Household hints & tips to save money

[Cuilidh]

I don't have a slow cooker, but was thinking of perhaps warming up a wheat bag and placing the bowl of melted chocolate on that to keep it warm - but on thinking further, perhaps putting warm water and the bowl in the thermoserver would work as well.  Anyone tried that (although there may be problems if the bowl is a bit on the light side - it may be a bit wobbly).

[fundj&e]

Keep a spoon in the jar to give it some weight

[fundj&e]

how clever is this

[Cornish Cream]

It's a great use of space Uni. That's what the Shakers did with their chairs.We hang our spare shaker chairs on pegs on the wall out of the way  

[fundj&e]

never heard of the Shakers, thanks to the WWW i now know what a shaker is

how many of you are going to look it up 


thanks CC

[goldfish]

how clever is this

Talk about lateral thinking!!  (or should that be "vertical"??)  Very impressive!!

[Emme]

never heard of the Shakers, thanks to the WWW i now know what a shaker is

how many of you are going to look it up 


thanks CC

Me

Marie

[Cuilidh]

I've known about shakers for a long time now and love the simplicity and elegance of their workmanship.

[Kimmyh]

I looked it up too. Feel like its a school assignment

[obbie]

I looked it up.

[cookie1]

I saw something like this in our Sunday paper.

[judydawn]

Clever way to separate egg white from yolk

This hint has it's own thread but Uni requested that I put it here - sorry Uni I must have missed your request and have only just seen it.  Here it is.

SuperMum_of_3

Clever way to separate eggwhite from yolk

There's an easy way to separate egg white & yolk for whipping the whites only.

With the MC in, crack the egg on top of the TM lid and the whites will slide into the bowl, leaving the yolks on top.
Crack as many eggs as you need then remove the lid, hold over a jar or container, take out the MC & the yolks slip into the container which you can pop in the fridge for later use.

If it's the yolk you need in the TM bowl, not the whites, use the same method but put the lid over the storage container first, then over the TM bowl.


 

[CreamPuff63]

thats a great tip *thumbs up*

[goldfish]

Clever way to separate egg white from yolk

This hint has it's own thread but Uni requested that I put it here - sorry Uni I must have missed your request and have only just seen it.  Here it is.

SuperMum_of_3

Clever way to separate eggwhite from yolk

There's an easy way to separate egg white & yolk for whipping the whites only.

With the MC in, crack the egg on top of the TM lid and the whites will slide into the bowl, leaving the yolks on top.
Crack as many eggs as you need then remove the lid, hold over a jar or container, take out the MC & the yolks slip into the container which you can pop in the fridge for later use.

If it's the yolk you need in the TM bowl, not the whites, use the same method but put the lid over the storage container first, then over the TM bowl.
 

[Cuilidh]

Great tip.  Thanks.