Beer bread

Beer bread was a popular recipe in 16th and 17th-century European cookbooks, and we totally understand why, as this bread is super easy to make and doesn't require any yeast. This means it also doesn't need time to rise, you simply stick it in the oven! Back in the day, “barm”, which is a foam made during beer fermentation was used by bakers to leaven this soft dough, but a 12-ounce bottle of beer will have the same impact. Any beer will do for this recipe, but dark ones and stout beers

Ingredients for Beer Bread: 

 

Self-Rising flour - 3 cups 

 

Sugar - 6 tbsp. 

 

Beer - a bottle (dark is best) 

 

Butter - 1/2 stick (melted)

Method of preparing the Beer Bread: 

 

Preheat oven to 350ºF (190°C). 

 

Grease a baking pan. Stir flour, sugar and beer together. 

 

Bake for 45 minutes. 

 

Pour melted butter over the top and bake for another 15 minutes.

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Beer to marinate your meat !

Make a Delicious, Tenderizing, Toxin-Fighting Marinade 

 

Of course, there are various ways you can cook with beer, and marinating your meat before you throw it on the grill is one of the best. It works with any meat, and you can be creative by using other ingredients such as marmalades, hams, soy sauce, and fruit to add an extra dash of flavor. It will not only improve the taste, but also soften the meat better than industrial tenderizers. As an added bonus, it will fight the harmful toxins released when you cook meat over charcoal.

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18 Common Food Stains and Ways to Get Rid Of Them

Children are especially prone to accidents with food that leave unpleasant stains on clothes, and those are usually the hardest to remove. The following simple guide will teach you how to effectively remove 18 common food and drink stains so that you can keep your clothes sparkling clean for a long time to come.

Remove solid food stains: 

While eating different meals during the day, small accidents can cause food to spill, leaving stains on our clothes. The stained garment can be salvaged if cleaned on time: 

 

1. Chocolate 

Whether it's in spread or bar form, chocolate is widely loved by many people. This wonderful food can leave permanent stains, and to prevent this situation follow these directions: 

 

* Mix some dish soap with cold water, and gently rub the stain until it disappears. 

 

* Rub the stain with an ice cube until it hardens. 

 

 * If some of the stain remains, sprinkle a little cornflour on it to absorb the rest. 

 

2. Peanut butter 

As a healthy snack or as a sandwich spread, peanut butter is delicious at any time of the day. The oily nuts that it’s made from can cause persistent stains, however, they can still be easily removed: 

 

* Don’t attempt to rub out the stain using a damp cloth, rather place the clothing in the freezer or go over it with an ice cube. 

 

* Remove the garment from the freezer or stop rubbing the ice cube over it and scrape off the frozen peanut butter with a brush. 

 

* Apply rubbing alcohol to the oily stain and then scrub it with a bar of soap. 

 

*Rinse the stained area and repeat the process with the soap until the stain disappears.

3. Cheese 

In pizzas, pies, Paninis and many other foods, cheese is what makes them especially tasty. However, if you find yourself with a cheesy stain on clothes or other fabrics, remove it as follows: 

 

* Apply powder detergent to the stain and let it sit for 30 minutes. 

 

* Remove the detergent and rinse the stained area with cold water. 

 

* If the stain is on upholstery, mix soap with cold water, dip a cloth into the water and rub stained area until the stain disappears.

4. Tomato-based sauce  

Tomato sauce poured over spaghetti is a favorite dish for children and adults alike, but on its way to our mouths, the pasta can easily fall on our clothes and stain them. These sauce stains can be easily removed as follows: 

* Scrape as much of the sauce as possible using a blunt knife or spoon. 

 

* Rinse the stain under cold running water. 

 

* Apply powder detergent on the stain. Rinse in cold water and repeat the process until the stain is removed.

5. Mustard  

Mustard is used to make a wide variety of sauces, sandwiches, and dishes, and it may leave a large stain on fabrics because of its vibrant color. To remove the mustard stains, proceed as follows: 

 

* Use a cloth or paper towel to absorb as much of the stain as possible. 

 

* Scrub the solid parts of the stain with a soft brush. 

