How to Remove Stains with a Lemon

Published on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

How to Remove Stains with a Lemon

CHOW Food Editor Aida Mollenkamp gets tomato sauce and salsa out of delicate fabrics using fruit and some gentle rubbing.

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  • my mom did this on a red cotton dress that had some white trim. She washed the dress, the red bled onto the white trim, and I cried! Big, broken hearted, 16-yr old, gotta-wear-it to-the-dance-tonight sobs!

    Never fear, Mom always saves the day!

    Meyer lemon juice, soaked the red stains& hung dress in the sun, stains came out! Mom and lemon juice are the heroes once again.

  • Should be cold water

  • Is the running water hot or cold? That makes a difference with some stains....

  • WOW,, does it work on chocolate ganache?

  • That is genius. More uses for my overproductive lemon tree!

  • how does that work?