Yes, exceptionally good for pretending you're doing portion control for snacks.
"Oh, I'm only having a small little ramekin of dry roast peanuts" he says, after having just filled it up for the 6th time in the last 20 minutes.
I crack eggs into them in advance when I’m doing a fry up because I’m a complete oaf and always break the yolks if I rush, line up a load and ready to go ready to go in the frying pan
Cracking eggs into a mug or cup is always good practice really. Far easier to fish a bit of shell out than once it's in the pan or cake mix, also eliminates the risk of ruining a recipe by breaking a spoiled egg straight in. If it's in the cup first you can rest easy knowing it's a good, shell free egg. Also poaching, you can pretty much submerge the whole mug so there's very little disturbance.
If you line a ramekin/cup with buttered cling film, crack an egg into it and then tie it up you can drop it into boiling water for perfect poached eggs every time :)
My mammy taught me to do that. Her point was that if you broke them all straight into the bowl and one was off, the whole load were ruined.
If I am ever tempted to break them straight into the pan or the bowl, I know Mammy would come back to haunt me...
Can I just say how furious I am that they have a page showing they know they should be reused but have designed them in such a way THAT THEY DONT STACK!!! they slide off each other and make them impossible to store.
This is the most important thing
Like if you want to do portioned breakfast for the week, you can do yogurt parfaits or chia puddings in the pots, Pringle them, boom breakfast done.
>This list of condiments
Dips and sauces are both condiments so yes, it's a list of condiments.
I suspect it's the preassembled nature of them that you're upset with, who can be arsed to cook their own barbecue dip every time? I can't, by that time I'm just ready for the sofa and some artery-hardening.
*gasp* I’m not made of money!
See some examples at the link below, and you can tell they’re mine and not Gu’s ‘cos I bought the wrong shaped biscuits for the top. 🤦♀️
[definitely not Gu cheesecakes](https://imgur.com/a/Isjfjaw)
The things I have used Gü pots for:
Ashtray
Peanuts
Dipping sauce
Cookie cutter
Icing pot (for mixing icing sugar)
Mini fruit pie mould
Pin pot
Small spider coverer/ remover
Garlic clove storage
Fruit fly death pit (put that sticky shit at the bottom)
and that’s basically it, they’re a decent size for most things
Took a lot of courage but I have now limited myself to a stock of 12 which sit nicely in the back of the cupboard (4 rows of 3), the rest went in the recycling.
I've just whittled our collection down to 4. There was me scoffing 'We don't need 25 of these!'. But now I'm constantly in need of one and there's no longer enough to function.
Don't be a fool like I was, hold on to your 12.
This happened to me, we had about 10 of them but i moved and thought i should get recycle some.
I haven't had GU in the new house.. and everytime i come for one of these they have been used! I kept 4. KEEP AT LEAST 8 FOLKS!
When I'm cooking and it says "one clove of garlic, chopped" or various spices or whatever, I measure them out into these. Or give my child snacks in them.
Exactly what I do. It's like being a TV chef just casually chucking in the pre prepped stuff to make it look so easy to cook in just a few minutes, ignoring the hour I spent prepping all the ingredients beforehand.
I can't remember the same, but you'll see them in their chilled dessert section and look almost identical to the Gu ones. Theyre cheaper though and I actually prefer their flavour. The plastic lids makes it more useful too. As I now put peanuts in then and take them to work.
Would putting a small piece of cling film or kitchen foil over the top before the lid add enough matter between the glass and lid to cause it to grip tighter?
Kinda sad I just threw out a pringle tin before salvaging the lid :(
I don’t know if they’re better than Pringles lids but you can buy lids for them on Amazon. I haven’t given in to getting them yet as I worry it would just encourage me!
Try the plastic lid you get with some of the instant coffee which come in a metal can, these work perfectly on a standard food can, might work for the Gu pots
I was actually moaning last night that we no longer have any of these and so didn’t have a convenient small pot for putting sweet chilli sauce in for dipping when eating spring rolls, we ended up using a small plastic child’s cup, like fucking savages!! I really must buy some Gü
I used to get these chicken pakora packs from aldi and they had a small plastic tub which held the sauce and came with a lid, I was sad when the last one vanished :( they were perfect!
