| So you are going to disinfect your dishcloths | | | | But what about keeping your microwave oven |
| and kitchen sponges in your microwave oven | | | | clean from leftover food particles! |
| rather than using your germ ridden | | | | |
| dishwasher! | | | | This is one of the toughest jobs encountered |
| | | | in our day to day life. It is not always |
| This is a good idea as your microwave oven | | | | possible to rinse your oven after every use! |
| can kill 99% of pathogens that inhabit your | | | | And often we find that the container gets |
| sponges and dishcloths within two minutes as | | | | hot! |
| a study in the Journal of Environmental | | | | |
| Health reported. | | | | To fight this problem you can use silicon |
| | | | sheets. There is a cavity protection system |
| It is even better when, on an average, a | | | | available on the market that uses these |
| hundred thousand people report cases of food | | | | silicon sheets to keep microwave ovens free |
| poisoning every month in the UK and the damp | | | | from leftovers. These systems also help to |
| and warm kitchens are known to be great | | | | keep the container cool as you can cook |
| breeding grounds for germs! | | | | almost fifty percent of daily food off the |
| | | | base. |
| However, be sure that the sponges and clothes | | | | |
| are well soaked in water or you may end up | | | | You can reuse these silicon sheets if you |
| with a nasty fire. There are already reports | | | | wish; however, they are only reusable if |
| of such an accident from Shropshires Fire | | | | there is not much spillage on them. To add to |
| Service. | | | | this, silicon sheets do not react with food |
| | | | ingredients and thus there is hardly any |
| Scientists add that it is just enough if you | | | | threat to your health. |
| repeat this process every second day. They | | | | |
| also assume that it is the heat rather than | | | | This is also a good way to avoid unwanted |
| the microwave radiation that brings this | | | | blendings of smell and taste of different |
| benefit for us. | | | | foods. Along with this, a messy microwave |
| | | | oven will cook slower and more unevenly. |
| You can also use a pressure cooker to | | | | |
| sterilise your dishcloths and sponges if you | | | | You can also use some other methods to keep |
| do not want to use your microwave oven for | | | | your microwave ovens clean but do not use any |
| this purpose. | | | | aluminium foils or other metallic objects. |
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