Oven Care

Cleaning Your OTG- When you have stubborn food drippings stuck all over the bottom of the Oven,cleaning it becomes a very difficult task.Gather the following "oven cleaning" ingredients: household ammonia, baking soda, white vinegar, 2 ovenproof shallow glass bowls, sponge, rubber gloves and some boiling water.Get to work:

1.Preheat the oven at 200� for 15 mins.

2.Line one glass bowl with approx 1 inch of ammonia.Place it on the top shelf of the oven on a wire rack.

3.In the other glass bowl, pour about 1 inch of boiling water.Place this on the bottom shelf.

4.Close the oven door and leave for at least 2 hrs; leave overnight if the oven is heavily soiled.

5.After 2 hrs (or the next morning) make the oven cleaning paste as follows: In a glass bowl, pour 1 tsp ammonia, 1 tsp baking powder and a capful of white vinegar.Mix thoroughly.

6.Remove the glass bowls containing ammonia and water from the oven;and the wire racks.

7.Using a damp cloth, wipe out the oven well.

8.Dampen the sponge and work in the cleaning paste with it.Scrub all surfaces well � the insides, the glass and even the outside.Most of the grime should be off by now.

9.For particularly stubborn spots, let the paste sit on for a bit before scrubbing.Finish with a swipe of damp cloth.