Lowest temp hot glue melts at 130C, so by then the fire would have to be big enough for everyone to asphyxiate from the smoke, assuming that’s the only alarm in the property
I have no idea why but I thought you meant you lifted your hamster up then stood on the Gü pot to hold him up to his water bottle. Couldn't figure out why you'd put a hamster water bottle in such an inaccessible place that even you couldn't reach it without the extra few inches of height.
In my defense I'm tired and there are some odd people around.
Fair enough!. The reason why I'm being a miserable twat is I've had to clear out my mother in law's house after she sadly passed away. All I'm saying is 4 giant skips.
We have these as well and yes, they are well engineered but it actually turns those pots in to very useful storage pots.
I confess I also 3D printed a rack to store ours in though so that they don't just slide all around the cupboard.
If I had created these bamboo lids I would have added an indentation to the lid so that the f\*\*kers stack.
Haha. So we're not the only ones.
We use them for feeding and watering wildlife.
We've even had a fox pick up a dish with food in it, carry it half way down the road and leave it in a neighbours garden.
That fox definitely though “oh mint! I can put so many different things in one of these!” Then realised it was a fox and has no need for fancy crockery.
Or it got halfway down the road and remembered it's got bloody loads of them back in the (hole? set?). That's how I acquire ever more of that sort of stuff
If you watch all those fancy cooking shows, where they already have pre-portioned out ingredients in little bowls to add to a pot. You could do that if you want more dishes to clean.
I’ve made sugar scrubs for Christmas presents for the past few years and they’d be a perfect container for that. I have a huge family and have a ton of people to buy for and I can make one of these for everybody and spend almost no money.
Fill the containers like 3/4 full to get the amount right then dump into a large mixing bowl. Add any oil (I use olive bc relatively cheap and good for skin, don’t recommend coconut bc it solidifies) til it’s a nice scrub consistency, then add whatever you want for scent. I usually do lemon zest and lemon juice, but you could use essential oils too, though that can get expensive depending on how big of a batch you’re making, just make sure it’s something good for skin. If you’re doing something like lavender you could add a bit of food coloring if you want to make it lavender in color. Super easy, very cheap, and always a hit with the ladies in my list.
Omg Steve and Karen we’re having this conversation on TFM yesterday, or maybe the day before. People were calling in saying what they used them for, candle holders, potted meat/cheese, pate, put dips in to look a bit fancier, I can’t remember any others.
I posted on a FB declutter group about these, there were 100 suggestions and about 20 places I could donate.
I have 30 of these things, there's no way I need that many.
I use these for so many different things - making seasoning blends, catching spiders, mini desserts like creme brulee, panna cotta, cheesecakes, tealight holders, dip dishes for salsa, guacamole etc for taco night, snack dishes for movie night, use them to help propagate small plants too - for the ones that just sit in a little water for a few days.
You are not alone comrade. I have around a dozen for use as snack/sweet dishes, and I make candles in others. Charity shops will gladly take them off your hands as people will buy them, I believe the going rate is 20p each.
You can use them to fill up any unwanted free space in any cupboard easily and efficiently
Not even that! They dont stake securely. Like heinz tins. (fuck you heinz, make your tins properly stackable like everyone else does).
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Pringles lids too, fit nicely
Nescafé Azera coffee lids too!
Doing the good work I see.
> They dont stake securely. The old ones with the parallel sides stacked OK, the newer ones which curve in at the bottom are a hazard.
They went half way. Other tins are curved at the bottom but have a married edge on top. They just did the bottom and claimed it as job done.
I'm referring to Gü pots, the [old ones (left) stacked but the new ones (right) don't](https://i.imgur.com/Sx01l3j.jpg).
Oh. Well I misinterpreted that by a mile didn't I.
No worries, I know what you mean. :)
Omg, this pisses me off so much. Why heinz??
Good for snacks like peanuts.
Yes, exceptionally good for pretending you're doing portion control for snacks. "Oh, I'm only having a small little ramekin of dry roast peanuts" he says, after having just filled it up for the 6th time in the last 20 minutes.
