rubbing alcohol, Borax, all kinds of interesting, unsuspecting stuff. But one

藥用酒精、硼砂等等這些有趣又可以信賴的東西來做清潔工作，但是還有

thing I haven't shown you how to clean with, that definitely deserves its own

一個東西我還沒告訴你要怎麼運用，而它也絕對值得專門用一支

video is table salt. This stuff not only seasons your food but makes cleaning

影片來介紹，那就是食鹽。食鹽不是是用來為食物調味，也可以讓清潔工作

significantly easier. So stick with me and I'll show you how to put this stuff to

便得簡單許多。跟著我吧！我會為你展示如何善用食鹽

good use. For those of you who follow me on Instagram, I am @MelissaMaker,

作清理工作的方法。厚臉皮要來工商服務一下，給那些想追蹤我Instagram的人，我的帳號是MelissaMaker

shameless plug.

You all know that I love cooking with my Le Cruset skillet. The reason this is so

你們都知道我愛用 Le Cruset的長柄淺鍋來烹飪，因為

great is because it gives you that beautiful sear and that's why people love

它實在很棒，它能讓肉排表面焦化以鎖住內部水份，這也是為什麼大家這麼喜愛

cast iron so much. The thing is the cast iron is delicate little baby and needs to

鑄鐵鍋的原因，問題是，鑄鐵鍋就像皮膚細緻的小嬰兒一樣，需要

be cleaned in a very particular way so believe it or not the best way to clean

以非常特殊的方式來清理。信不信由你，我認為清潔

cast iron is to use simple table salt and there are two ways to do it. The first

鑄鐵鍋最好的方法只需要食鹽就行了，而這又可以用兩種方式來做：第一種

way, involves filling your pan halfway with water, sprinkling in a couple

方法，是將水裝滿個半個鍋子，撒上兩茶匙

tablespoons of salt and heat it over medium heat on your burner. Use a wooden

的鹽，然後將它放在火爐上以中火加熱。用一支木製

spatula to gently scrape off anything remaining on the bottom, it's kind of like

鍋鏟輕輕刮掉鍋底的殘渣，這有點像是烹飪時

deglazing your pan but without any wine, then dump it out wipe with a paper towel

利用酒將鍋底的焦香刮起，使其風味再回到食物本身的過程，只是這裡不用酒，再把它倒倒掉後，用紙巾擦一擦

and your cast iron pan is all good. The other way you can do it is by just taking

你的鑄鐵鍋就洗好了。另一個方法是你可以單用

that salt, putting into the pan dry and using a plastic scrubby to scrub off any

食鹽，將它乾燥地撒在平底鍋裡，使用塑膠製的菜瓜布擦掉所有

of those remaining pieces of debris, dump up the salt and wipe

的殘留物，把鹽倒掉，再用紙巾

it clean with a paper towel.

擦乾淨

Drinking red wine is wonderful. The problem with red wine is it's makes us

喝紅酒是一件美好的事，但隨之而來的問題是，喝了酒以後我們就越會

talk with our hands more and spill red wine on clothing or tablecloths or

比手劃腳地說話，就會把紅酒灑到衣服、桌巾或

carpets. So a quick fix for dealing with red wine stains is as follows, take paper

地毯上。一個快速處理紅酒污漬的方法如下：拿紙巾

towel, blot up the stain as quickly as possible, you want to get all that of

盡快地把污漬吸乾，把水份完全

moisture up. The next thing you'll do dump table salt on top of that wine stain be

吸乾。下一步，你要做的是，倒一些鹽在酒漬上，鹽要充足，

liberal. Let it dry. You might need a few hours, you might have to leave it

放著讓它乾，你可能要需要幾個小時，可能必須把它放著

overnight, but the good news is next morning dump that salt off or vacuum it up, throw

過夜，不過好消息是，隔天早上把鹽倒掉或用吸塵器把鹽吸掉之後，把

it in the wash or treat that stain and the wine will come right out. Now once you've

它丟去洗一下或處理一下，酒漬就馬上可以去掉了。一旦你

gone through the whole rigamarole of getting the salt on top of that stain make

完成這一整個以鹽去污漬的冗長過程後，再看看

sure you finish that glass of wine. You are going to need it.

你那杯紅酒是不是已經喝完了，這時你會需要它的

Whether you drink coffee or tea you understand the drama of having your

不管你是喝咖啡還是茶，你都會了解這個富戲劇性的狀況：

stainless steel items stained. Kind of weird right? Anyway there is a really easy

你的不鏽鋼留下污漬了，有點奇怪吧？無論如何，這裡有個很簡單的

way to fix this. All you do and I call this my tequila trick, is add some table

方法可以處理，你所要做的步驟，我將之稱為龍舌蘭戲法，就是在容器內放一些食鹽，

salt into the item, take a lemon wedge or half a lemon use that to agitate the salt

取一個檸檬角或半顆檸檬去攪動污漬附近的食鹽，

around the area with the stain, rinse it and before your eyes you will see that

再沖洗它，你就會眼睜睜地看到污漬立即不見了

stain come right off.

