101 uses for cottage cheese tubs

[QuakerBear]

I'm adicted to the stuff so produce about two a week.

Oo. Just remembered that saying about whatever you're adicted to, the devil will come in that form. Tee hee, do you think he'll be white, bobely and slightly squishing. Sorry I know that's not what it means. Must stop letting mind wander 'n' be serious now .

1. Cress growing recepticles.

[ina]

2. freezer containers

[red]

3. plant pots

[hedgewitch]

4. Seed storage

[hamster]

5. Similar to what Red said, but also to stand pots in if you don't plant.

6. Useful for putting home-made hummous, tapenade, guacamole etc in.

7. If you buy marinaded olives from a market/deli counter they might let you use your own tubs (though never actually tried this one).

[Organic_Linker]

8.creating poor quality string telephones?

[mrsflibble]

9. taking salad out for picnics
10. keep buttons in them

[Thomzo]

11. Jelly moulds (best to let the jelly cool a little first or they might melt).
12. Sccop for pet food
13. Use with a piece of card to catch mice or spiders.

[citizentwiglet]

Erm, forgot to see what number we're on...

To put paint in for small 'uns to do potato-stamping pictures (the pots the paints come in never seem big enough to dunk a spud!)

Scoops / buckets for kids' sandpits

[witch way?]

15? For putting your own home made cottage cheese in? Its time consuming and can take a whole morning or afternoon but its a great excuse in winter for 'hanging round the stove', and you can do other stuff in between. If you get really good (I'm not quite there yet) you can keep your own mother cultures going.

ps. a really quick and easy soft cheese:

Heat 2.25L pasturised milk (whole, not semi or skimmed) to 175F. Add the juice of 2 large lemons and stir well. Cover and leave for 15 mins. Pour into colander lined with muslin. Tie corners and hang to drain for 1-2 hours. Add salt and herbs to taste. Will keep covered in fridge 1-2 weeks.

Should I add that under recipes or does everybody already know it? w.

[Annpan]

Please add it to the recipes WW... do you really heat the milk to 175oC

Would it not all burn or boil away?

[witch way?]

Hi Annpan, sorry for delay, had visitors for a few days and not been able to get near computer. Yes milk is OK at 170F. It forms a skin and looks like its just about to 'go' but hasn't boiled over on me yet. Good Luck. ww.

[Annpan]

Thanks WW, but, are you saying 170oF or 170oC - your first post says oC... which looks very hot indeed, and would surely boil over and burn

[witch way?]

Oops Sorry. Should be F. (From a book from USA and they work in F not C). ww.

[Thomzo]

16. Mixing up polyfilla (guess who's just been decorating?).

17. Decant small quantities of emulsion paint into one to save lugging a huge tin up and down the ladder when you are touching up the paintwork.