How do you get men's white y-fronts clean without using bio detergent (which they are so often allergic to) and a boil wash, which ruins the elastic ... c

I am about to reveal all. Mr. Lavande buys his underwear mostly from TKMax when we are in the UK. He likes bright colours in that tight boxer style. The best bit is that he IRONS them himself........in fact he does all the ironing. Lucky me, or what?

All black Pringle trunks changed daily.
A couple of white pairs to wear under white trousers when playing bowls.
Never any issues.

You can't tell if there are "any issues" with black ones. And mine does change the sodding things daily!

Pringles?!

There are many uses for old underpants. Dusting, shoe cleaning, stuffing
cushions or soft toys and steaming spotted dicks, to name but a few.

steaming spotted dicks The mind boggles...

yes my nan used grandads old ones as a "puddin clorf" in a bowl or wrapped sausage shape in greaseproof, pudding was then wrapped in greasproof and "clorf" wrapped round either basin at top tied with string or sausage shape tied at both end, with string and steamed till cooked,I am sure grandads pants added to the steamy atmosphere when cooking,as did dads pants when mum made bacon and onion roll the same way....nans spotted dick was out of this world,especially cold next day with butter and sugarxx

Bacon and onion roll!! Delicious! We used to have that at school dinners! I shall have to look for a recipe. (And an old pair of pants to cook it in) (grin)

wot think mum used basic 8ozSR flour-4oz suet pinch salt,streaky bacon and chopped onion laid on rolled suet pastry...then steamed ..yummy..and dads pants ..steam for few hours..

Thanks, downto. I seem to remember some bits in like herbs of some sort? I'm going to make it soon....ideal for winter

downtoearth your post has given me my first laugh-out-loud of the day

granjura why didn't I think of that? (Using bio detergent and following with a detergent free quick wash) Will definitely try that. Extra rinse alone doesn't work.

See. Thread was worthwhile. smile

Ahahaha jingle - I can now kick the bucket happy I was of some use ....x

No! Don't do that!

I'm pretty sure my mum-in-law used to cook her bacon and onion suet roll in the oven.

I have never been all that successful in boiling puddings (sweet ones only) in cloths. The outside always seemed a bit wet and claggy. This thread has made me want to have another try.

We used to have both jingl, I loved the crispiness of the baked suet but the steamed pudding put a good layer of stodge round your ribs in the winter

Perhaps I'd better not have another go. Might not be the best thing for the diet. Oh! It's a shame.

My hubby is a bowłer so needs white pants. His bowls gear often has grass stains! In desperation one day when I had ran out of posh laundry spray ( which never took out the grass stains anyway..) I used orange kitchen spray from Aldi. A quick squoosh, leave for a few minutes, give a quick rub, then use my usual non bio wash! Best stain remover ever for ALL types of natural stains!

My mother suggested soaking white cottons, teatowels etc in diluted bleach. DD's teacher once referred to her to me as "Jane of the dazzling white socks" !!

Chuck them away!

BIN THEM!!!

Can't you just teach him to wipe his bottom properly?

Dear jings a good old soak in a mild bleach solution (a few good squirts into half a washing up bowl of lukewarm water) rinsed out and bunged in a regular wash does the trick wonderfully...sparkly white on the washing line.
Personally, I do love a clean recycled pair of undies for dishcloths/dusters not only from the save the planet point of view but they're lovely and absorbent compared to j cloths etc. I sound like my nan lol!

I always wash dish clothes and t-towels at 95 and towels and sheets at 60......Terry towelling nappies were boil washed for first two and so much easier when the disposable nappies arrived.

If pressed I use Vanish spray or powder, but like the idea of the Aldi one - I use a lot of Aldi products, will look out for that.

However I do feel there is a limit to being ecological (and I am pretty careful, recycle a lot etc) but like disposable nappies I do think there is a time to chuck. And mucky white knickers is definitely one to chuck. And the time in your life that you most want help is with Smalls in nappies, so young mum's are entitled to disposable in my book.

Anyway I once did a price check on the difference between disposable and Terries. There was little difference price wise by the time you added on soaking stuff, washing machines and tumble dryers, soap powder, plastic pants, liners, electricity and how ecological is all that.

Don't know if this would work for the pants, but Napisan might be an answer.

On the steamed pud theme, my newly-married sister-in-law made a steak and kidney pudding, using a garter (you can tell it was a while ago) to secure the cloth, as she had no string. Henceforth, s and k known as garter pudding.