Obviously, when I cook I've got to spend a lot of time at the cutting board and

當我在烹調食物時，我明顯會花很多時間在砧板上，

because I cut all kind of interesting things namely beets, strawberries, stuff

因為我會切各種有趣的食材，就是甜菜根、草莓這種會將砧板染色的，

that dyes the board, smelly things like onions and garlic, cleaning, getting rid

還有會發出臭味的，像是洋葱、大蒜這種東西，所以砧板的清潔、去

of stains and getting rid of odors on this board is a very important thing for me to

污、除臭對我而言就很重要。

do. There is a really easy way to do it and it involves nothing more than table

有一個很簡單的方法，而且只需要食鹽

salt and that lemon. Take a few tablespoons of salt and spread it over

和檸檬就好，將幾茶匙的食鹽散布在

your cutting board you want to have a good amount of grittiness to it. Then take half a

砧板上，你會希望砧板上的鹽粒有足夠的量。拿半顆

lemon, squeeze the juice on top of that salt and now use the lemon as a sponge. So

檸檬，把汁液擠在鹽上，再把檸檬當作海棉

you are going to start scrubbing in a circular motion lifting up all of those

開始以畫圓方式擦洗，清除所有的

stains and odors. When you're done give it a quick rinse, dry it well and lay it

污漬和氣味，完成後，快速沖洗一下，讓它能充分乾燥。將它倚

up against the backsplash or your sink so it can dry. You do not want to lay this

靠著防濺牆或水槽，以便乾燥，你不要將它

flat. It has to be upright so that it doesn't warp. If you like the idea of a

平放，它必須是直立的，才不會壞掉變形。 如果你喜歡

powdered cleanser for cleaning your stainless steel pots and pans or even your sink, but

用粉狀清潔劑清理你的不鏽鋼壺、平底鍋甚至是水槽，但

you want a little bit more oomph than what plain old baking soda can offer, I have a

又想得到比普通、傳統的小蘇打粉更強一點的效果，我有個

quick little tip for you, mix one part banking soda with one part table salt, add

快速的小訣竅可以提供給尔，那就是把小蘇打粉和食鹽混合在一起

that to your stainless steel item that needs cleaning. Throw in a little bit of

放進需要清理的不鏽鋼物，再丟進一些

dish soap, clean as usual and you will see the salt adds that extra grittiness that

洗碗精，然後就像平常一樣清理，你就會看到鹽所增加的砂質

makes cleaning that much easier. Although salt has been demoted from being used as a

讓清潔工作容易了許多。雖然鹽已經從幾百年前作為貨幣的功用，被降級成

currency several hundred years ago to something that we season our food with, at

我們用來調味食物的東西

least we can give it a little bit more use by cleaning with it. There are lots of

但至少，我們可以用它來清潔，讓它有多一點用途，在屋子裡有很多

other cool things you can clean and do with salt around the house and I would

你可以用鹽來清潔或處理的事情，

love to know if you have any salty cleaning or household secret.

如果你有任何利用鹽清理或處理家務的秘方，我會很樂意知道的，

So please let me know in the comments down below. I would love to hear about them and

所以請留在下面的評論欄讓我知道吧！我會很想聽的，

maybe we will revisit this topic in a future video. You can follow me on

也許未來的影片裡我會再回顧這個專題。你可以在Instagram裡追蹤我，

Instagram. I am @MelissaMaker, the camera guy is @TheChadReynolds, we are

我的帳號是Melissamaker ，攝影的那個傢伙是thechadReynolds，而我們節目的帳號

@cleanmyspace. There is a button down there that lets me know you care so click

是 cleanmyspace ，下面有個按鈕，可以讓我知道你有在關注這個節目，所以

it if you liked this video and click this button right here to subscribe and begin

如果你喜歡這支影片，就點一下吧，再點一下這邊的按鈕來訂閱這個頻道，然後就可以開始

your journey to a cleaner life. Thanks so much for watching

你的清潔人生了！非常感謝你的收看，

and we'll see you next time.

下次再見！

Well it's that special time of the week where I get to throw you to a couple of

嗯，到了這週的特別時間，我要給兩支

other videos I think you are going to love. If you haven't seen it already you

我想你們會喜愛的影片，如果你還沒看過，你

need to definitely check out our video on how to clean with baking soda and you can

絕對有需要去看一下「如何利用小蘇打粉作清潔工作」及

also check out our video how to clean with vinegar. Don't forget to visit our website

「如何利用醋作清潔工作」兩支影片。不要記去拜訪一下我們的網站

it's cleanmyspace.com lots of interesting cleaning stuff goes on over there and

cleanmyspace.com，那裡討論了許多有趣的清潔事務，

we've got a link for you which is click-able or copy-able down below so

我們也在下面放了連結，你可以點擊或複製來看看

check it out. See you next week.

下星期再見。