Vinegar is the idealist housekeeper’s best friend, right? And it’s not too bad on french fries either. (Yes, I’m Texan, but I spent my summers in Canada as a teenager!)
So I thought I’d share some of my vinegar-related posts. The funny thing was, though . . . there are quite a few that have nothing to do with cleaning.
Cleaning with Vinegar
Forgotten Laundry (How to Remove the Stink from Clothes Left in the Washer)
Bathroom Cleaning Supply Baskets for the Kids
And it would be wrong to not include this one: Reality-Based Green Cleaning
Cooking with Vinegar
Crockpot Stew/Soup/Whatever (The vinegar trick is casually mentioned at the end of that VERY OLD post.)
Random and Funny Vinegar Stories
The Time Has Come (And Gone) – Conversations with Myself
--Nony
Oh how I wish I could clean with Vinegar! It would be so cheap and from what I have read multiple times it cleans very well. But I hate the smell of it!!! I can’t stand it! I would have to clean up after cleaning up to get rid of the smell.
Yes, it is a STRONG smell. Sometimes I say my house smells like pasta salad! I know others have infused it with citrus to help with the smell.
Also, the laundry trick doesn’t leave any smell of vinegar on the clothes.
I quickly stopped noticing the scent, but I don’t want everyone else to think my house smells funny, and my husband begged me to do something for the smell. I found online that people add essential oils, including peppermint. I had peppermint extract on hand and added it instead…complaining gone!
I don’t use vinegar for much except a hair rinse once sometimes. But I always, always, always use about 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and a little water for indigestion. I used to buy antacids, which may or may not have worked. But vinegar, baking soda and water….it works every time.
If anyone uses it…especially if they use it regularly…use a straw. If you don’t, at least rinse your mouth and eat something like a bite of cheese to neutralize the acid. It can eat away at the tooth enamel. However…if you use a straw, with the end on as far back in your mouth as you can, you can get it down with very little taste. Maybe it’s just me, but I hate the way vinegar tastes. 🙂
That’s great to know! I’ve heard of people putting a bit of apple cider vinegar in cold water as a healthy drink.
Oh…the health benefits of organic ACV (with the mother in it) are amazing. When I first jumped on a bicycle after….a long time….I hurt all over after my first ride. I was also exhausted (because you DO forget, and it takes a lot more effort than you would think to keep from kissing the concrete). So I decided to give the vinegar a try in water.About two hours later, I felt great…and no aches and pains.
I don’t do that often because I really can’t stand the taste. But for indigestion….vinegar, baking soda and water – I’ll never buy another antacid. 🙂
If you don’t like the smell try keeping a mason jar to put all your citrus peels in and cover them with vinegar. When you need a refill just use the vinegar from the mason jar and it will not be a strong and leave a nice citrus smell!! My hubby HATES the smell of vinegar too but after doing this he doesn’t mind so much 🙂 Citrus is also a mood enhancer so it makes you happy to clean! lol
I know vinegar is a miracle cleaner but I sure do hate the smell. My husband keeps filling the spray mop with vinegar and I just about can’t stand to mop. But it does do a good job.
Okay, I have to tell you I laughed when I saw your post today because just yesterday I was talking to some mom friends about how stinking SASSY my child has gotten and how I feel like I’ve lost control of her mouth. As I listed all the discipline tactics that DON’T work, my friend walked over to her cabinet and pulled down a GIANT bottle of vinegar. She said, “Or, you could just do what my pediatrician recommends: a teaspoon of [harmless but nasty-tasting-to-kids] vinegar for mouth-related offenses!”
Feel free to add that one to your list. Heh.
I’ve heard of people doing this. Haven’t tried it . . . and hope I don’t need to !
I’d like a clarification on Kristi’s comment above. She was sore from a bicycle ride. Did she drink the water and vinegar or bathe in it?
I think she drank it.
A small drop of Dawn on that forked tongue also helps. It takes a while for them to get it rinsed out completely.