Great Tips... one liners

Penelope_Penguin

JulieJesta wrote: »

I was given a lot of cot sheets (thank you freecycle!) but my baby has a cotbed, which is bigger.
I get two sheets. You end up with a nice neat bit underneath (bed side). The spare can then be used as dusters... or for the real nappy users, washable wipes!

Good tip - I'll add it to the One Liners thread to keep ideas together

Penny. x

Mrs_Weasley

i really really do, i spent alot of time at my grandparents house and i wish i ahd taken more notice of the things she did...althought things are coming back to me now:D

Anyway a few weeks ago my mum emptied her loft and found some of my grandmas old recipes cut out from newspapers and magazines:D also housekeeping guides!! Dating from the 1940's up to 1970's i couldn't just put this on the flylady thread as there are recipes as well so would anyone be interested in some little pearls of wisdom? and recipes (some of them are very strange!) i've found....this one had me and bertie in stitches...

picture is of a bed with beautifully folded back sheets blankets and eiderdown! underneath it says...."TRAIN your children to air their beds-helpful to you and good for them" not very pc!!!

another...silver cleaning and the more restful jobs can be kept for the afternoon!!!!!

These have come from an autumn edition of womans journal, it does a kind of fly lady section for autumn so will post the rest later....got cleaning to do!!

RosyRed

Know what you mean Mrs Weasley,I still miss my gran too and it's 12 years since she died.She was the one who taught me a lot of things in the kitchen,Mum I suppose was working some of the time and I don't think she really enjoyed cooking.Anyway my gran used to cut recipes out and stick them in a black book,which I've got.Most of them I would guess came from Woman magazine in the 60s.It also had handwritten stuff in from her mother.She always made this walnut stuffing at Christmas and in the folklore of our family it was known as Gran's secret recipe.When I got married in 1975 I asked her for it,and it was duly handwritten out in beautiful copperplate.After she died I got the black book,and there was the recipe for the stuffing-from Woman magazine,not really a recipe passed down the generations as we all thought!
Some of the gems in your Grandmas stuff sound like we could use them today. :T

Sunny_Donny

Hi

My nana :A used to have a little book with all her recipes in (smaller than A5) and had all her pickling recipes, jam recipes etc in. She always had a gas cooker and when my sister and I went for Sunday dinner she made the biggest Yorkshire puds ever. I also vividly remember the rhubarb and strawberry jam she made when I was little and the jars of picallili and pickled onions on the shelf in the pantry with the mouse traps!!. The book went missing after she died so can't make them anymore.

Penelope_Penguin

Mrs_Weasley wrote: »

picture is of a bed with beautifully folded back sheets blankets and eiderdown! underneath it says...."TRAIN your children to air their beds-helpful to you and good for them" not very pc!!!


another...silver cleaning and the more restful jobs can be kept for the afternoon!!!!!

I have no problems with teaching children to do personal tasks for themselves, from a very young age

We have an existing thread on quick tips, so I'll add this thread to keep ideas together

penny. x

Butterfly_Brain

To get paint out of clothes - even dried gloss paint! Rub in neat washing up liquid followed by a liberal sprinkling of sugar - yes sugar ! Then rub gently with a nail brush and wash in a cool wash - It really works!

Mrs_Weasley

Oh i've been moved

next snippet-womans journal judging by photo's 1950's...

Autumn is a good time to plan domestic work afresh, for it is the beginning of the 6-7 month "indoor" period of the year when we spend so much more time at home than in the warmer months.

The secret of good housework is planned simplicity.

The return of children from school and later, of father, are daily dates which put a stop to household chores, except perhaps for sewing or knitting. So the main work must be finished early in the day and on time, and this is the first consideration

Clever woman know that the secret of finishing early is starting early, and to be able to cook breakfast peacefully, get the children to school effotlessly, it is usually best to get up at about 7am. Train the children to air their beds the moment they rise and, if they are old enough, 5mins should be squeezed out of the time between breakfast and leaving home, for them to make their beds, put away any clothes and tidy their dressing tables themselves. (this is first class training for children) That leaves you your own bed to make and room to tidy.

