Place a marble in your tea kettle to prevent the kettle from scaling.

White vinegar works well as a scale remover for electric kettles and steam irons.

To clean inside of teapot, if scales gather in the pot or spout, pour 1 1/2 to two tbsp. of Spic and Span into empty pot. Fill to brim with boiling water, let stand until cool and rinse well.

Run a piece of paper towel through the cutting mechanism of your electric can opener. It will absorb the grease and grime.

A damp cloth dipped in cigarette ash will clean the bottom of your electric frying pan.

Nail polish remover will take off any plastic which has melted on the toaster.

Dry baking soda and a damp cloth will remove stains from chrome appliances.

Use baking soda to clean chrome and the glass door of oven.

Sprinkle soda generously on the bottom of your oven, let sit for one hour and wipe clean.

If your oven isn't too dirty, a saucer full of household ammonia placed in the oven the night before cleaning will soften the residue. (Beware of the vapours when cleaning).

To clean oven racks put in bathtub with 1/2 cup dishwasher detergent. Soak for 30-45 minutes. No scrubbing required.

To easily clean a broiler pan, sprinkle the hot pan heavily with dry laundry detergent. Cover with a dampened paper towel and let sit for a while.

To clean oven and barbecue grills, put in bathtub with ammonia and water.

Put an open container of ammonia in a plastic garbage bag with your barbecue grill. Set in the sun for a couple of hours. Take out grill and rinse clean.

To clean barbecue and oven grills, place in bathtub with dishwasher soap and hot water.

To clean your whole stove from top to bottom, put all removable parts from your stove and oven into a large garbage bag and pour in a couple cups of ammonia. Seal the bag with a twist tie and let it sit for several hours or overnight. Rinse clean with warm water.

Put tinfoil, shiny side down, on your gas grill. Turn on high for 10 minutes. When cool, remove foil and the grill will be clean.

If something catches fire in your oven, sprinkle the fire generously with salt or baking soda. This will stop the flame and smoke immediately.

Place wax paper under ice cube trays in the freezer so they won't stick.

To clean a stained bread board, sprinkle with salt and rub it all over with the cut side of a lemon.

To remove onion smell from breadboard, sprinkle board with baking soda and scrub.

Once every six months cover your chopping board with vegetable oil and let stand overnight. Then, wipe off the oil. The board will last indefinitely.

To keep wooden salad bowls from drying and cracking, wipe them inside and out with a paper towel soaked with cooking oil. Do this in the evening and in the morning wipe off excess oil. Repeat about once a month.

To clean counter tops scrub with a paste of baking soda and water. Let sit for 1/2 hour and wipe with a wet sponge.

Ammonia and water cleans grease from cupboards. Use one-part ammonia to five-parts water.

To prevent rust stains under your metal canisters when water is spilled on the counter, keep your canisters sitting on plastic container lids. The lids will raise the canisters about 1/2 inch off the counter.

Keep the top of kitchen cabinets clean. Unroll clear plastic wrap and cover the cupboard top. When cleaning time comes, simply roll up plastic wrap and throw in the garbage. Replace with fresh wrap.