Do you have a secret trick?

angela110660

Green_hopeful said:

I ‘invented’ banoffee pie in a sundae glass. Three chocolate hobnobs broken up in the bottom. Spoonful of toffee, two chopped up bananas, spoonful of whipped cream and broken flake on top. Served 7 in 100ml glasses. I named them banoffee sundaes. Delicious. We had them again the next day. 

Sounds delish. I make chocolate puddings like the ones you can buy. Break up a pack of choc muffins into either a large trifle type dish or individual serving dishes. I make my own choc blancmange and pour it over the cake and let it all set. Whip up double cream to top it and either  grate chocolate over it or sprinkle a little cocoa powder on top through a tea strainer. This is always a favourite in our house.

Brie

Here's a trick from my hair guy....he claims that that expensive hair goop - wax etc - is really just perfumed petroleum jelly.  And face it that's pretty cheap in comparison.  I think in part he was trying to inspire me to do stuff to my hair as I don't go in for products.

YoungBlueEyes

That sounds fab too Angela, going on my list. Gawd you wouldn’t need to be diabetic eh! 

Brie that’s a good tip. I’m not a producty person either. I’ve a bob and my hair is fine so some days I don’t even brush it never mind expensive goops ha haa! 

YoungBlueEyes

Does anyone have a trick for getting labels off jars?

I always soaked them in boiling water with a bit of wul in, then scratched the glue off with a scrubby sponge (which was then ruined). Does anyone do something easier/better?

DiamondLil

YoungBlueEyes said:

Does anyone have a trick for getting labels off jars?

I always soaked them in boiling water with a bit of wul in, then scratched the glue off with a scrubby sponge (which was then ruined). Does anyone do something easier/better?

White spirit, acetone (nail polish remover), cooking oil. Cooking oil is fine on glass and plastic, but be wary of using the spirits on plastics. IPA is also great at removing just about anything. Acetone removes spilt superglue too.

Rosa_Damascena

DiamondLil said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

Does anyone have a trick for getting labels off jars?

I always soaked them in boiling water with a bit of wul in, then scratched the glue off with a scrubby sponge (which was then ruined). Does anyone do something easier/better?

White spirit, acetone (nail polish remover), cooking oil. Cooking oil is fine on glass and plastic, but be wary of using the spirits on plastics. IPA is also great at removing just about anything. Acetone removes spilt superglue too.

Just need to be careful about the surface applied to. Glass is fine - but acetone (in nail varnish remover) and plastic is not a good combination.

@angela110660 - I would love your blancmange recipe. Is it wrong to be thinking about desserts before 10 in the morning?

YoungBlueEyes

That's brilliant, thanks I don't have white spirit but I have the other 2. By IPA do you mean the beer??

Actually that raises another question. Can you still get proper white spirit?

Rosa_Damascena

YoungBlueEyes said:

That's brilliant, thanks I don't have white spirit but I have the other 2. By IPA do you mean the beer??

Actually that raises another question. Can you still get proper white spirit?

IMS has to be coloured because of the risk of poisoning - otherwise left around kids / alcoholics, its an accident waiting to happen. Had a Google and white spirit still appears to be white.

Rosa_Damascena

This probably sounds funny, but the conversation on the chazzer thread made me realise that even though there is just lil ol' me, I would struggle to go back from an estate to a car with a smaller boot space. Originally bought as my (then) newborn niece cane with a lot of stuff, its seen me through a house move and countless trips to collect tall bookcase / other items of furniture, including sets of 6 chairs. It might look like a car for an OAP but I love it.

YoungBlueEyes

Sometimes you just like what you like, and the world can suck it