 

*Apply a professional stain remover to the stain, soak the garment in a whitening agent, that’s also meant for colored clothes, for a few minutes and rinse it under cold water. 

 

6. Oil Stains  

You can remove greasy stains from clothing, resulting from foods such as hamburgers, fries, and more if you work quickly using the following steps: 

 

* Apply a powdered artificial sweetener to the stain. 

 

* Remove the sweetener, mix some dish soap with warm water, and rub the stain with a cloth until it disappears. stain removal.

7. Strawberries  

Strawberries are a delicious fruit, but they can leave unpleasant stains when we or our children eat them. To effectively removing strawberry stains follow these steps: 

 

* Place the garment into a large bowl and carefully and slowly pour boiling water over the stain. 

 

* If the water doesn’t remove the stain, gently apply white vinegar and rinse in cold water before throwing it into the washing machine. 

 

8. Baby food  

Baby food can leave stains both when prepared and when eaten. To make sure you don’t have to keep replacing baby clothes we recommend remove baby food stains as follows: 

 

* Remove the remaining food from the fabric and pour cold water over the stain. 

 

* Apply some powder detergent on the stain and let sit for 20 minutes. 

 

* Rinse again in cold water and wash as usual.

9. Raw meat  

Cooking with raw meat can often leave us with awful red stains that seem somewhat incriminating, however,these too can also be removed easily: 

 

* Gently pat the stain with a cloth to remove excess liquid. 

 

* Soak the garment in cold water and occasionally rub the stain. 

 

* If the stain doesn’t lift, re-soak the garment, but this time with a mixture of cold water and salt. Rinse in cold water and stain will disappear. 

 

10. Gum  

It’s never fun to sit down only to stand back up and find you have gum stuck to your pants. To remove the stubborn candy from clothes, do this: 

 

*Rub an ice cube or put the garment in the freezer until the gum has hardened. 

 

*Carefully scrape the gum with a blunt knife or spoon, and then rub the remaining stain with white vinegar.

Remove drink and liquid food stains:  

 

Despite their liquid texture, even various drinks and non-solid foods can leave their share of stubborn stains. The following 8 common stains can be removed by simple methods which will leave your garment nice and clean again:  

 

1. Salad dressings  

They add a great flavor to a variety of foods, but salad sauces, especially those based on oil, can leave broad and unpleasant stains on the eye. When this happens, follow these steps and you can remove these stubborn stains as well: 

 

*Apply a professional stain remover or dishwashing soap on the stain and wait for 20 minutes. 

 

* Wash the stain with warm water. 

 

2. Soy sauce  

When cooking up stir-frys or eating sushi, soy sauce is a must. To remove any stains caused by it, follow these steps: Absorb as much of the stain as possible with a cloth or paper towel. 

 

*Apply white vinegar to the stain and then hydrogen peroxide if the stain is particularly deep. 

 

*Wash the stain with cold water.

3. Cranberry juice  

Many people drink cranberry juice to prevent urinary tract infections and to treat many other problems, however, it can definitely leave stubborn stains. To remove them, do the following: 

 

* Mix an equal amount of dish soap and white vinegar and rub the stain thoroughly. 

 

* Wait 15 minutes and rinse the stain with warm water. 

 

4. Beer  

The addition of cool beer alongside a delicious meal is always welcome, but this drink can stain clothes easily. 

 

To remove the alcoholic drink stain, take the following simple steps: 

 

* Rub an ice cube on the stain and wait for it to harden. 

 

* Apply stain remover to the garment and wash as usual.

5. Baby formula 

 

Baby formula may also leave stains, but you can remove them from your child's clothing: 

 

* Mix dish soap, lukewarm water, and a little ammonia apply to the stain and wait 15 minutes. 

 

* Flip the garment inside-out, rub the stain gently, turn it back and apply the solution you prepared beforehand to the stain letting it sit for another 15 minutes. Finally, wash as usual. 

 

6. Maple syrup 

On pancakes, waffles, yogurt or cakes, maple syrup has a unique and sweet taste and leaves stains that are super sticky. Here's how to remove maple syrup stains: 

 

* Mix lukewarm water, dishwashing soap, and white vinegar in equal amounts and thoroughly apply to the stain. 

