Lifes too short to...

Boatie_Bird

starlite wrote:

peel carrots/turnips beetroot etc. hell, I even eat Kiwi fruit with the skin on!lol

A friend who's visited New Zealand said he was sitting with some natives as he peeled a kiwi fruit, they all started laughing at him and said they never peeled them. They just rub them on their jumper/shirt/whatever to remove the hairs on the skin!

lynzpower

oooh another one remembered- sprout mung beans to make own beansprouts.

never again

Quasar

Definitely ironing for me! :eek: Ok I sometimes HAVE to do it, but not if I can at all help it.

Ah, I hardly plan my meals... I know this is a big OS mainstay, but living alone as I do I seldom do elaborate cooking, unless I entertain guests. A salad or pasta will do, and since I buy only organic, that's hardly moneysaving...

Bogof_Babe

Hand wash clothes. There's a perfectly good hand wash/delicates program on my Zanussi. Okay it takes six times as long and uses gallons more water, but it's worth it.

Also I tend to use the tumble dryer when it seems like too much bother to pull out the retracting washing line, secure it, peg everything out, unlock the shed to get the clothes prop... Besides which our garden is on such a slope that it's hard work clambering up and down it.:p

starlite_2

I handwash bras, beacause, except when breastfeeding a bra doesn't actually get that dirty!?

Plus it's worth the few minutes of my time if it saves ruining them or getting underwire stuck in the machine.

catznine

lifes too short to ... make pastry! I buy the frozen blocks:o In 30 years of marriage I have never managed to make good pastry.

lynzpower

catznine wrote:

lifes too short to ... make pastry! I buy the frozen blocks:o In 30 years of marriage I have never managed to make good pastry.

me too! Im never ever going to learn hoew to make puff pastry properly, I just cant see the point anyway :rolleyes:

justin138

Life's far too short to bother cooking from scratch, recycling, housework, eating, showering etc. There again I'm now bored so do what I can. j/k of course.

Anyone want to help me make a cruck cottage gingerbread house (1/6th size) out of oak? Now THERE'S something worth doing!

Jo (really MUST get my own name)

Smashing

Calculate whether it's cheaper to boil a kettle or put the boiler on
Watch anything featuring Anthea Turner

moogiegirl

Life is too short for ironing, I hate it, would actually prefer to go to the dentist!