On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:59:11 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:
>In article >,
says...
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:41:26 +1000, Bruce >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article >,
>> says...
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 02:36:08 +1000, Bruce >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >In article >,
>> >> >says...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> And here's something interesting and maybe handy to know. The guest
>> >> >> chef today mentioned she saved her butter stick wrappers to repurpose
>> >> >> for an interesting use. When a baking container needs to get buttered
>> >> >> or greased, she uses the saved butter wrappers -- there's always a bit
>> >> >> of leftover butter remaining on them! -- to swipe along the sides and
>> >> >> bottom of the baking dish! I wish I'd known this trick a long time ago.
>> >> >
>> >> >I hope never to become that poor.
>> >>
>> >> some might call it frugal.
>> >
>> >Not a bit more than frugal? It sounds to me like recycling toilet paper
>> >so you can use the other side too.
>>
>> Not at all the same.
>
>But just as stingy.
It wasn't a question of being stingy, it was a question of using
everything to its fullest. Actually very good ideals, far better than
todays consumerism or throwaway habits.