7 Surprising Things You Can Clean with Cream of Tartar — Cleaning Tips from Kitchn

Many of us have cream of tartar in our cabinets, an infrequently used ingredient for baking that we break out about twice a year. I always just assumed it was some kind of mineral, but recently learned it's actually an acidic byproduct of the wine-making process. Like other tasteless baking tools (looking at you, baking soda and yeast!) its main role in cooking is to create chemical reactions: stabilizing egg whites, activating baking soda, and preventing sugar crystals among them.

And interestingly, those same chemical properties can help in cleaning! Here are seven things you can clean with cream of tartar.

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