So what does your husband stick in the marmalade each morning?

julie03

lets hope you dont put the coffee spoon back in the sugar bowl after stirring, thats a major crime in my house.

Paulie'sGirl

Thanks for this, you've had me in stitches.

I would advocate snagging a load of those mini jam jars the next time you're in an hotel. Fill the little jars with either HM jam or from a big jar. 5 minutes one day means a week's marmalade supply set up, and marital harmony to boot. Saving on the cutlery, just whack the jars in the dishwasher and set aside for the next week. Voila!

PGxx

peachyprice

I'm sorry to say, I'm the double dipper in our household, there's crumbs in the butter, the marmas, the peanut butter, the jam and the lemon curd, I drive my OH mad.

dogcat_2

Yuk...yuk...and more Yuk....I have to use a clean knife for each.....

meritaten

PhylPho wrote: »

Meritaten: you are an absolute treasure and seeing as Tigsteroonie has turned me down, are you likely to be free in the near future?

I have spent this past year reading / hearing about the dangers of double dip and your post is the first that's ever explained it.

Sadly, we don't have any servants and being sophisticated, I tend to view sterling silver jam and marmalade bowls as slightly pretentious. But I do have a Souvenir from Skegness pot handcrafted by a Chinaman in Slovakia (or vice versa) and will now try to find it.

I may be free (but high maintenance) as my Oh doesnt really get double dipping!

You dont have servants? oh dear - I am not changing from being one persons servant to another!

I have some rather delightful bone china jam and marmalade receptacles - but as they would look rather odd with your Skeggness pots from Slovakia (beautiful country you know - lovely people) have to turn down your proposal.

coolcait

PhylPho wrote: »

... Mrs P and I are about to celebrate 41 years of untrammelled marital bliss. This is due to two reasons:

1) we have never had a trammel, ...

Quite possibly one of the best lines of all time :rotfl::rotfl:

And a superb thread, which goes straight to the nub of so many problems in so many marriages (you should pardon the phrase).

Not to mention how it encapsulates the problems faced by the whole country - nay, the whole world.

(and made me laugh...)

Thankfully, our house has never had issues with 'double dipping' in the marmalade!




But we have strawberry jam issues of global proportions

Kimitatsu

But you should put it to Mrs P that your double dipping has kept the scottish economy going from strength to strength! Far from deriding your wastefulness she should be applauding your efforts to keep the scots, prescription charge and university fees free.

Think you are underappreciated meself!

As for the cutlery - take meritatens advice and get a servant. Lots to be had in Skeggy in the winter........

MaidMarianofNottingham

How about scooping out a dollop with your tongue when her back is turned ?

Owain_Moneysaver

Why don't you warm a jar of marmalade till it's runny and pour it into a clean squeezy bottle?

mysparrow

It could be much worse - my OH licks the cutlery & then double dips! I have separate jam now (& have sharpened the edges of all my utensils...)