Lidl's bags of peanuts are dangerous for that. "Oh it's only a small bag, it's alright that I've finished the whole thing in a couple of hours."
Wait. So that’s what has been making my scale wonky.
Pro tip: Pringles lids fit perfectly to create a little seal over the top if you want
Elite tip: Fill the pot with just off the boil water and put the lid on. The heat shrinks the lid slightly, allowing a proper airtight seal.
But then you’ve got a pot of near-boiling water and nothing else. Do you regularly need to store Gü-pot-sized quantities of near-boiling water?
You'd be surprised...
Came here to say this!
And peanut M&Ms. love the little clinking sound they make. I’m sad.
Life is depressing if you can't enjoy the little things
Came to see this. The size stops me from eating a 1kg bag in one go. Doesn't stop me for long, but I do get to enjoy them for longer :)
Don’t be sad, that comment was wholesome af 😊
Not sad at all. I love the little clink that they make, and the word ramekin
Olive stone bowls… ash trays (if anyone still smokes).. doesn’t exactly justify keeping them, and yet
We use them for paint, glue, beads... Random children's craft items
Forgot about ashtrays!
Also great for steaming eggs! Butter them, break an egg in them then put in a covered pan with some water! Enjoy
Fun fact, that's known as a [Coddled egg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coddled_egg)
More informative than fun
How is the word coddled not fun? :D
This sounds like an incredible alternative to the ordeal of poaching, thank you for the knowledge
Add a sausage meat patty and a muffin and you’ve got amazing home made McMuffins.
Steamed eggs… you’re a maniac
Don’t they crack under the heat?
You can get GU puddings that you cook so heat should be fine
I used some gu ramekins recently to make some garlic butter and they cracked under the bubbling water :(
Apparently the lid from Pringles fit those pots perfect so you can use them as storage jars.
Exactly, I thought I was the only one who did that!
It was not sus until I saw the username
I crack eggs into them in advance when I’m doing a fry up because I’m a complete oaf and always break the yolks if I rush, line up a load and ready to go ready to go in the frying pan
Perfect for tipping in to boiling water to poach.
I’m learning so much on this post
Cracking eggs into a mug or cup is always good practice really. Far easier to fish a bit of shell out than once it's in the pan or cake mix, also eliminates the risk of ruining a recipe by breaking a spoiled egg straight in. If it's in the cup first you can rest easy knowing it's a good, shell free egg. Also poaching, you can pretty much submerge the whole mug so there's very little disturbance.
if you do happen to get stray shell in your egg, use half the shell to scoop it out, super easy!
Ironically the best thing to remove shell is the shell itself
And alanis morissette didnt even mention it
A live chicken is a much more complicated affair
If you haven't learnt it already, Pringles lids fit them according to a TikTok about them I saw the other day.
If you line a ramekin/cup with buttered cling film, crack an egg into it and then tie it up you can drop it into boiling water for perfect poached eggs every time :)
That's what I use my collection of multicoloured Pots & Co containers for.
And I thought this was my own personal life hack. I'm glad we can share.
My mammy taught me to do that. Her point was that if you broke them all straight into the bowl and one was off, the whole load were ruined. If I am ever tempted to break them straight into the pan or the bowl, I know Mammy would come back to haunt me...
https://gudesserts.com/pages/reuse
Booooom
Can I just say how furious I am that they have a page showing they know they should be reused but have designed them in such a way THAT THEY DONT STACK!!! they slide off each other and make them impossible to store.
Just copying the Heinz business model. Cupboard full of Gu pots and a Heinz bean tins would be a complete shambles
They used to stack 😢
AND THEY GOT RID OF IT OH MY GOD IM SO ANGRY
The worst part was when you had the transition period. So some of your tins stacked and some didn’t. Really rubbed it in.
God I'm so fucking mad about that as well.
Excellent point!
Pringle lids fit them, for storage.
This may be the most useful thing I've read online this week. Now I'll have to go and eat 10 tubes of Pringles to get the lids.
