Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

PipneyJane

Goood morning All

Somewhere on this thread or its predecessor is a tip to put spring onions into a glass of water when you get them home from the shop.  I’d never done it, just dumped them into the veg drawer in the fridge, where they’d keep for a week or so.

 Anyway, earlier this month, I heard the tip mentioned on a podcast and decided to try it (I’m 99% certain it was Martin’s BBC radio podcast).  On 14th February, we purchased some spring onions.  This time, with that tip in mind, I put them in a glass of water on the kitchen windowsill AND YES! It does work!  These are the spring onions after two weeks, looking very healthy:



- Pip

Siebrie

Another tip I've heard is to start using them up from the tip, as that's the first bit to go off. So, don't finish them one after the other, but the top inch from all, and then the next inch from all.

London_1

another thing I do is when I have bought a celery as I live alone it can take awhile to use it up so I wrap it in tin foil and keep it in the fridge and it lasts for ages. I also like sweetheart cabbage and I do the same with that highly wrapped in tin foil and only cut off what I need to cook and rewrap it and store in the fridge . The stalks of broccoli sometimes are quite long so I cut them off wrap in cling film and freeze then when I'm cooking a casserole they get sliced up and chucked in as extra green veg. I hate wasting anything edible at all
JackieO xx

Pixie_Cosmo

I started buying gem lettuces as it's cheaper than bags. I use old greek yogurt tubs with water in to keep them and celery / spring onions / herbs fresh. Change the water daily. It also keeps them on view so I'm more likely to use them than if they are hidden at the bottom of the fridge :-) I did grow gem lettuces last year in containers which worked well!

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I love this thread so good to see new posts, we all need more ways to save the pennies more than ever now.
I don't like to waste anything, I have a brocolli stalk in the fridge ready to be chopped up to go into a soup.

PipneyJane

HI everyone.

You know how beauty magazines always advise readers to use a lip brush, in order to utilise the quarter of the tube that is otherwise inaccessible?  Well, I have a similar problem with those crystal deodorants.  I’m currently using Salt Of The Earth brand, because that’s the only one H&B now stock.



About a 5th of the stick is below the rim of the plastic casing.  I’ve been using this one since September 2022, that’s 20 months so far.



Yesterday, my darling DH took an old dinner knife to the edges of the Salt Of The Earth crystal and pried the crystal away from its base.  Result!



Let’s see how long this one lasts.  When I used a different brand, which wound up and out of its base, the crystal broke away from the base and 100 grams lasted me 31 months from start to finish!  Very MSE, especially when bought on 3-for-2 instead of £6.49 each.  (Yes, I know that’s 7-ish year’s supply.)

- Pip

Living_proof

@PipneyJane I too use salt of the earth and agree it lasts forever. I once remarked so to the cashier in Holland and Barretts superstore in Manchester. She simply didn’t believe me and obviously thought I must reek! I confess to using a cheap roll on for gym sessions but other than that a stick lasts 2 or 3 years.  When the stick is unusable I force out, bash to smothereens and dissolve in water. Into a spray bottle or two and then I can use in summer on feet, under chest etc. which has been very successful. Waste not ……

PipneyJane

Living_proof said:

@PipneyJane I too use salt of the earth and agree it lasts forever. I once remarked so to the cashier in Holland and Barretts superstore in Manchester. She simply didn’t believe me and obviously thought I must reek! I confess to using a cheap roll on for gym sessions but other than that a stick lasts 2 or 3 years.  When the stick is unusable I force out, bash to smothereens and dissolve in water. Into a spray bottle or two and then I can use in summer on feet, under chest etc. which has been very successful. Waste not ……

Definitely, @Living_proof.  I don’t even need to dampen it first, just wipe it over wet skin….

Too late for my most recent stock up, but I noticed yesterday that H&B now sell a 70g plastic free version.  It looks exactly like the original crystal deodorant that my flatmate used to use back in the 1980’s.  (It was not noticeably cheaper.)

- Pip

Primrose

Reverting to another money saving theme, in case I,ve not mentioned it previously, I heartily recommend a visit to the library to borrow "Nella Last's War.  It the true diary of a northern based housewife during World War II in which she records her daily battles with rationing and all her clever little hints for stretching food rations and generally "making do".  It,s a fascinating read and a reminder of what a little ingenuity can achieve.

kimwp

Primrose said:

Reverting to another money saving theme, in case I,ve not mentioned it previously, I heartily recommend a visit to the library to borrow "Nella Last's War.  It the true diary of a northern based housewife during World War II in which she records her daily battles with rationing and all her clever little hints for stretching food rations and generally "making do".  It,s a fascinating read and a reminder of what a little ingenuity can achieve.

Ooh! As part of my 40 by 40 challenge, I'm aiming to read 40 books, I'll add this to the list