After even the most successful meals, cooks are frequently faced with the arduous challenge of cleaning mountains of burnt pots and pans.
A long soak comes widely recommended, but when time isn’t available, rigorous scrubbing may feel like the only solution.
Fortunately, a cleaning expert recently took to her YouTube channel, Simple and Fast, to share a trick that was once put to her by a hotel owner.
The lifestyle guru explained: “The owner of a hotel taught me this simple recipe and now my friends and neighbours no longer use their detergent like before.
They continued: “The first thing we will do is get a bowl and add a cup of liquid detergent to it then we will add a cup of water. Add two tablespoons of salt [and] and finally add a tablespoon of baking soda to enhance [the] recipe.”
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In the following step, all the ingredients must be mixed before the preparation can be added to a clean detergent bottle.
“With this, you can clean and shine your sink, plus your burnt pots and pans,” noted the cleaning fan. “[They] will be as good as new”.
Experts at Branded Household have previously backed this method, saying: “Salt is actually quite effective in removing brunt grease from the bottom of pans”.
Santa Plus also notes that salt, known for its whitening properties, has long been used as a detergent because it “cleans stubborn stains in record time”. 
The video amassed more than 12 million views, with thousands of viewers leaving comments beneath the clip. One person wrote: “I saw the video and watched it about three to four times.
“Then I decided I needed to make this, I proceeded to use it and it worked amazingly well. I tested it on one side of the sink only and it’s shiny shiny. Thank you for this great tip!”
Another quipped: “This stuff is absolutely fantastic! This is so cost-effective and quite safe around the kids.”
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