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Before You Clean Your Kitchen With Vinegar, Infuse It With This Comforting Spice By Moriah House Dec. 7, 2025 12:00 pm EST

Vinegar isn't just for shaking up homemade salad dressings and cooking perfect rice . In addition to its myriad culinary applications, the acidic kitchen staple is also a cleaning powerhouse, perfect for everything from deodorizing smelly sinks to effortlessly cleaning dishwashers . Vinegar is a fabulously versatile, cheap, and natural alternative to store-bought cleaning products. Slightly less fabulous? Vinegar-based cleaning solutions tend to leave your kitchen reeking of, well, vinegar for hours afterwards.

While the pungent smell of vinegar is certainly preferable to the funky dishwasher odors that it vanquishes, it's not exactl

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