Brilio.net - Grapes have a combination of flavors, sweet and sour. This fruit also has a lot of water content, so it feels refreshing.
On the other hand, grapes are also high in nutrition, you know. Reporting from healthline.com, grapes have lots of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to reduce the risk of cancer, prevent diabetes, healthy eyes, and so on.
However, usually grapes that have just been picked from the garden or bought on the market still contain a layer of wax or pesticides. So it's better to clean the wax layer first before eating.
To clean the wax layer on wine , many people try to use a number of ingredients. One example is using flour, so that the wax on the grapes disappears and looks shiny . However, netizens on the Instagram account @nindidewi_ have other tricks that are no less effective, you know. After investigating, he doesn't use flour, but relies on another kitchen ingredient.
"Don't just use water, guys, because the pesticide hasn't disappeared," he stressed, quoted by BrilioFood from Instagram @nindidewi_ on Wednesday (7/2).
First, put all the grapes in a bowl. The owner of the Instagram account @nindidewi_ also cleans strawberries. Then, sprinkle enough baking soda over the fruit. Yup, baking soda is the main kitchen ingredient for cleaning grapes. Then, pour water until all the fruit is submerged, and stir well.
photo: Instagram/@nindidewi_
After that, let the fruit soak in the baking soda solution for approximately 15 minutes. Then, discard the water and rinse the fruit with running water. Not only that, the netizen known as Nindi also washed the fruit once again, but used drinking water. The fruit is ready to be consumed.
photo: Instagram/@nindidewi_
How about it, it's really a simple trick to clean grapes from this layer of wax, isn't it? Taking a peek at @nindidewi_'s Instagram upload which has been watched 956 thousand times, quite a few netizens are enthusiastic about this trick, you know.
"Can you use baking powder or not, bro," asked Instagram @sischawidya1198 and received a reply from the video owner, "No, bro, because I once read that if you use baking powder, grapes and strawberries can rise."
"Using Sanlite which makes fruit is also safe," wrote Instagram @k.azwar02.
"For me, I use salt + dish soap, rinse with normal water, then finally rinse with drinking water," said Instagram @arksetyaa.
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