I needed something to clean my various essential oil diffusers with, and the instructions online (and that came with the diffusers) all listed citric acid. Curious what citric acid IS, and what else I can do with it, I realized…you can make CHEESE with it. (Well, with citric acid and a few other ingredients). Cheese making had never been on my to-do list before, and suddenly – I had to make cheese.
So the to-do list that day was quite interesting:
1) Clean diffusers
2) Make cheese
(My family was horrified and amused in equal measures)
So what is citric acid? It’s the acids present in citrus fruits. So far, this is all making sense.
WARNING: When your bag of citric acid arrives, DO NOT open the bag, stick your nose in, and INHALE DEEPLY. (I was curious what it smelled like). I have never experimented with mind-altering substances, but I think the powder traveled far enough up my nostrils and into my brain, and then tingled everything around, to be a similar experience.
Back to work on that to-do list.
The Halechem citric acid is 100% organic. If you are making edibles (like cheese), that is a big plus.
The organic nature of the citric acid is not so important for cleaning the diffusers (this took exactly 30 seconds). Here’s how you do it.
- Make a solution with one tablespoon of citric acid and 100ml of warm water. Let this sit in the water bin inside the diffuser for around 10 minutes
- Dump the solution out of the diffuser, rinse with warm water, and repeat a few times
- Now your diffuser is nice and clean
Ok, time to make cheese.
There are heaps of recipes online to make cheese and I’m not going to share here which ones we used. Why? Because we tried 4 (1 mozzarella, 3 ricotta) and they worked in various degrees of success and failure. They don’t all call for citric acid. What every cheese recipe on the planet SHOULD call for, is to have multiple girlfriends present, and to be drinking wine while making said cheese. (Enough said). I added some photos of the cheese while it was underway, so you can see citric acid at work.
I discovered use #3 that same day when I added some citric acid to my dishwasher and it made all the crap that sticks to the dishes, dissolve. Yay. This is especially useful when cleaning up every single dish in your kitchen that you made messy while making cheese.
So the bottom line – there are apparently 400 fun things you can do with citric acid.
And, the bag reseals perfectly, so it will last you a really long time. Just don’t inhale it when you first open it.
* I received the citric acid for evaluation and review
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Fun with citric acid. Organic. Cheese. Diffusers. Dishes.
I needed something to clean my various essential oil diffusers with, and the instructions online (and that came with the diffusers) all listed citric acid. Curious what citric acid IS, and what else I can do with it, I realized…you can make CHEESE with it. (Well, with citric acid and a few other ingredients). Cheese making had never been on my to-do list before, and suddenly – I had to make cheese.So the to-do list that day was quite interesting:1) Clean diffusers2) Make cheese(My family was horrified and amused in equal measures)So what is citric acid? It’s the acids present in citrus fruits. So far, this is all making sense.WARNING: When your bag of citric acid arrives, DO NOT open the bag, stick your nose in, and INHALE DEEPLY. (I was curious what it smelled like). I have never experimented with mind-altering substances, but I think the powder traveled far enough up my nostrils and into my brain, and then tingled everything around, to be a similar experience.Back to work on that to-do list.The Halechem citric acid is 100% organic. If you are making edibles (like cheese), that is a big plus.The organic nature of the citric acid is not so important for cleaning the diffusers (this took exactly 30 seconds). Here’s how you do it.- Make a solution with one tablespoon of citric acid and 100ml of warm water. Let this sit in the water bin inside the diffuser for around 10 minutes- Dump the solution out of the diffuser, rinse with warm water, and repeat a few times- Now your diffuser is nice and cleanOk, time to make cheese.There are heaps of recipes online to make cheese and I’m not going to share here which ones we used. Why? Because we tried 4 (1 mozzarella, 3 ricotta) and they worked in various degrees of success and failure. They don’t all call for citric acid. What every cheese recipe on the planet SHOULD call for, is to have multiple girlfriends present, and to be drinking wine while making said cheese. (Enough said). I added some photos of the cheese while it was underway, so you can see citric acid at work.I discovered use #3 that same day when I added some citric acid to my dishwasher and it made all the crap that sticks to the dishes, dissolve. Yay. This is especially useful when cleaning up every single dish in your kitchen that you made messy while making cheese.So the bottom line – there are apparently 400 fun things you can do with citric acid.And, the bag reseals perfectly, so it will last you a really long time. Just don’t inhale it when you first open it.* I received the citric acid for evaluation and review
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Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016
So the to-do list that day was quite interesting:
1) Clean diffusers
2) Make cheese
(My family was horrified and amused in equal measures)
So what is citric acid? It’s the acids present in citrus fruits. So far, this is all making sense.
