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The oven-cleaning mistake almost everyone makes — why mixing baking soda with vinegar backfires There’s a reason a deep-cleaned oven often looks disappointingly streaky a day later. Many home cooks follow viral advice, throw together baking soda and vinegar, wait for a fizzy show, and then scrub until their arms ache — only to find … Read more

If you cook often, you’ll know the quiet despair of the greasy film that creeps over your hob, backsplash and cabinet doors. You spray, wipe, spray again, and still there’s a slick, slightly tacky residue that never feels fully clean. Here’s the twist many people don’t realise: the simplest, cheapest ingredient on your baking shelf … Read more