Corks

Crispy_Ambulance

Not much good if you don't have a cat, but ours loves chasing corks around the place, so we tend to keep them for that.

arkonite_babe

VickyA wrote:

A friend used to cut hers in half and eventually had enough to make a cork notice board. A good way to remember all those good (and bad?) bottles of wine. Just like this one:m

My Dad made me a pot stand like this, If I can get a picture, I will edit it in so you can see what it looks like.
If you want to do this and you haven't the patience to wait and gather up your corks, ask bars and restaurants to keep them for you.

HTH

arkonite_babe

Not a great pic, but it gives you an idea of what you can do.
HTH

Contains_Mild_Peril

Lemoncurd wrote:

If you can't find something you want to use them for yourself sell them on Ebay "for craft use". This was something I looked at a while back and was amazed to see some used corks going for £5!

Wow! Was that for a really big quantity then?
Most corks are almost impossible to reinsert into their bottles, so it's useful to keep a few plastic bottle stoppers around for reuse if don't always finish a bottle in one sitting (or during Summer months, even if you do, since flies and wasps can get into open bottles the second you turn your back!)

Sarahsaver

I can't get my head round the fact that some people reseal wine bottles because they arent finished in one sitting! :rolleyes:
ex h made a large noticeboard with corks cut in half. I spose you could use them to make xmas decorations - little people with wool arms and legs and button feet.

Bogof_Babe

Sarah, my sister makes a bottle of red last almost a week! She brings her own when she visits, as we only drink cider in this house. However on the odd occasion when we've been given a bottle of red, we re-seal it so that sis can take it home with her! No point leaving it here, it would only get thrown away.

Sarahsaver

ooh-er! Do you get corked cider? In France it is lovely, and they are only allowed to use fresh apples:) And the trouble of what to do with the corks...

Teerah

Thanks for all the suggestions guys
Special thanks for the pics VickyA and Arkonite_babe

Think I'll have a go at the cork board, just need to collect a few more first, will get others to help collect them for me as suggested :j

hamaradam

my younger sister worked in a takeaway in a run down area when she was 17. One night a rather drunk woman and a sailor came in, she was swigging from a bottle of rum, and staggered over, asking "ave yer gorra cork duck"? my sister said she'd go and have a look, (chef usually threw the wine corks in the bin but there could be an odd one) after searching my sister asked the foreign chef if he'd kept any, he said no. My sister then took her a bit of clingfilm instead, thinking that the woman would be taking a taxi home with the sailor and had to secure the drink. The woman looked puzzled, my sister demonstrated wrapping the clingfilm round the end of the bottle. "there you are - sorted, how's that then?- sorry there weren't any corks he's thrown them in the bin" she looked puzzled, then said "worra bout dr pepper then?" she'd been asking for coke not a cork - she was a yorkie!! :rotfl:

monkmorency

Hi,

I saw an article on how to make Christmas decorations with wine corks here:

AllThingsChrismas.com

I think they're rather nice, although you have to use a drill to make a hole in the cork, which for me would probably end in disaster!