how to get smell out of thermos snack pot?

Butterfly_Brain

I use Bicarb in my flasks, top up with boiling water an leave overnight

liz545

You can also get them in Robert Dyas - I make porridge in mine by half filling it with oats, topping it up with boiling water, then popping the lid on. By the time I get to the office, the porridge is "cooked" and I can have a hot breakfast at my desk - perfect for hectic mornings!

dirtyflannel

stop being so tight and get yourself down to poundstretcher less than a fiver there could always car boot it at a later date let someone else have the problem lmao

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

liz545 wrote: »

You can also get them in Robert Dyas - I make porridge in mine by half filling it with oats, topping it up with boiling water, then popping the lid on. By the time I get to the office, the porridge is "cooked" and I can have a hot breakfast at my desk - perfect for hectic mornings!

Aw I just checked and it's out of stock

pavlovs_dog

liz545 wrote: »

You can also get them in Robert Dyas - I make porridge in mine by half filling it with oats, topping it up with boiling water, then popping the lid on. By the time I get to the office, the porridge is "cooked" and I can have a hot breakfast at my desk - perfect for hectic mornings!

i LOVE this idea. because of the timings catching my two buses to get to school my 30 min journey will take more like an hour. I love the idea of being able to have a decent breakfast before i start work though. will definitely have to try this!

thriftmonster

I would suggest bleach and water left overnight- but you would have to rinse it very thoroughly. I used this method for dh for a dewar that someone had left in the lab and it ponged - think large vacuum flask costing several hundred pounds - and it's come up really well and doesn't smell at all- although it is metal not plastic.

ZCC72

dirtyflannel wrote: »

stop being so tight and get yourself down to poundstretcher less than a fiver there could always car boot it at a later date let someone else have the problem lmao

:eek:

But that defeats the OS system of ethics - people have been whipped for less!!:D

I use Milton Sterilising tablets - you can buy them in small boxes (takes up less space than a bottle that way). The tablets can be snapped in half, making it last twice as long. I recently used half in a flask (I forgot I had tea in there. Not pleasant a week later!)

It's also hypnotic watching them fizz.......

wogglemaker

liz545 wrote: »

You can also get them in Robert Dyas - I make porridge in mine by half filling it with oats, topping it up with boiling water, then popping the lid on. By the time I get to the office, the porridge is "cooked" and I can have a hot breakfast at my desk - perfect for hectic mornings!

Darn it, they are out of stock. A couple of these would be perfect for my frequent stays in hospital (OH has to do home made food runs for me), I get mega cravings for fruit, veg and healthy food

pavlovs_dog

dirtyflannel wrote: »

stop being so tight and get yourself down to poundstretcher less than a fiver there could always car boot it at a later date let someone else have the problem lmao

whatever for when i have a perfectly serviceable one at home that needs nothing more than a bit of a clean (using things like bicarb which i would normally have in the cupboards anyway?)

mardatha

I was going to ask much the same question. I have a big plastic bowl that I made bathbombs in and now I can't get rid of the perfumey smell. I will try bicarb !