Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

sparrer

As there's only me at home now and nothing gets very dirty I wash everything on the economy wash, it takes 36 minutes and gets everything just as clean as on the 2 hour wash. If there's a rogue grease spot from baking etc., (when I forget to wear my wipe-clean apron ) I put a tiny drop of Stardrops on it and scrub it in with an old toothbrush before washing.

If you get those cards with a perfume impregnated scrap of gauze, wipe the gauze on your wrists then tuck it into your bra. Your body heat will bring out the perfume for an evening.

ellie-g

Now the good weather is here, I do not spin my clothes at all. I just let them drip dry on the line. Less creases and less electricity .

pamsdish

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Here we are. Nicer than Mr Brain's. I got this from another thread and changed it slightly for my needs. You really need a mincer, blender or food processor, though you can do it without if you are prepared to spend time shredding - you need to cook the meat first in that case.

Be sure to pulse the breadcrumbs last as the liver leaves the food processor very messy and the breadcrumbs clean it. They also save any scraps of liver from being wasted.

1 kg of belly pork
500g of lamb's liver
500g of bacon offcuts - salty gammon is good
5 bread crust -
2 Free range eggs
500g onions - more if you make onion gravy
Salt, pepper and dried sage.
If you have your own food processor or mincer, then these are really easy to make.!

1. Cut the rind off the belly pork, cut into cubes and pulse in the food processor until minced.
2. Add to a large mixing bowl, or clean washing up bowl.
3. Cut bacon into chunks, I use 'bacon off cuts', and again, pulse in the food processor until minced, add to the mix.
4. Skin and roughly chop the onions and then blitz until small chunks. If making onion gravy, chop 1kg and put half aside.
5. Cut liver into chunks and pulse, be careful not to puree it, add to mix.
6. Place five bread crusts in the processor and blitz, add to the mix.
7. Add four heaped tablespoons of dried sage, one tablespoon of salt and one tablespoon of ground black pepper.
8. Crack two eggs into the mix.
9. Roll up sleeves, get your hands in and mix thoroughly.
10. Form into balls and place into several deep baking dishes and roast in a hot oven for approx. 30 - 40 minutes.
11. Whilst they are cooking, fry the onions if using, pour gravy granules on top and make a litre and a half of gravy. I don't bother with onion gravy.


12. After 30 minutes, add the gravy evenly over the dishes and cook for another 10 minutes.

13. Leave to cool.
14. Bag into portion sizes for your needs.

I made 20 massive 'meatballs' but could easily have made them smaller to get 24.
I ran out of gravy for the last lot, as I only made a litre (!) so froze the faggots in a bag when cooked, without gravy.
When using, I defrosted them in the micro, then added gravy and warmed them through in a glass dish in the micro. With mustard instant mash and frozen peas, a tasty meal was ready in under 15 minutes.

Thank you so much finally got round to them yesterday, delicious, I used pork mince I already had, the rest per your recipe, made them as my sister was visiting, she took 8 home with her, I was a bit nervous about pulsing too much but next time will do a little longer, the bread cleaned the machine marvelously. :A

mcculloch29

Thanks Pamsdish, I'm so pleased you liked them, made all the effort of editing that after copying it out worthwhile.
Glad that the pork mince worked well, I often see that reduced in Mr T's, another recipe I can use it with.

Wombatchops

Does anyone have a sneaky cheap way of getting rid of smells from the carpet on cars? The door seal on my car has gone funny, and with the recent rain, my car got soaked. It now smells of damp, and I want to get rid of it. Although I will say that, given a lot of people's misfortunes with the recent bad weather, I know I should count my blessings that this has been the only rain-related mishap that I have incurred.

Bublin1

Wombatchops wrote: »

Does anyone have a sneaky cheap way of getting rid of smells from the carpet on cars? The door seal on my car has gone funny, and with the recent rain, my car got soaked. It now smells of damp, and I want to get rid of it. Although I will say that, given a lot of people's misfortunes with the recent bad weather, I know I should count my blessings that this has been the only rain-related mishap that I have incurred.

How about putting a few of those moisture absorbing thingys in the car. Poundland/99p sell them. They look like clear round gel balls in a tub.

Debsnewbudget

Wombatchops wrote: »

Does anyone have a sneaky cheap way of getting rid of smells from the carpet on cars? The door seal on my car has gone funny, and with the recent rain, my car got soaked. It now smells of damp, and I want to get rid of it. Although I will say that, given a lot of people's misfortunes with the recent bad weather, I know I should count my blessings that this has been the only rain-related mishap that I have incurred.

Bicarbonate of soda is used to take smells out of fridges - not sure if it would do the same for cars ?

Wombatchops

Thanks Debsnewbudget and Bublin1. I have some bicarbonate, so I'll use that first. Poundland is out of my way, so if the bicarbonate doesn't work, I'll try the moisture absorbing thingy. With the bicarbonate, I'm thinking sprinkle it on, leave it an hour or overnight, then vacuum it up?

Mistral001

Uniscots97 wrote: »

I normally only fill my kettle with enough water for my cup of tea but sometimes if I'm a little short in the amount I've boiled then instead of boiling more if I pour just enough water to fill up my cup into the kettle which is still warm and swirl it around for about 20-30 seconds. It warms the water enough that it won't totally cool your drink.

I do this sometimes. Good to know I am not the only one!


Related to this but maybe a bit off-topic, it was brought to my attention a while back that it is considered rude not to fill the kettle after you use it so that it is ready for the next person using the kettle. Has anybody heard of this one? I think it is common in workplace tea break rooms, but I am not sure how common. If it is common then I must be considered a bit rude in some of my past workplaces - I am self-employed now BTW.

Frugalsod

Wombatchops wrote: »

Thanks Debsnewbudget and Bublin1. I have some bicarbonate, so I'll use that first. Poundland is out of my way, so if the bicarbonate doesn't work, I'll try the moisture absorbing thingy. With the bicarbonate, I'm thinking sprinkle it on, leave it an hour or overnight, then vacuum it up?

Exactly it is useful on carpets so should work perfectly in a car. If you allow it to stand for some time it should work its magic.