Saw you discuss soapnuts a few weeks ago. So they work then?
Oh absolutelyâŠthey come with two little zip up bags so you donât get nuts in everything. They have Saponin in their shells which is a natural cleaning detergent. I just get a handful and put in some water, shake it up, empty it into the dispenser Iâm using, then add a scoosh of lemon juice.
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Excellent. Any recommended supplier/shop, or do you Amazon them?
I âAmazonedâ them
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Weâve had a Santander account for ages. No doubt thereâll be better ones out there, but theyâve informed us tgat theyâll be giving us 4% cashback on our utility bills for a couple of months (instead of the usual 2%).
There may be other banks tgat do this sort of thing, so might be worth having a look round.
I bought a laundry egg earlier this year but thereâs just as much cost in replacing beads and you still need fabric conditioner unless you like clothes and towels like sackcloth.
I do they dry better and exfoliate at the same time 
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I have one of those dry skin brushes for that.
I did wonder about laundry eggs as they are on offer at Sainsburys
I wasnât terribly impressed but some people swear by them. I just swear at them because it cost ÂŁ11 and I donât use it!
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I have one but havenât used it much I always forget itâs there but they are ok
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Hi
Bleach Tablets, really cheap and really effective.
An example is here
Hi
Late this afternoon was my first trip out shopping in 29 days.
It was just a quick trip to Lidl, for the absolute basics, I had spent 3 weeks literally in bed.
It was painful in more than just the legs.
Empty shelves and price rises.
It was quite shocking, especially the price rises on what could be considered absolute essentials, nothing flash or fancy.
There was no cheap butter or spreads, empty shelves and what was left had shot up, and not by pennies.
This is not going to be a good winter, for anyone.
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Can you use them in a cold water wash, Pixie?
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The lowest temps I have tried them at is 30° wash at 15 mins, so I canât answer for an actual cold wash. It cleans at that temp. Also, with the scooshy bottles, thatâs room temp and it cleaned up a mark on my white coffee table, soâŠ
All you can do is try, no harm done. They donât lather up though, just sayinâ if you expect to see bubbles, you wonât.
Thanks, Pixie, I am going to try them - just put an order in with Amazon!
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Saw something on TV tâother day which made me think (no doubt many of you do this anyway).
If you use your main oven, cook a load of other things while youre at it which can be chilled and/or frozen and reheated quickly (especially if you use a microwave or air frier).
Never occurred to me until I saw someone cook a load of jacket potatoes, let them cool before scooping out to mix with other stuff and refill the jackets. Then you could refreeze them for another day as a quick meal.
Bleeding obvious, now itâs been pointed out to me. Next time we need the main oven, weâre going to do this.
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Spot on Dex, I keep promising myself that Iâm going to make homemade mash, divide it up into portions and freeze it, Iâve lost count of the times Iâve seen bags of potatoes reduced in price and going for a pittance at the local convenience shop.
I threw caution to the wind recently and bought one of these
itâs about time I got my arse into gear and actually used it!
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We sometimes get loaded potato skins from M&S for a quick meal and freeze them if were not going to have them soonish. Then we saw some cook on morning TV making them (nothing special and weâve done it in the past at times), and she mentioned that itâs worth cooking a few at a time and storing them in the fridge to reheat. Aha!! Eureka! The penny dropped.