Ffion

ffion

Please can anyone tell me how to stop my biscuits going damp in the biscuit barrel.i am always throwing away to the birds

snowleopard61

We don't usually have this problem at home (if we have biscuits in at all) as they don't last long enough to get soggy!

However I've heard of putting sugar lumps in the biscuit barrel (probably an eggcup full of sugar would have the same effect). You could perhaps try an eggcup full of rice (dry, uncooked!).

My former MIL had a little gadget (like a plastic egg shape with holes in it and presumably containing some absorbent material) but I don't know where you would buy one. You could try Lakeland, John Lewis or a local hardware shop?

babyshoes

If you try the suggestions above and they still go soggy, try popping them in a low/medium oven for a few minutes. They will crisp up a bit when they cool down.

laurel7172

Is your biscuit barrel properly airtight?

And Jaffa cakes make other biscuits go soggy...

daska

Eat them faster? Buy a new biscuit barrel? Buy catering packs of individually wrapped biscuits so you don't have to worry about it.

I've tried the sugarlump suggestion, it doesn't work if your barrel isn't airtight, I doubt rice would work either.

snowleopard61

One similar use of rice that worked (to my astonishment) was to dry out my daughter's mobile phone when it stopped working after she got caught in the rain. You bury it in a bowl of dry rice and leave it for perhaps 24 hours or so. We didn't eat the rice afterwards ... but it may be worth saving it to use for the same purpose again!

bossymoo

And if you have a tin that has the drying pouch in the lid, it may be that needs drying, pop it in the oven on low or after cooking, for an hour.

I always pop some kitchen paper in the bottom of my tin, too. And don't store cake in the same as this makes biccies really soggy!

camNolliesMUMMY

I think I also heard kitchen towel soaks up the damp and it was recently on superscrimpers doing this with salad etc in the fridge to stop it going soggy