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| So not my kitchen! Would be 2 times worse. |
Here is what I ended up doing yesterday that may save you some time in the kitchen or at lease remind you to do it.
1. Clean that coffeepot. I don't just mean the pot, but the whole machine, inside and out. Inside particularly. We'd been seeing an odd film on the top of the coffee water, almost oily like. We thought it was due to something in our well water so we installed a water filter at the sink. This worked alright, it lessened the degree of the film so we just dealt with it. Yesterday though I had one of those light bulb moments and the bulb didn't burn out. I realized that since buying the coffee pot back in December that it had NEVER been cleaned out. This is a pretty simple, but long process.
- 1 cup of white vinegar
- 5 cups of water
When I did this, omg the yuckiness that came out. The water was a dingy brown with brown bits in the bottom, that may or may not have been old coffee grounds.
Repeat the first step, you do not have to let it soak this time unless you want to.
This time the water was clearer, but still dingy and though there was junk in the bottom of the pot, it was also less.
At this point I ran two consecutive pots of just water, to clean the machine of the vinegar and to get out anymore bits of junk. The third pot was pretty clear with some bits and the fourth pot was really clear with just a couple specks.
This morning the coffee we made still had a slight film, but not to the degree it had before. I think I may flush it out with clean water a couple more times as the coffee was a bit bitter as well, perhaps from the vinegar, or perhaps because my husband made the coffee...I will never know.
2. Clean your oven. Nasty job this is, but nothing is worse than thinking you have burned the dinner rolls because something had leaked and left a mess inside the oven - which is what really was burning. I have one of those self-cleaning ovens...nice except in the summer when it is 104 degrees outside and you are trying not to make it the same temperature inside. I usually save this job for November, so out I broke the pretty yellow gloves and oven cleaning spray. Honestly the best course of action is to NOT have to clean the oven in the first place, but spills and runovers do happen. What I decided to do since I do not use the lower rack all that often was to cover it in foil. That way, if something does leak out, then I just need to replace the foil. Quick and easy cleanup I say. Just remember to replace the foil if it does it dirty or the next time something leaks out of the casserole dish, you'll be breaking out the cleaning supplies again.
Now to get back to the kitchen.
