Top food storage hack

[Pepper Pig Profile]

Apparently the lid from a tube of Pringles exactly fits a Gu ramekin.

I have not tested this but Richard Osman tweeted it so it might be true . . . . . .

[Earthmaiden Profile]

I'd be happy to try it out on everyone's behalf. Gu pots & Pringles .. mmm, no calories there! (I am the person who chose to fly Virgin Atlantic to the USA for years because they served Gu pots for dinner ).

[Pepper Pig Profile]

So selfless EM. But they are lovely.

[Kacey Profile]

i have a Gu pot on my 'desk' filled with paperclips (the other side of the dining table) alas no Pringles !

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I think I last had a gü pot on Virgin Atlantic but it was one of the little ones

As things come increasingly in standard diameters, presumably to simplify life for factories using those mechanical pickers so beloved of Gregg Wallace, I find a lot of these tricks work well

There’s a brand of wasabi peas that come in containers similar to Pringles, and the lids fit standard 400g food cans. Two packs about the same price as a 2 pack of can covers

[Earthmaiden Profile]

I think I last had a gü pot on Virgin Atlantic but it was one of the little ones

I have to say that they are so rich, I wouldn't want more than that.

When we first went to Australia there was a brand of something - jam or peanut butter maybe - whose jar was designed to be a nice everyday drinking tumbler when the contents had been used. It had a printed pattern on it. Everyone had a set. I think that the lids were plastic like Pringle ones even then as the lip was smooth (not like Mason jars which I hate using as glasses). It would make sense to sell things that could be utilised like that again.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

Dijon mustard used to come in rather nice small tumblers - there was a box of them that were passed around for use Aas party wine glasses

In fact mustard glasses still seem to be a thing in France

https://www.davidlebovitz.com/mustard-glasses/

[Pampy Profile]

Aldi and Lidl sell small glass pots of desserts - they're ideal as shot glasses! I also use them to measure ingredients for cooking - and as they have lids, they could also be used for storage - dried herbs spring to mind.

[smitch Profile]

My mil still has some tumblers that were Nutella jars originally. I think they date from when my husband and his brother were growing up

[jeral Profile]

I still have three or four of the Nutella tumblers with the airtight white plastic lids which are brilliant for "the other half of the tin" storage in the fridge. They're probably 20 years old now but too useful to chuck out, given Tupperware types have come and gone aplenty during that time. By the way, I bought the Nutella for the tumblers

My handy tip for the freezer for e.g. chopped onion is: Put in freezer bag and jiggle to form a shallow layer. When frozen, easy to break off a piece as big as needed.

[scullion Profile]

i buy ginger when it's cheap, peel, blend and squeeze it into ice cube bags. the same with harrisa when i came across the big tins. easy to break out and use from the freezer.

[Lusciouslush Profile]

I turn ginger into paste & freeze on its own or mixed with garlic /chilli - handy to have in the freezer for when I can't be bothered.
Onions, I sweat down a batch & freeze ( usually on a wet Sunday afternoon) ready to add to whatever.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I buy the Taj frozen blocks of ginger, ginger/garlic or green chilli paste. Actually cheaper than the diy version. Available in most supermarkets.

I have an early silicone baking mat, one of the rubber sheet kind. Totally useless for baking but placed on a baking sheet great for open freezing anything, ice doesn’t stick to it

[miss mouse Profile]

i buy ginger when it's cheap,

I didn't know ginger had a cheap season. The home chopped and frozen sounds like a very handy tip though, I usually freeze it whole and grate it from frozen which can be annoying at times.

[jeral Profile]

...[clip]...Totally useless for baking but placed on a baking sheet great for open freezing anything, ice doesn’t stick to it

Ooh! Handy tip I have a shortish roll of the cut-to-size silicon which I haven't got round to using yet. The best I've found, NB: So far!, is Reynolds' freezer paper, which is pretty good for this, so I feel a side-by-side test is due.

Yes, I too have the purchased frozen ginger and also ginger/chilli in little blocks. The problem is finding fresh juicy green ginger. I don't know how long ginger stays fresh once in our big and small shops presumably from half way round the world, but I snap up an enormous "hand" of really fresh ginger if/when spotted (Like Christmas coming early.)

[Rainbow Profile]

When we first went to Australia there was a brand of something - jam or peanut butter maybe - whose jar was designed to be a nice everyday drinking tumbler when the contents had been used. It had a printed pattern on it. Everyone had a set. I think that the lids were plastic like Pringle ones even then as the lip was smooth (not like Mason jars which I hate using as glasses). It would make sense to sell things that could be utilised like that again.

EM, I think they were vegemite jars and as you said, everyone had some as cheap tumblers for the kids!! And if they got broken they were easy to replace!!

Now you can buy them online as 'Vintage Australia - Collectors item'
https://in.pinterest.com/pin/476396466828459464/

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Anyone care to tell me what a Gu jar is?
Absolutely no idea

[Stokey Sue Profile]

Anyone care to tell me what a Gu jar is?
Absolutely no idea

It’s properly Gü which I suspect is meant to be pronounced goo but most people seem to have a variation on that

They are good quality, mainly chocolate, desserts in little glass pots; really good, like something you’d have in a restaurant

[Pampy Profile]

These https://www.ocado.com/search?entry=Gu

[Stokey Sue Profile]

There was one of those “how middle class foodie are your cupboards” quizzes
One of the middle class clues was possession of more than 4 Gü ramekins
The answer is none, but I awarded myself the point for having unearthed! tapas dishes instead, definitely the savoury equivalent