It’s that time of year again. Time to pull the good silver out of the box to set your holiday table, only to discover that your once-sparkling forks are black with tarnish. Since tarnished silver doesn’t impress your guests—it’s ugly and tastes funny—and it’s a waste of good silverware to hide it back in the box and use the stainless steel everyday stuff, you’re probably going to want to clean your silver. Except that you don’t really want to, because cleaning silver is difficult and time-consuming, right? Actually, it doesn’t have to be. I can show you how to clean silver in ways that are quick and painless. Also, as always, the methods you’ll see here are easy on the environment.