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A CLEANING enthusiast has shared a cheap trick for cleaning wooden utensils – and you shouldn't put them in the dishwasher.

Washing up is the one chore many dread at the end of the day – the adult responsibilities have drained you and you want to call it a day as soon as you're done with dinner.

To make life easier, most will chuck their dirty plates, pots and utensils in the dishwasher.

But according to one cleaning fan, Melanie Lionello, you shouldn't trust this machine with your washing up.

The Aussie foodie and nutritionist took it to her TikTok channel to show just how filthy the wooden utensils are even after a shower in the dishwasher.

''I bet your wooden spoons are not nearly as clean as you think,'' she said in the viral video.

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Holding a large wooden spoon, which at first appeared to be completely clean and with no food residue, Melanie then proceeded to demonstrate a hack that, according to her, would get rid of all the dirt.

For this, cleaning enthusiasts will need a glass jar, a generous sprinkle of bicarbonate of soda and boiling water.

Once you've put the wooden utensil in the jar and have added a scoop of the common baking staple, grab the kettle and pour the boiling water on top.

After fifteen or so minutes later, the bicarbonate of soda had done its magic and the Aussie showed viewers how murky the once crystal clear water had become.

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''As you can see, it is absolutely disgusting.''

She left the mixture for another 15 minutes, saying the spoon '''had some more cleaning to do''.

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''I recommend doing this every couple of months with your wooden spoons, especially if you use them a lot like me.

''And that way you know that they're properly going to be clean.

''Super helpful if you use pigmented ingredients like turmeric, tomato, paprika, oil.''

The clip has taken the internet by storm, racking up close to 250,000 views in just six days.

But despite Melanie's advice, not everyone was sold on the trick, and viewers were left divided.

One critic pointed out: ''They are called flavour sticks for a reason.''

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Another added: ''Don’t forget that wood is naturally antibacterial.''

Someone else claimed they had ''been using wooden spoons for years and just get washed in sink with other dishes'' – yet still hadn't ''died or had food poisoning''.

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