Unfortunate when dahl turns out to be stewed apple. I may not label my plant but I've given up on the joys of freezer roulette. I label most things apart from what seems obvious at the time. In retrospect, this is not always the case😜
Come unstuck many times like that B,  nice apple crumble and custard, it’s a good filler.Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
We try to keep the list on the side of the freezer updated but every few weeks there has to be a stock check. It’s a job for this afternoon, I think.
Here’s a conundrum. Virtually every time I cook pasta or rice I look at the dried ingredients and think it’s not enough so bung in an extra handful. Of course it is enough and the unneeded extra gets binned without compunction. But when it comes to toothpaste I practically take pliers to the almost empty tube to squeeze out the last serving.Â
Over the past 10 years I must have reduced my toothpaste bill by at least 80p. Why bother?
It never looks enough does it?I always bung in one for the pot too.  You could cut the tube up the sides, get another brushful or two and feel really virtuous. The adverts always show the brush completely covered but apparently you need only a third of that. I always use too much shampoo too. oooo. My husband uses ridiculous amounts of oil and washing up liquid. I've given up. I suppose if I felt really strongly,I could dilute the  w liquid and he would be able to do a manly but economical squirt
..because of the enjoyment of scrunching up - or folding meticulously - the tube in the old days (when they were metal) and now rolling up the tube now they're plastic..? It's like beating the manufacturer.
Do you also have the issue with the liquid soap dispensers, where you add water to that remnant, that in itself leaves another remnant that you water down further and that in its turn...?
And does the liquid soap that's so slippery that it slides off your hands into the sink before you can add water also get to you - or is all this just me? I have taken to lathering the neat soap before adding a smidgen (good word) of water.
Why do you throw it away? I freeze all extra rice and pasta. In bags it takes up less room. It makes sense to make more of it anyway - takes the same time to cook, and saves making endless pots, wasting leccy or gas.Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Tomato fertiliser - that can’t be enough. Add 50% more
Elastic bands dropped by the postman. In a kitchen drawer. We’re self sufficient until about 2096.
Parish magazine and similar. Let them mature in the magazine rack for at least six months.
Credit card bills can take three or more years to reach maturity.
CDs not played for several years. Perhaps they’ll be a collector’s item. Some of my LPs could now fetch a fiver - if only I could burrow my way through the loft to reach them.
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Over the past 10 years I must have reduced my toothpaste bill by at least 80p. Why bother?
You could cut the tube up the sides, get another brushful or two and feel really virtuous. The adverts always show the brush completely covered but apparently you need only a third of that. I always use too much shampoo too. oooo. My husband uses ridiculous amounts of oil and washing up liquid. I've given up. I suppose if I felt really strongly,I could dilute the  w liquid and he would be able to do a manly but economical squirt
I freeze all extra rice and pasta. In bags it takes up less room.Â
It makes sense to make more of it anyway - takes the same time to cook, and saves making endless pots, wasting leccy or gas.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Tomato fertiliser - that can’t be enough. Add 50% more
Elastic bands dropped by the postman. In a kitchen drawer. We’re self sufficient until about 2096.
Parish magazine and similar. Let them mature in the magazine rack for at least six months.
Credit card bills can take three or more years to reach maturity.
CDs not played for several years. Perhaps they’ll be a collector’s item. Some of my LPs could now fetch a fiver - if only I could burrow my way through the loft to reach them.