I have just had a brilliant idea!

Can anyone else see the Colman's thingy in Actives?

I can see it now - think they put it back!

jingle why don't you write a book? We will all contribute Good Ideas which might not have occurred to anyone else (for a share of the profits, natch)

I read a good one in a magazine forty years ago - when you stack your dishes in the cupboard, put the biggest at the bottom of the pile and the smaller ones on top. I think someone won a fiver for sending that in.

Boring alert! I have some Tupperware type tubs from Lakeland that are perfect for 2 portions of soup, casserole, spag bol, curry, chilli etc etc.

When we (or more usually Mr P) does batch cooking we write the date and what it is on the lid with a whiteboard pen. It stays put in the freezer, but comes off easily when it comes to washing up.

You can also buy chinagraph pencils which do the same thing. They do need white spirit to clean the writing off again though!

I stick address labels on. When I remember..... I think I have some UFOs too (I like that term!)

I do the freeze the extra all the time....cooking for one often means I have to buy portions for two!

I found a solitary blackberry in the garden this morning, so I've frozen it until next time I make an apple and blackberry pie [smug emoticon]

You haven't?!!!

Don't go and lose it.

Have I heck!!

This thread reminds me of that Richard E Grant and Arabella Weir 'Posh Nosh' spoof, where they patronisingly demonstrate bizarre recipes to show how 'one-up' they are

One upmanship on Gransnet?! Never!

when! LOVE the blackberry post!

In reverse on this occasion!

That was to Jingle

I just picked a sloe. I'm not keen of sloe gin, and anyway gin is far too expensive these days, so I'll pop it into the freezer while I do some research on other recipes for the use of sloes. Such a wonderful harvest in the hedgerows at the moment.

You should n't extract the you-know-what when.

That's just not nice.

I'm a simple little believing soul. [sob]

#evenasinglelittleblackberrydeservesrespect

Jess ! Stop joining in!

The marigolds are blooming beautifully in my garden as are the nasturtiums. They make a splendid garnish for a blackberry. Aesthetically pleasing as well as nutritious.

You go and eat 'em then. Blackfly and all.

There's the old one too - pour leftover wine into ice cube trays ready to add to casseroles. Leftover wine??? Wotsat, then?

And in less time than it takes to paint the Forth Bridge defrost the fridge, you can make your own mustard so you don't need to trudge round a supermarket looking for it?

As Stephen Fry has mentioned, you can keep a bee if you like a drop of honey

For a daily morning treat, keep a Slow Cooker in the bedroom, preferably next to the bed, and before retiring pop in a teabag and some water, switch on and in the morning you can enjoy a perfect cup of tea in bed.

Would it work with a coffee bean?