Wednesday 29 August 2012

Use It – Or Lose It!

My problem is that I am a bit of a ditherer when it comes to decluttering. Particularly over inherited or gifted bits and pieces to which I have sentimental attachment. Like The Two Tiny Tin Jugs which lurk in the cupboard nestling inside the ramekins-which-don’t-stack.

In the early 1970’s, Woman and Home magazine had a Summer Offer – four little jugs for £1 – they maintained such things were ideal ‘for serving your guests individual portions of cream for their coffee or desserts’ So Mum bought two sets, and gave me one of them. I have no idea where hers went, and I only have two left now. I suspect that they got mislaid back in the 80’s when we used them for the Dolls’ Tea Parties. But this week I found a suitable use [so the jugs remain and won’t be going to a Charity Shop just yet]

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We were having Dover Sole for Sunday Lunch, and Delia recommends serving with parsley butter and lemon juice. I made a roll of butter before church and put it in the fridge, then sliced it into rounds just before serving [along with MIL’s little butter knife] I did not want to put a large bottle of juice on the table, and had no fresh lemons, so the 3cm high jug was the ideal serving container.

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The fish had a lovely delicate flavour, but it was rather fiddly work eating it, and we were left with a plate of bones. Fishbones like this always put me in mind of Hanna Barbera’s Top Cat!

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Dover Sole is an extremely rare treat – this was a yellow-stickered bargain. I must find another use for these tiny jugs again before Christmas or they will definitely have to go.

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7 comments:

  1. I have to say I am very good at de-cluttering BUT if you enjoy using those little jugs, even if it is only once in a blue moon, then don't throw them out :)You may regret it.
    L.x.

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  2. would they not be useful for little displays of flowers? or for storing all the those little packets of sauce and sugar that get picked up from restraunts and such?
    x x x

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    1. I like the sugar sachet idea!
      Congratulations on your beautiful new baby [how on earth have you found time to read blogs??]

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  3. It must have been good since all that is left is a pile of bones! :-)

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  4. Eating fish seems awfully hard work!
    Jane x

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  5. I'd fill them with little flower bunches.

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  6. I'm with Elizabeth :) I have a basket full of little posy bowls & bottles I have collected - some only little sample jam pots - but they are so useful and look great and they're frugal - one stem or two fills the container - lol!
    L.x.

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