Great Tips... one liners

apprentice_tycoon

Marigold123 wrote:

When cooking frozen food that needs defrosting, defrost overnight in the refrigerator, (check it's completely defrosted before cooking), which saves a bit of electricity on keeping the fridge cold.

Very good point that I'd never thought of - I knew that it made sense to save electricity but not microwaving your frozen stuff, (that will save a penny or 2 maybe even more, there will probably be someone who knows how much it costs to defrost a 3 pound chicken in the micro) but it didn't occur to me that it would keep the fridge a little colder saving another penny or 2

Curry_Queen

Marigold123 wrote:

And if you have a stockpot, (for soups/gravies, etc), you can pop it on after cooking dinner, while the ring is still hot. (Though you need to use more electric/gas to boil it up properly each time - for food safety reasons - so not sure whether this works out cheaper than heating up from scratch on Economy 7, or not.)

I guess that would only work for people with electric cookers as gas is instant on/off and doesn't retain any heat when it's switched off.

Marigold123

Curry_Queen wrote:

I guess that would only work for people with electric cookers as gas is instant on/off and doesn't retain any heat when it's switched off.

Yep, totally right - not quite sure why I phrased it like that. I hate using electricity to cook on, but I haven't got a choice at the moment. I'm slowly getting used to it.

KTFrugal

If using a pressure cooker to "quick soak" beans, lock the lid and as soon as it comes up to pressure, turn the heat off. The pressure will be retained for the few minutes that you would generally be boiling the beans for. Leave them in the pan, for an hour, as normal.

apprentice_tycoon

You can make a pull-on bib for a baby out of a smallish sweatshirt, you cut everything away except the neck and most of the back and fronts, cut them to the shape and size you want, no need to sew.

Str4berr3

Hate the smell of Fried Fish?
Burn a couple of tall candles in kitchen to reduce the smell.

Str4berr3

Gently brush bobbly wollens with FINE Sand Paper to get rid of bobbles.

Str4berr3

Rub a candle on a hot iron to get rid of any burns in the iron, then qiuickly wipe away with a unwanted clothe like rags.

ksh123

heather38 wrote:

soak your dirty shower curtain in the bath with a little bio washing powder for about an hour or so and then rinse. will look as good as new

I just bung my shower curtain in the washer, comes out good as new......

henhog

This sounds so obvious but it really saves money - instead of buying books join your local library. I used to think I was saving money by buying books online, in supermarkets etc only for them to sit on my shelf and eventually be carted off to the charity shop. I don't mind at all not having the book to keep, and the library had loads of copies of all the best sellers so you never have to wait.