Rice and its many useful properties: discover how many ways it can come in handy at home

Rice is a fantastic resource. In addition to being a food product which has spread throughout the world due to its great versatility and the fact that it can be grown almost anywhere, it has a thousand other truly wonderful properties.

It is a very nutritious food and some oriental peoples consider it as great for skin care. And among the thousands of uses that can be made of rice, some concern household chores. However, not everyone aware of this fact.

Here are some of the ways in which rice can be very useful in situations relating to home care:

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• To absorb bad odors: Rice is really phenomenal in absorbing smells of any kind, and is a bit like baking soda. For this reason, if you put some in a cup or divide it into small bags to be placed in critical areas, it can be useful for eliminating any type of smell. You can use it in any room of the house, including the bathroom, where unpleasant odors of various kinds are more frequent. And, precisely because of its great absorbent power, if you mix a few drops of any perfumed essential oil into it, it will also release a nice perfume into the air.
• To absorb humidity in the home: In addition to absorbing odors, rice has the ability to absorb and remove humidity in the home. For this reason, placing cups or bags full of rice around the home will help dehumidify the air as well as helping to neutralize unpleasant odors. Using rice, for example, when drying clothes near radiators will be a ideal to restore the right degree of humidity in the home.
• To repair wet electronic devices: And again, due to its power to absorb moisture, rice is invaluable for saving devices that have accidentally gotten wet. For those who don't already know this, if you drop your phone into water, the first thing to do is put it in a bowl filled with rice.
• For polishing silverware: Few people know that the starch contained in rice is a substance capable of making silver more shiny. To clean silverware, for example, try soaking the items in the water you cooked your rice in. Leave it in the starchy water for a few minutes, then rinse off and pat dry. Your silverware will shine again. 

Did you already know about any of these alternative ways to use rice?