My son taught me how to wash less dishes, and my friend

My life motto is “Live and learn”. And I am constantly learning - I either listen to online courses on the Internet, then I go through retraining, then I ask my friends for new recipes, then I just check various tips for their usefulness.

And that's what I recently learned for myself. Believe it or not, I really didn't know these things! And I am not at all ashamed of my ignorance - now it has become knowledge!

Shell hit the plate

For example, my eternal problem, especially if I'm in a hurry - I break an egg into a cup, and a piece of shell falls there. It is impossible to get it quickly, it "runs away".

It turns out that there is an elementary way - to wet your finger with cold water, and the shell will instantly stick to it.

People, you know - it works! In 2 seconds - hand under the tap and into the plate with the egg, and the problem is settled. I specially tried it - great!

How to store lids

Another problem solved for me - how to store the lids from the jars. I work with blanks and lids with me - constantly in use. In winter, they ate the jam - the plastic lid was released. Have eaten the cucumbers - the screw cap will come in handy for the next year if it is neatly opened.

And the fact that they are lying in the closet is terribly annoying. Of course, I put them in bags and put them in a far corner, but this is still not the case. Each time, to add covers, you need to climb into the far corner.

And, it turns out, there is an elementary way to solve this problem and save space - you need to cut off a plastic bottle and put the caps there. It is very convenient, compact and simple. But I have mastered this method quite recently.

Fresh biscuits

Our family should always have cookies - from the store, or our own baked, it doesn't matter. Every time it ends, someone from the family starts to grumble jokingly that "we are starving again, there are no cookies."

But sometimes it remains unclaimed for some time and stale. It turns out there is an easy way to keep it fresh for a couple of days. You need to put a slice of apple in a bowl of cookies, cover with a napkin and that's it - the cookies will stay fresh for a couple of days longer. Very comfortably!

How to do without washing dishes

And here is this advice from my son. When we leave for the dacha, I am very surprised that he immediately begins to wash the dishes behind him. We come, he has almost no dirty dishes. But one day I overtook her at the moment when he did the following - he put the plate in a bag torn off from a roll of bags. And he poured the soup into a plate with a bag. I ate, took off the plastic, the plate is clean again.

Of course, I mocked him for a long time that he needed to save money on washing mugs too, it would be nice to wrap a spoon around. But when, one day, they turned off the water completely, my husband and I remembered this method. And, ashamed of themselves, they ate for three days from plates in plastic, while not getting the dishes dirty.

These are the tips I want to give you today. I do not like the word "life hacks", but those who love Americanism - call them that.