The humble kitchen sponge - should you sanitize it or replace it? If you are in a dilemma over this one, then you have to read this! A few decades ago, it was quite common in South India to use coconut fiber / coir as a scrub to clean the vessels. Since coconut is the staple diet in most households in South India, coconut coir is available in plenty. After 3-4 days this old coir scrub was discarded and a new one used in its place. After all, there was no dearth of coconut fiber or fibre. But with time, the humble coir scrub became uncool and most women started using store bought kitchen sponges. Waste coconut fiber / coir can be used as kitchen scrubber.
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