Great Tips... one liners

Lou76

cooking-mama wrote: »

I didnt know how wonderfull Oven Pride oven cleaner was,
I didnt know i could freeze wine/herbs etc in ice cubes,
I didnt know how to use a pressure cooker,
I didnt know what a Remoska was.
(I now own both a pressure cooker and a Remoska..saved a fortune on fuel bills.)
Im sure there are loads more things,too tired to think of them all just now.:)

I've never heard of a remoska, until I read your post , have now googled it and it sounds ideal for me - live alone and hate heating a whole oven for one meal.

My Mum was just asking today what to buy me for Christmas, she was met buy the usual answer of "Don't know, haven't thoght about it". This will be ideal. :T

She knows it's ok to buy me 'housey' stuff, seeing as I actually ask for it (although she can't understand it lol), but my Dad knows he'd be facing a divorce, if not worse, if he bought my Mum something for the house. :rotfl:

Lou76

stiltwalker wrote: »

Never occurred to me to fleece line curtains - so glad I did as the boiler packed up and we were heatingless or a fortnight - so thank you preparing for winter thread! :T

Didn't know there was such a thing as left over wine to freeze in ice cubes!:rotfl:But if I ever have any it's a very useful idea.

Didn't know you could cook potato peelings and they'd be so yummy - had some cooling in the tray the other day when our best friend came over for dinner and when he asked what they were I was sure he'd think I had finally lost the plot irretrievably but no he declared them yummy and he and my OH polished off most of the tray before I put dinner out!

There must be loads more but like cooking-mama I'm tired and my bed is calling.

Ye what?

I actually bought a bag of potatos last week. I bought those rooster ones, wanted to make leek & potato soup, baked tatties etc, but chucked the peelings (not from the baked potatos, obviously) down the waste disposal unit. :eek:

You mean I could've used the skins? :mad:

cooking-mama

Couple of MSE remoska topics.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/10314

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1464375

Loanranger

Cleaning a stained vacuum flask with warm water and eggshells, Brill!
Gotta give it some shake and shimmy, though, and pretend it's a cocktail shaker
Soda crystals wouldn't shift the stains but eggshells did the trick.

Thanks to whoever posted that one :A

lostinrates

Lou76 wrote: »

Ye what?

I actually bought a bag of potatos last week. I bought those rooster ones, wanted to make leek & potato soup, baked tatties etc, but chucked the peelings (not from the baked potatos, obviously) down the waste disposal unit. :eek:

You mean I could've used the skins? :mad:

I made a leek and potato soup on monday...from the peelings left over on sunday and the leek tops that I also had left over from leeks on sunday. If you are going to blend it to a smooth soup not a broth its absolutely perfect to use peelings.

Nicoll

Sewing blanket into curtains is a big one for me.
Loads of other stuff too like cleaning with white vinegar and water, putting vinegar in my washing machine to keep my towels soft and my machine smelling nice.
Filling my oven up when I use, instead of heating the whole thing up just for 1 pie! (can't believe now that I actually did things like that!)
Leaving oven door open after finished cooking to warm kitchen.

Goodness there are so many my brain has gone into brain-missing mode.

squeaky

Lou76 wrote: »

Potato water: After boiling your tatties, you can use the water for your houseplants, or pouring over dry dog food (I don't have a dog, or boil potatos much, but my Mum & Dad do/have both, passed that info on). I've been chucking mine down the sink.

There are a couple more things you can do with potato water. ;-)

Save it and use it as the water in a bread maker recipe.

Use it as the water when making a soup or stock.


Same for the water from boiling pasta !

And... I deliberately boil rice in lots of water rather than trying to get the ratio of water to rice exactly right - (drain it quickly when done and tip it back from the sieve into the warm pan for a couple of minutes to dry off any excess) - and use the saved water in the same way as potato or pasta water.

HTH

Bronnie

squeaky wrote: »

There are a couple more things you can do with potato water. ;-)

Save it and use it as the water in a bread maker recipe.

Use it as the water when making a soup or stock.


Same for the water from boiling pasta !

And... I deliberately boil rice in lots of water rather than trying to get the ratio of water to rice exactly right - (drain it quickly when done and tip it back from the sieve into the warm pan for a couple of minutes to dry off any excess) - and use the saved water in the same way as potato or pasta water.

HTH

Can I ask why?

Is it the benefit from not wasting water or heat? What is the advantage of using starchy water for things? And for what sort of things, (apart from the breadmaker, as mentioned)?

I make use of use veg water, but rarely "starchy" water.

SailorSam

Until i heard some of you ladys talking about it, i didn't know what a rabbit was.
I thought it was a fluffy thing with big ears that ran around fields.
God i've led a sheltered life.

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