Do you have a secret trick?

Spendless

Pollie said:

Spendless, rather than keep paying for kitchen roll, would you consider using a tea towel or j cloth in the bottom of the drawer which could be washed, dried and re-used?

Maybe. As I usually have to change the kitchen roll after a few days, I'm not sure J-Cloths would be absorbent enough (and I buy kitchen roll for other stuff too, I appreciate it's not being re-used). A Tea towel is a possible though, I would need to give it a try and see how I get on and how often I'd need to launder it.

DiamondLil

Spendless said:

Pollie said:

Spendless, rather than keep paying for kitchen roll, would you consider using a tea towel or j cloth in the bottom of the drawer which could be washed, dried and re-used?

Maybe. As I usually have to change the kitchen roll after a few days, I'm not sure J-Cloths would be absorbent enough (and I buy kitchen roll for other stuff too, I appreciate it's not being re-used). A Tea towel is a possible though, I would need to give it a try and see how I get on and how often I'd need to launder it.

I dry the kitchen towel and re-use so long as it's clean, which it invariably is.

bouicca21

@DiamondLil. Me too.  

London_1

Good idea about the tea towel, I do this as I have a tea towel that is a bit like a proper telling towel and it does help keep thing better than an ordinary cotton one . Sort of thin re-usable nappy type one  

I bet my late Father wouldn't believe the cost of housing today, My youngest daughter is a property rentals manager and she's just rented a three bedroom old Victorian bay type house  (bit like the ones on eastenders) off Shooters Hill in London for £1850. per month and the occupiers thought it was a bargain !!!

Just home from DDs where I had a delicious dinner of roast beef and all the trimmings and we watched the Coronation concert on tv.
Nice to see the Royal family looking so relaxed. The Princes of Wales children are gorgeous, and Charlotte looks so much like her late gt grandma when she was a little girl. She was so excited when her Dad made his speech bless, he's not a prince, he's just her Daddy, and you could see how proud she was of him. Everyone looked like they enjoyed themselves and we certainly did watching it The light show was amazing ,I'm glad i'm not watching the smart meter spinning round though I bet the national Grid took a bit of a whacking tonight.

Right a cuppa, then off to bed for a read 

Night ,Night God bless all here

JackieO xxx

Rosa_Damascena

I'm not a fan of damp tea towels - a breeding ground for germs. Will stick to the Plenty for now.

YoungBlueEyes

I read that a lot of people do this, but I'd be very wary. The low temp of the fridge will hinder some bugs and germs from really getting going but it's not a fail-safe.

Any fruit/veg in the bottom of my fridge is just sat in the drawer. If I notice a bit of moisture I wipe the drawer out with my dishcloth after I've washed the dishes then everything goes back in. Dishcloth swirled about in the soapy water before I pour it away. 

When my roses are blooming I pour the water round their base, they don't mind a wee bit of soap

Rosa_Damascena

YoungBlueEyes said:

I read that a lot of people do this, but I'd be very wary. The low temp of the fridge will hinder some bugs and germs from really getting going but it's not a fail-safe.

Any fruit/veg in the bottom of my fridge is just sat in the drawer. If I notice a bit of moisture I wipe the drawer out with my dishcloth after I've washed the dishes then everything goes back in. Dishcloth swirled about in the soapy water before I pour it away. 

When my roses are blooming I pour the water round their base, they don't mind a wee bit of soap

My plants get the remnants of my bottle of tonic water after it has lost its fizz (usually on Day 6).

bouicca21

@London_1 Jackie £1850 is a bargain.  The flat above me rented for the same!  Admittedly my bit of south east London is probably considered nicer than what I suspect is the area local EAs call Shooters Hill slopes, but there are some lovely houses there and they are much bigger than a flat.

bluesooz

veg drawers in the fridge are meant to have a higher humidity - hence the excess moisture.  I changed my drawers for baskets that fitted in the space and now no moisture to mop up.  I do line the bottom of the basket - but thats more to collect debris eg from broccoli.  Although I do tend to keep broccoli (as it gets smaller!) sprouting broccoli and asparagus in a glass of water in fridge.to keep longer

in theory veg like courgettes, cues and lettuce prefer the higher moisture, and fruit especially apples, pears and melons prefer low moisture and better off in an open basket/drawer

My fidge is wide enough for 2 drawers so could have a basket and a drawer but find everything keeps better in the baskets

somehing like this but without the handles

DiamondLil

bouicca21 said:

@London_1 Jackie £1850 is a bargain.  The flat above me rented for the same!  Admittedly my bit of south east London is probably considered nicer than what I suspect is the area local EAs call Shooters Hill slopes, but there are some lovely houses there and they are much bigger than a flat.

Are Castle Woods still near there ? And Oxleas Woods ? Growing up, I spent most of the summer school holidays there; used to cycle there to meet my best friend.