You Need to Try This Viral Wooden Spoon Cleaning Hack
Sure, it may be gross, but this viral wooden spoon hack will have you running into the kitchen to try it yourself.
When was the last time you cleaned your wooden spoons? No, like really cleaned them? A viral TikTok video by a 20-year-old student teacher has sparked a cleaning trend for the cooking utensil.
In the video, which has climbed to more than 20 million views, user Bonnie McNamara soaks a wooden spoon in boiling water. The spoon then begins to shed layers of what appears to be caked-on food. Watch and observe in the video below.
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Users had mixed reactions. Some were repulsed by the video, while others appreciated the deep-cleaning discovery. One top commenter, @winniethelou, wrote, “sometimes I like to remain in ignorance. This is one of those times.”
McNamara, who runs the popular @miss.clean.with.me account, has more than 200,000 followers on the popular social media app. Her videos, which focus on cleaning hacks, have more than 5.5 million likes.
A Yahoo article says the best way to clean a wooden spoon over the long term is to “wash it with hot water and soap quickly after each use,” then “patting it dry with a clean cloth and then letting it air dry before putting it away.” Another option is to use a diluted bleach solution to disinfect wooden spoons.
“Restaurants employ this step, plus a high-temp dishwasher cycle, to eliminate bacteria on the surface of these versatile utensils,” a My Recipes article suggests. “At home, however, this isn’t really necessary unless you just prefer to go the extra mile.”
Next, check out the viral trick that will make your pots and pans look brand new.