 

* Let sit for about 15 minutes and rinse with lukewarm water. 

 

* Apply rubbing alcohol using a sponge and rub the stain from the inside- out.  

 

7. Chocolate milk 

A cup of piping hot chocolate in the winter, or a cold refreshing cup of chocolate milk in the summer, is exactly what it takes to bring a smile to anyone’s face. However, that smile quickly disappears when said chocolate is spilled on to our clothing. To remove the stain do this: 

 

* Mix a little liquid stain remover or dish soap with water and apply the solution to the stain. 

 

* Wait 30 minutes, rinse in cold water and repeat the process if necessary. 

 

8. Coffee with milk  

Coffee is another beverage that is loved by many and may leave hard stains. Luckily, they too can easily be removed: 

 

* Sprinkle stain remover liquid on the stain and rub it hard. 

 

* Wash the garment at a high temperature, and if the stain isn’t removed, wash it with a bleach that does not harm colored fabric.

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11 Traditional Cleaning Tricks That Stood the Test of Time

Too often, we tend to opt for the new and shiny things, forgetting about the old school, tried and tested methods. This is also true when it comes to cleaning. With an entire aisle full of cleaning supplies available at every supermarket, we tend to forget all about the traditional and often no less effective cleaning products used by our grandparents and great-grandparents, which is a real shame.

Truth be told, the cleaning methods used by the wiser generations are often cheaper, contain fewer chemicals, and are also way easier to find. In fact, most of them we’ll be able to locate in our own kitchen pantry already. In this article, we wanted to remind you of 11 tried and true cleaning methods that truly outperform newer cleaning supplies. 

 

1. Make your own window cleaning spray 

It may be tricky to find a replacement for store-bought glass cleaners, as most home cleaning products tend to leave streaks and stains behind. But don't worry, grandma's got you covered: simply mix 2 tablespoons of ammonia with half a gallon of warm water (about 2 liters), and you're done. This mixture works just as well as a storebought glass cleaner and get smudges and stain off of mirrors, windows, and glass furniture, all streak-free. By the way, you can also replace paper towels with newspapers when cleaning windows - they work just as well.

 

2. Prevent mildew from collecting on the shower curtain 

 

 

 

It's super annoying when a relatively new shower curtain suddenly starts developing mildew. Fortunately, it's super easy to prevent - simply trim off the bottom seam on the shower curtain. This will ensure that water doesn’t collect at the bottom of the curtain and it dries off before mildew could form. Once the curtain does get a bit grimy, though, you can always throw it in the washing machine together with a towel and it will be as good as new again. 

 

3. Get rid of persistent stains with baking soda 

 

Persistent burnt stains on the bottom of pots and pans can linger on for weeks or months, and no soaking can help get rid of them. Who knew a simple kitchen staple like baking soda could help? But it's true, simply mix baking soda with a little bit of water until it forms a thick paste, and then coat the stain in question with a thick layer of the paste. Let the baking soda dissolve the stain for about 4-5 hours or overnight, occasionally spritzing it with water. Afterward, simply wipe off the baking soda, and the stain should be gone. Repeat several times if needed. 

 

Bonus: the same method works wonders at cleaning the oven without the need to use any chemicals.

 

4. Use coffee to get rid of odors around the house  

 

Coffee has remarkable odor-absorbing and smell-canceling properties - this is exactly why fragrance sellers provide customers with coffee beans as a "nasal palate cleanser". Households have been using these properties for decades to get rid of odors around the house and replace it with a cozy coffee aroma. You can put a small cup of coffee beans next to the garbage, in the fridge, or anywhere else. Over time, it will absorb any unpleasant smells. Needless to say, you won't be able to reuse the beans to make coffee, so this trick works best with cheap beans or old coffee. 

 

5. Make your silverware sparkling clean with toothpaste 

 

Although toothpaste is the most common way to clean one's teeth today, in the past, tooth powder was used for the same purposes. Over time, people also realized that this tooth powder also works great at removing tarnish from silverware without damaging the fragile surface of the utensils. Polishing the silverware with the powder also gave it a nice shine. When the first toothpaste was invented, it too was used to clean silverware, a trick that many of us have now forgotten. 

