Clean vegetables and fruit with baking soda. Sprinkle in water, soak and rise the produce.

To keep icings moist and to prevent cracking, add a pinch of baking soda to the icing.

If sweet cream is just starting to sour,restore the sweetness with a pinch of baking soda.

When scalding a chicken, add 1 tsp. of soda to the boiling water. The feathers will come off easier and flesh will be clean and white.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to high-fat gravy for better consistency.

Wash food and drink containers with soda and water.

Deodorize your fridge and freezer by putting in an open container of baking soda to absorb odors. Stir and turn over the soda from time to time. Replace every 2 months.

Clean your cutting boards, Inside of microwave, fridge and freezer with dry soda sprinkled on a damp cloth. Rinse with clear water.

Sprinkle soda on barbecue grills, let soak, then rinse off.

Give baby bottles a good cleaning with soda and hot water.

Run you coffee maker through its cycle with a soda solution. Rinse.

Rub stainless steel and chrome with a moist cloth and dry baking soda to shine it up. Rinse and dry. On stainless steel, scrub in the direction of the grain.

To remove stubborn stains plastic surfaces, scour with a paste of soda and water.

Wash out thermos bottles and cooling containers with soda and water to get rid of stale smells.

Clean Formica counter tops with baking soda on a damp sponge.

Wash glass or stainless steel coffee pots (but not aluminum) in a soda solution ( 3 tbsp. soda to 1 quart water).

Be sure to keep an extra box of baking soda by your stove in case of grease or electrical fire. Scatter the powder by the handful to safely put it out.

Take 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water to relieve acid indigestion or heartburn.

To remove strong odors from your hands, wet your hands and rub them hard with soda, then rinse.

Reduce odor build-up in your dishwasher by sprinkling some soda on the bottom. Run your dishwasher through its cycle with soda in it instead of soap to give it a good cleaning.

Once baking soda has lost its punch, use it in the refrigerator or freezer to absorb odors.