, lemon has antibacterial properties, which makes it an excellent tool for cleaning many kitchen surfaces, including chopping boards. After disinfection, rub the surface of the board with half a lemon, leave for a few minutes and rinse.
In food:
11. Keep the flowability of brown sugar
If your brown sugar is more like refined sugar, try adding a little lemon peel (first removing all traces of the zest from it) to preserve its moisture and loose properties. (In all recipes using lemon peel, always clean its surface from dirt and wax.)
12. Dried peel
The peel of the lemon can be grated on a fine grater, and it will retain the entire flavor of the lemon. You can use the peel in a fresh, dried or frozen form. (If you know that you will harvest the peel, it is easier to rub it on a grater when it is still on a lemon before squeezing the juice). To dry the peel, sprinkle it with a thin layer on a towel and leave it to dry completely, then pour it into a jar. To freeze the peel, use a special container to freeze food. Lemon peel is used in salads, marinades, pastries, cereal products, etc.
13. Cooking cookies with lemon peel
If you have prepared the peel, be sure to add it to the cookie. It will surprise you with its amazing taste!
14. Flagella of lemon peel
Strips of lemon peel, which, when dried, are twisted into flagella, are good for use in cocktails, carbonated or ordinary drinking water. Use a peeler or knife to cook them, carefully removing the bitter white flesh. These flagella can also be frozen in a container or bag.
15. Preparation of lemon extract
Make flagella from the lemon peel (above) and dry them face down on a plate for 3-4 days. Put them in a blender and grind to flour. Use as an extract in cooking recipes.
16. Cooking lemon sugar
You can add ready-made lemon extract (above) to sugar or put fresh flagellar flagella into a sugar jar so that sugar can absorb their oil.
17. Cooking lemon pepper
Mix lemon extract (above) with freshly ground pepper.
18. Candied fruits
You can also make candied fruits from the grapefruit peel. Candied fruits are easy to prepare, because they are just candied peels, and you can just eat them by dipping in melted chocolate, add to cookies, sweets or bread.
19. The most delicious use of lemon
peel is to pass it through a meat grinder and mix with sugar. Keep refrigerated. Use, for example, in tea or for baking and dessert.
For beauty:
20. Lightening age-related age spots
Many folk recipes recommend using lemon zest to lighten age spots. To do this, put a small piece of lemon peel on a stain and leave for an hour.
21. Softening dry elbows
Use half a lemon sprinkled with baking soda. Just dip your elbow into the lemon and twist it for a few minutes, as if you were going to squeeze the juice out of it. Then rinse your elbows and wipe dry.
22. Use on the skin
Lemon zest can be a great tonic if you gently rub your face skin, avoiding the area around the eyes.
23. Making sugar scrub
Mix half a cup of sugar with lemon zest and olive oil until a sour cream is obtained. Moisten the skin of the body under the shower, turn off the water and massage the mixture on the skin, then rinse.
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