A good time saver in house work is a "house maids box". In it keep cleaning aterialsfor brass and silver, liquid wax for furniture, floor polish, dusters and small brushes. Carry it round from room to room and it saves many steps.

Will put some more on later...

This recipe is from The Listener sept 28th 1950..an easy to make cake which requires no baking, th answer to every housewifes prayer!

Biscuit Cake..

1/2 lb broken biscuits, sweet and plain (not ginger)
3 oz marg
1 tblsp sugar
1 tblsp golden syrup
2 tblsp cocoa
1 tblsp finely chopped nuts

warm the syrup. Then crush biscuits very finely and mix in cocoa. Warm the marg until soft and cream with sugar.Gradually add the biscuit mixture to the marg and sugar. Add the warm syrup and chopped nuts.

Press the mixture into a well greased sandwich tin. Place another tin ontop with a heavy object on it- i always use an iron- and leave over night.Turn out of the tin and garnish with nuts.

Enjoy... haven't tried the recipe yet (no nuts!) and i ahven't copied the womans jounal word for word just in case don't know about copyright etc.even if its over 50 years old!!!!

Thanks mrs w xxx

ButtonF1Fan

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Good tip - I'll add it to the One Liners thread to keep ideas together

Penny. x

I hadn't even seen this one liners topic, sorry I put it in the wrong place, And thank you seakay .... I've learnt something!! its called french seaming

Cornishpixie_2

Put a blanket, or thin Tog Duvet underneath between matress and bed sheet. Keeps bed toasty warm.
Crotchet kids a blanket to wrap around them, as they won't keep dressing robes on.
Decant ordinary family shampoo into smaller empty kids shampoo. Easier for kids to use.
When making bread by hand consider making some into baps for kids packs.
Vary kids packs with whatevers in the fridge to be used up, i.e. boiled eggs, cucumber, quiche, pasta salad(better for older kids), as well as their usual fruit etc.
Buy larger packs of seeds and nuts and mix and add handful in each kids pack in a small tupperware box. (provided no allergies).
Also whilst waiting for a bus in the rain, took DS3 into library to read to him and dry out at no extra cost.

Gunna

Hiya everyone....

Mrs Weasley i am loving those old tips hehe !!

Anyway my tips let me think and rack me brains.....

Bleach it is fantastic...down the toilet instead of fancy cleaners(or better in the actual cistern)
use a spot in cups then fill with hot water and stand for a few mins....no scrubbing needed voila you have sparking clean cups(soda crystals does this as well)
Use it in a white wash to brighten the whites
Cleans the most stubborn of stains in the kitchen....just water a little on a cloth it saves so much scrubbing.

Soda Crystals......brilliant in a white wash
brilliant to clean a washing machine:pop a good handful in an empty machine and put on a boil wash , it will get rid of smells and clean the elements up and get rid of slime.
Soak dishes in boiling water and a strong solution of soda crystals instead of paying for expensive Fairy power spray.

For cheap chirstmas presents make your own sweets, such as:
Truffles
Fudge
Toffee
Mint creams
Turkish delight

Easy recipes out there to make, cheap to make and usually you make a big enough batch to treat yourself lol, wrap them in tissue paper and pop in a small fancy box......people will be pleased !!!

Buy lots of gifts and stuff in the January sales!!!!!!! Yes buy all you can and store them away(watch with food for BBD if you want to keep them a while)buy gifts and store them away for next year etc......

As already said make your own meals and make BIG batches then freeze in portions bang you have your own healthy ready made meals !!!!!

Make your own cakes, my average large cherry and coconut sponge costs about £3.00 but feeds a small army lol compared to the shop crap that has a weird taste and is pumped full of additives and E's and does about 4 slices !!!!

Make your own self raising flour: add baking powder to plain flour and there you go(used it many a time).

hmmm can't think of any more at the minute

Hope you find them useful