Timely tips or handy hints.
Many magazines still offer cash or a 'prize' for handy hints. If you have a little trick which has helped you out over the years, then why not cash in on it? Here's one of mine. Well, it's two-fer actually.
Bulk buying saves money. Especially with dry good which don't easily 'go off'. But handling the big jar or packet gets to be a pain. I buy instant coffee in big jars when the price is right, then transfer it to a handy sized everyday jar.
Spooning it across is tedious and often messy. But like a lot of other dry goods if you use a funnel it sometimes bridges the gap and stops flowing. So you need a wide-mouthed funnel, and if it fills the mouth of the smaller container so much the better.
Make your own funnel, as shown below. This is the neck from a plastic detergent bottle. I have a smaller one made from a ketchup bottle with a narrower but still free-flowing neck.
Dry granules like instant coffee suck moisture from the air, so a big jar, only part filled, will tend to clump up and even go mouldy. Put a couple of layers of aluminium foil over the top before screwing the cap back on. It will last for months.
The 170 words above can be cut to about fifty for a magazine tip.
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