I know, I know. We were talking about cooking and not cleaning. But, these two things go together. You must clean before cooking and after... not a fairy tale.
Before cooking always make sure that the tools you use are clean. I am very serious. Have you ever been to a very low level diner's kitchen? Find one on the road somewhere (maybe not in your country) and ask them for you to have a look at the kitchen. Even from the door...it will be enough for you to make sure that you keep your kitchen clean. Always.
End of story.
Some tips for cleaning:
- Use lemon to clean the cutting board, simply scour it. Especially, when you must remove the raw meat. Be careful with raw meat and eggs, do not risk salmonella.
- Lemon is great to clean your fingers after a nice portion of BBQ chicken wings eaten by hand
- Vinegar is great to disinfect your kitchen countertop, it removes limescale from the sink. Put water to a spray bottle and add some vinegar. Spray it, wait, wipe dry it. Easy, isn't it.
- Before cleaning the oven put water to a oven-safe pot and let it boil in there for several minutes. Be careful with the heat and the hot metal, though, you just wipe dry the most of the grease and dirt.
- Do not leave the dishes for the next day...you may collect more and more....and more...and just one more... NO, do not let your kitchen live its own life. It takes 5 minutes to tidy up after each meal, so it is easier to keep it clean.
I am manic cleanliness, a neat freak. You do not have to follow me in that. But there are basics. And these should be normal standard to everyone.
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