Foods that can be eaten and also used for cleaning items.

Some foods we eat have amazing cleansing properties that you may not know about. Below are 5 common kitchen foods that have two uses in one.

Banana peels are very effective at polishing silverware - Photo: Shutterstock

Banana peels can be used to polish silverware.Rubbing banana peels on silver items will make them look brand new.

Tomato sauce brightens up the copper pan.The acid in tomato sauce will remove tarnish from metal products like copper pans. Apply tomato sauce to a cloth and rub it onto the pan, then leave it for about half an hour and rinse it off.

Cucumber peels are used to scrub the foggy bathroom mirror.If your bathroom mirror is foggy, you can rub some cucumber peels on it. The mirror will be sparkling clean without needing to scrub with soap.

The bread roll contained broken glass.Take a piece of bread and dab it onto the broken glass; all the small pieces will be cleaned away.

Table salt and white vinegar can be used to clean carpets.Is there a small stain on the carpet? Mix table salt with white vinegar to form a paste and scrub the stain, then use a vacuum cleaner to clean it one last time.

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