Tips that really make your life easier

Lexxi

I figure that if everything is being boiled up/baked then it kills off bugs and rarely peel or wash, somethings gets rinsed and leeks get a wash.

jalapenojojo

I was a mushroom poster on the other thread! I confessed to being a 'peeler'...

My time saving tip is online food shopping, a real lifesaver, and it does save me money as I can take out all those impulse buys at the end when I realise how much they add up to!! Ok today it cost me £3.95 delivery but the shop is a 30 mile round trip from me

DianneB

Surely button mushrooms only need a wash, but the big flat ones with open 'gills' need peeling, the skin is tougher and they absorb a lot of unwanted water.

Primrose

When peeling small pickling onions for pickled onions, or to put them whole in casseroles, soak them first for a couple of minutes in warm water. It softens the skins and makes them much easier to peel without parts of the skin tearing off.

mammyof7

poet123 wrote: »

In a house of five males, buy all plain black socks and put them in a basket, no pairing of socks, ever.

I do exactly this! However I do it with the older girls too, so in our house there is 6 people who basically just share socks . The only difference is my youngest son and daughter, and I must admit that this is only because the plain black socks don't fit them (yet:)).

peachyprice

dingdongavoncalling wrote: »

Much to my amusement from another thread.....

You don't have to waste time peeling mushrooms.....Honestly! I never have and I'm still alive!

Nor carrots and parsnips.

poet123

mammyof7 wrote: »

I do exactly this! However I do it with the older girls too, so in our house there is 6 people who basically just share socks . The only difference is my youngest son and daughter, and I must admit that this is only because the plain black socks don't fit them (yet:)).

There are six of us too, because all through winter I wear black socks with my boots for work.

Works well....until DH decided when away on business and running short of socks (you would think that at his age he would have grasped the concept of washing socks in hotel sink) to buy some with striped toes and heels!!!! Cue looks of horror from me when they hit the wash basket. Guess what? They go unpaired.....

Gillyx

The sock thing made me laugh because me and OH do the same, and the ones that aren't plain black just get paired any old way

belfastgirl23

Ready cooked fish - trying to be healthier and this has made a huge difference. Can be reheated in the micro if I want it hot or eaten cold.

victory

peachyprice wrote: »

Nor carrots and parsnips.

Nope, never peel carrots and def never have peeled mushrooms:rotfl:

The jar on the side, knife in one edge, releases the air you can hear it pop and it comes off very easily then:D