being organised

culpepper

Magentasue wrote:

Yuk to UHT or dried milk - none of us like it. As for an extra penny or two a pint for doorstep milk, make that an extra 20p a pint or thereabouts. At 6 pints a day, I can't justify that.

You could try keeping a tin of non sweetened evaporated milk for emergencies. I used to use this for the kids as they needed full cream when younger. You need to reconstitute it with water .I think it is 1:1. It tastes much creamier than either UHT or dried.

Magentasue

No, no,no! It has to be 'proper' milk. Have tried ALL the alternatives and none of them are any good for kids to drink, for tea and coffee and cooking. It's something we can't compromise on!

foreverskint

i too have started to keep uht skimmed milk for use in custard and sauces, and to be honest nobody noticed the difference.I find that if i'm using skimmed to make custard a good whisk with a balloon whisk makes it seem creamier.

maryb

Magentasue
I am fussy about milk and don't like UHT or dried either. And when we are on holiday even French pateurised tastes a bit different to me. But I find I really don't notice if I mix ordinary semiskimmed half and half with reconstituted dried -even in tea.
worth trying if you're really running low

angela110660

pavlovs_dog wrote:

whatever you do, even if you love the site, DONT sign up for the newsletter/emails...30+ in a day is beyond a joke. if you can ignore that ChocClare, you're more of a woman than me!!!

But you can opt to have the emails all condensed into one message per day and this is what I do and it is much easier to pick what you want/do not want to view. I have been a Flybaby for 18 months and little by little it has made me realise how much I procrasinated about stuff and what I can do when I focus in short periods of time. eg mowed the front lawn in 12 minutes last night whilst the tea was cooking. Would have just stood and watched the proverbial pot that never boils normally. Felt very pleased with myself I can tell you.

pavlovs_dog

how do you go about that angela?

one i could cope with, 30 i cant (even my inbox couldnt handle it, repeatedly failed to recognize it as kunk, even when i asked it to!)

Iona_Penny

Crikey I thought I was getting more organised with a menu plan for the week but compared to Queenie.... I found it is ffatal not to make sandwhiches for work until the morning coz there is never enough time and then I have to buy lunch. I really do try and keep out of the supermarket as I found I was going 3 or 4 times a week and always spending too much. Now I go to the tiny little shop 500yds away ( the till is a wooden drawer!!) I can get bread and the odd pinta and the fruit and veg or tin. Yes it costs more but I then only buy what I want and the converstion is great too!

For the bulk of the milk we drink I have it delivered by the milkman. This was a conscious decision I took years ago as the milkman has a family and needs a livelihood. The extra cost pays for milk to be on my doorstep when I rise sun, rain, -6 degrees you name it.
Anyway it was the milkman who told me about the overgrown allotment now being tended by my friend and I with the hope of produce this year, so in a peverse way my milkman may have saved me money!!!!!!

amarillo_2004

I talked about this thread to a friend, who recommended the Scarlet O Hara approach to life. Yes, I have a new motto: "for tomorrow is another day". If today goes pear shaped I've decided that doesn't mean goive up fir the week. Simple, but working (so far)

I love this idea (though I'm less in love with wearing my curtains, however money saving that might be!)

spendaholic

Thanks to Magentasue for making me think about the price of milk.

For years I've been keeping an eye on the price of milk in newsagents and corner shops and such, and I didn't think I was doing too badly, only spending about 1p or 2p more on a pint from our milkman.

But yesterday, when we were doing our shop, we priced it up: We're paying 47p per pint, about to go up to 48p per pint ... and Tesco do it in pints for 32p.

Now I know it's more cost effective to get bigger bottles, but there are only 2 of us and Misterholic doesn't have as much milk as me, and I only have more cos I have cereal for breakfast. So we'd end up chucking more out cos it's gone off. Incidentally, we checked the dates and they were over a week, but once opened we find it has to go within 24hrs.

So, after our holiday, we're going to cancel the milkman and start buying it from Tesco. We're not cancelling him yet cos my parents will be coming up from Brum to house/cat sit, and would prefer to be already in a routine before abandoning them with no milk.

This should save me around fiver month. And when we expect guests, we can get the bigger bottles.

Curry_Queen

spendaholic wrote:

Incidentally, we checked the dates and they were over a week, but once opened we find it has to go within 24hrs.

As long as you keep it in the fridge between uses, and don't have a horrible habit of drinking straight from the bottle, there's no reason an open bottle shouldn't last at least 4-5 days. I buy the 4pt cartons and there's only really my son that drinks it and it will last us up to week without going off