Sugar is one of the most popular products in the world, which is used to prepare sweet dishes and drinks.
However, it can be used not only in cooking, but also in other areas. You will be surprised at how much this white sweet sand can do besides adding flavor to food products.
7 Powers of Sugar
1. Soothes a burnt tongue.
Sometimes we greedily pounce on a bun just taken out of the oven, we can’t resist hot soup, we sip freshly brewed tea. And now a burnt tongue prevents us from enjoying the taste of our favorite desserts and causes discomfort.
To soothe the burnt area and reduce pain, place a piece of sugar on your tongue or sprinkle a little on the affected area. After a while, the discomfort will noticeably weaken or disappear completely.
2. Homemade fly trap.
A sweet trap will help get rid of flies and wasps. Mix 1 cup of milk, 50 g of sugar and 30 g of ground hot pepper in a saucepan. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. After the milk syrup has cooled, pour it into small trays or bowls. Place it in the kitchen or any other place where there are a lot of flies or wasps.
3. Ant repellent.
Mix powdered sugar and soda in equal quantities and sprinkle in places where ants gather. Sugar will attract them, and soda will kill them.
4. Hand scrub.
We often get our hands dirty while working in the garden, in the workshop or at home. What to do if soap doesn't help? You can use granulated sugar as a homemade scrub. The abrasive particles will help remove stubborn dirt.
Place about 1 teaspoon of sugar and a drop of oil on the palm of one hand, then rub your hands together thoroughly for a few minutes. Then rinse with water. The sugar acts as an abrasive, which helps the oil remove dirt, paint, or grease. Your hands will not only be clean, but also soft, because this product does not dry out or injure the skin, unlike, for example, soap and a hard brush, which you have to scrub off dirty skin.
5. Increasing the shelf life of some products.
Sugar not only makes baked goods tasty, but also helps keep them fresh longer than usual. Place bread, loaf or buns in an airtight container and add a few sugar cubes. Thanks to this trick, baked goods stay fresh and do not go stale for several days longer. You can store hard cheeses in the same way so that they do not go moldy.
6. Cleaning.
Sugar can be used to clean some surfaces, such as metal faucets and sinks. To do this, mix sugar with water and apply to the surface, then rub with a soft cloth.
7. Fertilizer for plants.
Sugar contains glucose, which stimulates the growth and development of plants. To do this, mix 1 tablespoon of sugar with 1.5 liters of water and water the plants.
As you can see, sugar can be used not only in cooking, but also for other purposes.
