I have just had a brilliant idea!

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We do have to thank Colman's thread for inspiring this one. It is very funny!

I've just caught up with this and laughed out loud - thank you

She's saved them from the DGCs visit and washed them to recycle . Another useful hint to save money

You are an absolutely crazy bunch. I have never laughed so much in bed for ages (well since..........)

Elegran hope the straws aren't the same ones that vegasmags used to transport her poorly worms to the vets!

Nah! Ana. We've just been watching 'Bake Off'

Don't you just love it when you kill a thread stone dead?

You may need to tape two or three together, of course, to reach...

Keep the straw from your fruit drink, of course.

merlot you made me laugh out loud.

Elegran that is a good suggestion.

My grandma saved a lot of money because she only cooked one hot meal a day at lunchtime. Then she kept it warm until I got in at 5pm, my sister at 7pm and my father at 8pm.

The stock certainly tasted like it, Merlot. So did the tea, come to think of it.
She was also a crumble queen. Apple, pear: fair enough. Chicken, mince, leftover lamb: not so good.

My lovely old Great-Aunt, bright and sparky to the end of her long life, died in her own bed aged 94.

She used to take a hot water bottle to bed each night, filled from the kettle which she had heated to make her bedtime drink. Then in the morning she used the water from the hot water bottle for her ablutions - only just aired by then of course.

She was a very thrifty Yorkshire woman but always had a welcome for any visitors and a ready fund of stories to amuse. I miss her.

I don't know, When A lot of knickers used to be that shade of droopy pink that was almost as though they had been dipped in tea.

There's a perfect example of thrift, Mamie. Boil the knickers, drape them over the bath to dry, then pop the tea bag in! Don't do it the other way round - you don't want tea-coloured knickers (taps side of nose knowingly)

Did she use the cooking water for stock, Mamie?

Adds a kick to the tea, Merlot

My grandma used to boil her knickers in a saucepan while the stove was on.

I'd be careful about leaving an empty slow cooker by the side of the bed. You never know what it might get used for

Through a long bent straw. You don't even need to sit up.

I'm not bothered about the tea bag! How do you drink the tea out of a slow cooker? #thereisnospout

I suppose you could tie the teabag to a piece of unwanted string and tie the other end to the handle of the slow cooker, then simply fish it out. Don't forget to untie the string so you can use it again the next day, unless you have an unlimited supply of unwanted string. I don't!

My mother used to mince leftover Yorkshire pudding and put it in a bolognese sauce in Monday. That was nice too....

Not really a cooking tip, but my MiL used to collect all those little sachets and pots of butter, salt, pepper, shampoo, marmalade, ketchup etc that you get in hotels. It was especially good when she sat on her handbag and the marmalade pot split....

I've given up on the latter. (actually I could give it another go)

Teasmaid would be a bit fiddly at night.