The famous tomato sauce has a hidden function that is used to clean anything in the house.
It was in Ancient China where the ketchup, a sweet and sour sauce based on tomato, sugar, vinegar and other seasonings. Later, the British adopted it for their meals, but it was Henry J. Heinz, an American, who revolutionized the culinary world and innovated with his sauce recipe. And from his discovery of tomato for sauce, ketchup as we know it today was created.
This sauce works for many foods, such as French fries, hamburgers or Milanese. However, experts discovered that ketchup is more than a dressing: It also serves to clean objects.
French fries with ketchup
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What things can be cleaned with ketchup
Ketchup has the ability to disinfect objects naturally, since has acetic acid where the vinegar in the recipe comes from. This way, acts as a degreaser.
This sauce is used to clean certain objects:
- Copper objects: By applying a layer of ketchup on the surface of this type of objects and after letting it sit, rub it gently. They will be clean this way, since the sauce will remove the layer of salt or the patina that the copper has.
- silver utensils and jewelry: Through the same technique for the previous object, the sauce works and will even leave this type of objects shiny, even if they are worn.
- Pots, pans and stainless steel objects: Again, by using the same technique, we will be able to effectively remove stains on these surfaces.
- car tires: By applying ketchup to these objects, we can remove dirt and even give them shine.
- Old coins: These items can also be cleaned with the sauce. You have to soak them and then brush them to remove dirt and rust.
- Strong odors: Surprisingly, if there is a strong smell in a space, you can leave a ketchup bottle open and this with its acetic acid will neutralize it.
Source: Ambito
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