Hot Water for Cleaning – Yeah It Works

My pal Marye just posted an excellent read, Natural Disinfectants in the Kitchen. I don’t usually highlight single posts here, but Marye’s post covers an excellent topic. She notes that people, even people who are all fussy about using natural cleaners will pull out the harsh stuff when it comes to kitchen cleaning. She’s not wrong. I’ve seen folks do this too. Raw meat scares the heck out of people.

However, you don’t need harsher chemicals in the kitchen.  Marye offers some natural cleaners that I agree with, that will fight germs – even the ones hanging around due to raw meat. Honestly, hot water is amazingly efficient. In my microbiology and nursing courses in college, hot water proved just as efficient at killing germs as other more toxic chemicals. The power is in the scrub, not the treatment. And if you think I’m kidding, you’ve obviously never washed your hands in a chemical soap, then held them under a germ black-light – I have. You’d be amazed at the bacteria that slips past cleaners.

Read the post.