throw away? nay. I have a full compliment of skewers used for kababs, checking 'done-ness of cooked food, rolled chicken roasts & old ones to poke through the holes of pizza tray when they get blocked & a myriad of other pokey uses.
Wet cloth over top of skewer cleans the hard to get cracks in joins of stove and any other cracks where gunk gathers around the kitchen.
Aussies can make anything fit their purpose. We make do down here. Anyone who can make a ceiling out of stretched canvas for the possums and snakes to make a home and roofs out of bark can do anything.
Well, no, nor I to be honest. I was speaking of the Aussie of old but our ingenuity passes down through the generations. Although of the upcoming generation I'm not too sure. Off piste again What did rags and bones end up being, apart from glue and fertiliser? Where did the rags end up? Just curious.
According to WIkipedia: "In rural areas where no rag merchants were present, rag-and-bone men often dealt directly with rag paper makers,but in London they sold rag to the local trader. White rag could fetch two-to-three penceper pound, depending on condition (all rag had to be dry before it could be sold). Coloured rag was worth about two pence per pound. Bones, worth about the same, could be used as knife handles, toys and ornaments, and when treated, for chemistry. The grease extracted from them was also useful for soap-making."
Plus it was a question I had never asked myself and was curious. So we have both learnt something new today AM!
Rags used to be used in industry and commercially. Anywhere were something needed to be mopped up, or cleaned etc. Vehicle repair shops used to buy them by the sackful. Now-a-days purpose made rags, well cloths, are used
"An inferior quality yarn or fabric made from the shredded fibre of waste woollen cloth or clippings." Or: 1. badly made or done. "we're not paying good money for shoddy goods" synonyms: poor-quality, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, rubbishy, trashy, gimcrack, jerry-built, crude
Thanks Sis. We must have been reading at the same time. From the company of Shoddy and Mungo of Dewsbury, originally. I hope thats right. Please correct me if not. No that's wrong. They were shoddy and mungo manufacturers, not the name of the company I'm sure our old dining chairs were stuffed with it.
I remember the rag and bone man from when I was very young and staying with my Nan. He used to have a horse and cart and would ring a handbell and also gave out goldfish in exchange for "rags. I would often hanker for a goldfish and I'm sure I often had my poor Nan scuffling around for something to give him - probably something she would rather have kept !I dread to think how many poor goldfish came and went !