WARNING: When your bag of citric acid arrives, DO NOT open the bag, stick your nose in, and INHALE DEEPLY. (I was curious what it smelled like). I have never experimented with mind-altering substances, but I think the powder traveled far enough up my nostrils and into my brain, and then tingled everything around, to be a similar experience.
Back to work on that to-do list.
The Halechem citric acid is 100% organic. If you are making edibles (like cheese), that is a big plus.
The organic nature of the citric acid is not so important for cleaning the diffusers (this took exactly 30 seconds). Here’s how you do it.
- Make a solution with one tablespoon of citric acid and 100ml of warm water. Let this sit in the water bin inside the diffuser for around 10 minutes
- Dump the solution out of the diffuser, rinse with warm water, and repeat a few times
- Now your diffuser is nice and clean
Ok, time to make cheese.
There are heaps of recipes online to make cheese and I’m not going to share here which ones we used. Why? Because we tried 4 (1 mozzarella, 3 ricotta) and they worked in various degrees of success and failure. They don’t all call for citric acid. What every cheese recipe on the planet SHOULD call for, is to have multiple girlfriends present, and to be drinking wine while making said cheese. (Enough said). I added some photos of the cheese while it was underway, so you can see citric acid at work.
I discovered use #3 that same day when I added some citric acid to my dishwasher and it made all the crap that sticks to the dishes, dissolve. Yay. This is especially useful when cleaning up every single dish in your kitchen that you made messy while making cheese.
So the bottom line – there are apparently 400 fun things you can do with citric acid.
And, the bag reseals perfectly, so it will last you a really long time. Just don’t inhale it when you first open it.
* I received the citric acid for evaluation and review
Fun with citric acid. Organic. Cheese. Diffusers. Dishes.
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016
I needed something to clean my various essential oil diffusers with, and the instructions online (and that came with the diffusers) all listed citric acid. Curious what citric acid IS, and what else I can do with it, I realized…you can make CHEESE with it. (Well, with citric acid and a few other ingredients). Cheese making had never been on my to-do list before, and suddenly – I had to make cheese.Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016
So the to-do list that day was quite interesting:
1) Clean diffusers
2) Make cheese
(My family was horrified and amused in equal measures)
So what is citric acid? It’s the acids present in citrus fruits. So far, this is all making sense.
WARNING: When your bag of citric acid arrives, DO NOT open the bag, stick your nose in, and INHALE DEEPLY. (I was curious what it smelled like). I have never experimented with mind-altering substances, but I think the powder traveled far enough up my nostrils and into my brain, and then tingled everything around, to be a similar experience.
Back to work on that to-do list.
The Halechem citric acid is 100% organic. If you are making edibles (like cheese), that is a big plus.
The organic nature of the citric acid is not so important for cleaning the diffusers (this took exactly 30 seconds). Here’s how you do it.
- Make a solution with one tablespoon of citric acid and 100ml of warm water. Let this sit in the water bin inside the diffuser for around 10 minutes
- Dump the solution out of the diffuser, rinse with warm water, and repeat a few times
- Now your diffuser is nice and clean
Ok, time to make cheese.
There are heaps of recipes online to make cheese and I’m not going to share here which ones we used. Why? Because we tried 4 (1 mozzarella, 3 ricotta) and they worked in various degrees of success and failure. They don’t all call for citric acid. What every cheese recipe on the planet SHOULD call for, is to have multiple girlfriends present, and to be drinking wine while making said cheese. (Enough said). I added some photos of the cheese while it was underway, so you can see citric acid at work.
I discovered use #3 that same day when I added some citric acid to my dishwasher and it made all the crap that sticks to the dishes, dissolve. Yay. This is especially useful when cleaning up every single dish in your kitchen that you made messy while making cheese.
So the bottom line – there are apparently 400 fun things you can do with citric acid.
And, the bag reseals perfectly, so it will last you a really long time. Just don’t inhale it when you first open it.
* I received the citric acid for evaluation and review
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