 

So, if your forks and knives are in need of a good clean, try polishing them with some toothpaste. The trick is to use a plain white toothpaste instead of the gel stuff, though, as it's closer to that original tooth powder formula and is much better at polishing silverware.

6. Use cloth diapers to dust the house 

Did you know that microfiber cloths are made of plastic? It's true, the now ubiquitous cleaning cloths may do a great job at cleaning various surfaces around the house, but all of them are produced from either 100% polyester or a blend of polyester and polyamide. Therefore, using them only causes more plastic pollution, and is by no means environmentally friendly.

 

Luckily, the previous generations have a more eco-friendly solution in mind. It turns out that using cloth diapers isn't just as effective as microfiber cloths, it's also kinder to the environment. This is because cloth diapers are nearly always made of natural fibers, such as linen, cotton, and hemp. An extra advantage to using cloth nappies as a dusting rag is also that they can be cleaned in the washing machine at high temperatures without losing their cleaning properties, unlike a microfiber cloth.

7. An easy solution for wall crayon stains 

 

 

Left your kids or grandkids alone in the room for just a second, and now you suddenly have a crayon masterpiece in the middle of the wall? It's a known issue, and we're hardly the first generation to deal with it. Yet again, our grandparents have a solution for us, so let's not reinvent the wheel and listen, as we should. Get some dry cleaning solvent, soak a cloth in it, and proceed to erase the masterpiece from the wall. 

 

This method is extremely effective, but be careful and patch-test in an inconspicuous area of the wall first to make sure that it doesn't leave any stains. This trick shuld also probably be best avoided on antique wallpaper or very old walls. 

 

8. Fight soap stains with more soap!  

 

Soap scum can be quite difficult to clean up, unfortunately, but once you realize that most soap scum is just build up soap mixed with body oils, the job becomes much easier. If you've seen your parents and grandparents clean the bathroom with dish soap or even laundry detergent, you might have been puzzled, but it's actually the smart thing to do, and they knew it well. This is because both of these detergents are formulated specifically to remove oil and grease stains from surfaces, and now that you know what soap scum is made of, it becomes only logical to use them to scrub away the soap scum from the shower. We urge you to try it.

 

9. Render your carpets dust free with tea  

To say that a dusty and smelly carpet is the source of all evil is hardly an exaggeration because the majority of dust and debris in the room comes precisely from the carpet. When we're walking or sitting on the carpet, or when our pets are rolling around on it, all of the dust and dirt goes up into the air, and it then settles on the furniture, making it look as if you've never dusted your house in the first place. Not to mention that all this dust is also the perfect place for germs to stick around. 

 

Therefore, having a quick solution for this issue is really important, and at times when you don't feel like it's time to wash the carpet just yet, but need a quick fix to get rid of dust and bad smells, reach into your kitchen pantry for some loose leaf tea. Simply sprinkle plenty of tea evenly over the carpet, wait for 15 minutes, and then vacuum the carpet as usual. This method is sure to help you get rid of stale odors and dust from the carpet. 

 

10. Leftover beer can be easily reused to clean your home 

 

 

Yes, people in the past did utilize beer in a variety of ways, too, and it turns out that the alcoholic beverage is not only beneficial when it's inside you. They used old or leftover beer to refresh wooden furniture, for example, by simply soaking a cloth with beer and varnishing the surface of the furniture with the beverage. The beer may make the furniture a bit sticky, but you can get rid of the stickiness by simply washing the beer residue away with a damp cloth. The result is pretty amazing - the beer will tint the wood into a nice golden-brown color. 

 

11. Absorb spills with salt 

 

 

Just a sprinkling of salt can do wonders at absorbing fresh liquid stains and making them look less apparent. This trick works on any surface, too, be it wood, carpet, or even clothing. Simply sprinkle some salt on the fresh stain, let it sit and absorb the stain for a few hours, and then dust off and wash the item in question with soap and water. This clever method works on all kinds of stains, even persistent ones like those left by ketchup or red wine.

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