Not wasting a drop of milk! / myLot

Australia

March 1, 2025 4:11pm CST

I don't do this often, but this is how I try to extract the last few drops of milk from the can. Flip it and leave it for a few minutes while brewing the coffee. I did it today because I had just enough milk for the coffee and felt too lazy to open the next can from the refrigerator. My mum used to regularly add a swish of water to the milk can or packet at the end t rinse and get the last few drops sticking to the sides out. Well, that's my weird story for the day. Am I the only one - or do you also try to get the last few drops of milk, oil, jam, speeds and toothpaste out?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382100)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 25

I try to get the very last of everything out of jars and tubes.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

3 Mar 25

Any tricks and tips you use?

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

3 Mar 25

@JudyEv I'll try those too

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382100)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 25

@pitstop I sometimes microwave a jar for a very short while to soften the last of the contents. And I push toothpaste etc from the bottom until it's hard to get any more out. Then I cut off the flattened tube and get the last bits from the opening with a wooden spatula. I do this just because I'm interesting in how much I can get out not because I'm paranoid about using every last bit.

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@dgobucks226 (37621)

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7 Mar 25

I don't with milk, but I do with other items like ketchup, mayo and other items which have gone up due to inflation. Wish I could do that with eggs, lol.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

8 Mar 25

Egg would be very messy

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@dgobucks226 (37621)

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8 Mar 25

@pitstop Yes, "Egg-sactly."

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135744)

• Marion, Ohio

1 Mar 25

I do with things like ketchup and honey. Those are thicker

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

2 Mar 25

Those are really hard to get out

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98005)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

1 Mar 25

I don't even remember the last time I drank milk, I am not a coffee drinker but a tea drinker,

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

2 Mar 25

Do you drink tea black

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98005)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Mar 25

@pitstop I drink iced tea I brew myself with no sugar

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Mar 25

We call that a bottle in the US. Funny how words are different place to place. What do you call a big truck that we call a "semi"? A "lorrie"? I have to step into the "lift" right now. Just kidding. I have not been in an "elevator" for a week.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

1 Mar 25

I just used a random word. Bottle seems more appropriate. Too lazy to change it now.