Frugal Living with Pat Veretto

The Ultimate Baking Soda Pages

Do you have a one pound box of baking soda handy? Then you have a whole shelf's worth of cleaning, cooking, laundry, health and personal care products for a fraction of the cost. Baking soda is a very inexpensive substitute for many things that cost a good amount of money otherwise and here are the tips to prove it.

Baking soda is made from a naturally occurring substance mined from the earth ("trona" - sodium sesquicarbonate) and nontoxic so it can be used around babies, pets and the elderly with no fear of harming them or the environment. It's an amazing remedy for many personal health problems as well as a great personal hygiene help.

Baking soda is as much a part of most households as windows and floors. It's used to make glass, deodorize restaurants, launder clothing, and prevent rashes. Other tips include odor control, acid neutralizer and a gentle scrub, among other things.

Just how and when to use it, you'll find in the following pages, but first, a very frugal tip to get you started:

Make a box of baking soda do double duty by using it first to deodorize the refrigerator, under sink or wherever you need it, then use it to clean and polish your sink or bathtub or scrub black marks from the floor, etc.

The familiar yellow box is easily spotted on the shelves of many stores, but look around. Other brands and sizes are becoming more common. They're all baking soda, plain and simple. And quite amazing.

Now, on to the Ultimate Baking Soda Pages:

Cleaning with baking soda
Cooking with baking soda
Health and first aid using baking soda
The history of baking soda
Uses for baking soda in the laundry
Miscellaneous and varied uses for baking soda
Outdoor uses of baking soda
Baking soda for personal care
Care for pets with baking soda
Baking Soda: What it is
Baking Soda: What it is Not

Got a tip for using baking soda that isn't included in these pages? Email me at pat@patveretto.com. I'll use every tip I can, but please, no old wive's tales or folk medicine that can't be validated.

-- Pat Veretto