Don’t Throw It Away! You Can Use That Garlic Net for Something Else
We love tips & tricks related to sustainability and reuse! Cooking more sustainably, using recycled kitchenware; it all helps a little. And the following is a reuse tip, but also a real eye opener…
Because it makes use of something that almost everyone brings home from time to time—at least if you enjoy cooking and eating delicious food: the net around bulbs of garlic from the supermarket!
Soap star
And what you put in it, you probably also have at home if you’re reading this, because perhaps you’re already trying to buy fewer plastic packages in everyday life and don’t automatically bring home bottles of hand soap or shower gel. We’re talking about soap—just a simple bar of lovely, fragrant, lathering soap.
Annoying slipperiness
When it starts to run out, you probably recognize the moment when it’s actually too small to hold properly in your hands and keeps slipping between your fingers into a spot where it can sometimes be annoyingly difficult to fish it back out. The solution: that plastic net with its fine mesh!
Free scrubbing function
Instead of randomly tearing open that net next time, cut it off directly below the closure. Keep it, put that small leftover piece of soap inside, and tie it loosely closed. Every time another bar of soap starts to run out, add that piece as well. Place it by the sink, rub it between your wet hands to make it lather nicely, and voilà: you can keep going for a while longer without the irritation. Another handy thing: the mesh also provides a gentle scrub, making it the ideal hand soap when your hands are extra dirty from, for example, gardening.
See, we can all learn something from tips like these! Just make sure you actually put soap in it, and don’t make the hilarious mistake this woman made: she washed her hands for days with a very unusual bar of soap…
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Source and image: The Kitchn, Sarah Crowley
