Each housewife has lids in her kitchen arsenal. They are a must, if only for cooking. And everyone has them, I am absolutely sure of that.
Previously, the lids were made from the same material as the pots. If the pan is aluminum, then the lid is aluminum, if it is enameled, then the lid is enameled, and so on.
If you look now, modern stainless steel cookware and modern non-stick pans are in great demand.
And they come with them, but they do not go to the pans, as a rule, glass lids, with a metal edging along the edges.
In principle, there is a certain convenience. These lids come in size, so it's easy to pick them up to a saucepan or frying pan. The cost of caps ranges from cheap to expensive.
My wife and I choose the middle version, and we have seven of these lids in our house, all of different sizes.
They are, of course, comfortable, but they have one drawback, they like to get dirty. Fat settles on them, and sometimes in very hard-to-reach places, and to wash it out, you still need to contrive.
And here it is just right to recall the aluminum and enamel lids, there were no problems with their washing. There are simply no secret places where fat hides in them. I took a sponge from the feri, washed it quickly, and they are like new. But with glass ones, and even those with a metal edging along the edges, you have to suffer! Because the fat settles just in the crack, which is structurally provided between the metal edging and the glass. At least pick it out with a fork, or with a needle. Frankly, I personally tried it, but I could not achieve the maximum result.
And then the wife wondered how to solve this problem, how to properly wash the lids so that they would shine, and there would be no dirt on them, even in this ill-fated gap.
My wife is smart, and of course she found a way out. Now I'll tell you how she washed all the covers in our house as efficiently as possible.
And she did it as follows:
1. I took a glass lid with a metal edging, turned it over, and poured regular hydrogen peroxide into it. Then, holding the lid in her hand, she made a circular motion, so that the peroxide covered the entire inside of the lid, and also got into the ill-fated gap;
2. I left the lid in this state for 15 minutes;
3. Then, again taking the lid in her hand, she made a circular motion;
4. In the next step, baking soda was used. She poured it into a salt shaker and poured it as evenly as possible over the entire inner surface of the lid. I poured it in such a way that the soda completely closed the gap between the metal edging and the glass.
5. I sprinkled hydrogen peroxide on top of the soda. The reaction began. I waited 5 minutes, and with a thin knife with a cloth, I went through the crack. All the dirt that was in the gap ended up on the rag.
6. Well, then it's a matter of technology, the most inaccessible place is washed, it remains to wash the lid inside and out with an ordinary dishwashing detergent.
Thus, my wife washed all 7 lids, now they are clean and as good as new! Thanks to my wife!