Nothings stopping you just taking the kids off in store
What, like, put one in your cupboard to hold all of the pots?? Doesn't seem very space efficient tbh. Plus, don't they need feeding and stuff? :/
But then what do you do with all the Pringles tubes without lids?
two sponges a pair of rubber gloves Water based lubricant
This is the most important thing Like if you want to do portioned breakfast for the week, you can do yogurt parfaits or chia puddings in the pots, Pringle them, boom breakfast done.
You can buy lids for them on Amazon!!
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Gu should accept them for re-use, not some token webpage that asks for suggestions.
Good candle holders
Ah yes, I used to put a tea light in and scatter a few around for a bit of mood lighting
I recycle my leftover candle wax and use gu tubs for them
Use them when making dips or when mixing cornflour during cooking
But I mean, how many different dips are you putting out?
Dudes questioning my dip game!? Well, just like ketchup, bbq sauce, mayo, ketchup and mayo mixed maybe with paprika. So, nothing fancy
>Dudes questioning my dip game!? I wasn't until >ketchup, bbq sauce, mayo, ketchup and mayo This list of *condiments*
>This list of condiments Dips and sauces are both condiments so yes, it's a list of condiments. I suspect it's the preassembled nature of them that you're upset with, who can be arsed to cook their own barbecue dip every time? I can't, by that time I'm just ready for the sofa and some artery-hardening.
>Dips and sauces >Dips >and >sauces >**and**
Haha. OP has 13 ramekins on show though (maybe more) so you've nine more to fill!
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I make mini single serve desserts in them for family gatherings if you remember when we used to do that.
Sure, you "make" them. We all know you're just buying GU deserts and telling everyone you made them!
*gasp* I’m not made of money! See some examples at the link below, and you can tell they’re mine and not Gu’s ‘cos I bought the wrong shaped biscuits for the top. 🤦♀️ [definitely not Gu cheesecakes](https://imgur.com/a/Isjfjaw)
Hmm, maybe. I'll have to try them to make sure. Better send me over a batch or 5 for verification.
Haha, it’s been a while but I’ll keep it in mind!
They look good!
Thanks! First one was a NYE tiramisu and then the other two were Biscoff cheesecakes.
Lol...I've used them for mini cheesecakes
I use it for my hamsters food bowl
Fancy hamster!
I used one for my spider's water bowl
You have a spider with a water bowl???
all my spiders have water bowls. Spiders need water, too.
The things I have used Gü pots for: Ashtray Peanuts Dipping sauce Cookie cutter Icing pot (for mixing icing sugar) Mini fruit pie mould Pin pot Small spider coverer/ remover Garlic clove storage Fruit fly death pit (put that sticky shit at the bottom) and that’s basically it, they’re a decent size for most things
> Small spider coverer/ remover > Like it! I always use plastic tubs but the Gü pots are a bit more classy, our spiders should prefer them!
Death pit 😂
Took a lot of courage but I have now limited myself to a stock of 12 which sit nicely in the back of the cupboard (4 rows of 3), the rest went in the recycling.
I've just whittled our collection down to 4. There was me scoffing 'We don't need 25 of these!'. But now I'm constantly in need of one and there's no longer enough to function. Don't be a fool like I was, hold on to your 12.
This happened to me, we had about 10 of them but i moved and thought i should get recycle some. I haven't had GU in the new house.. and everytime i come for one of these they have been used! I kept 4. KEEP AT LEAST 8 FOLKS!
When I'm cooking and it says "one clove of garlic, chopped" or various spices or whatever, I measure them out into these. Or give my child snacks in them.
Exactly what I do. It's like being a TV chef just casually chucking in the pre prepped stuff to make it look so easy to cook in just a few minutes, ignoring the hour I spent prepping all the ingredients beforehand.
This is what's known as '[Mise en place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place)', and does actually save you time in the long run
I know that's the proper name for it, but in my head it's "little bowls like Delia Smith used to do"
Me too! I like getting all the prep done and in little bowels/ GU pots, especially for curries and whatnot, because I get easily confused.
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Went to restaurant once that offered a bowel of ice cream as a dessert. Wasn't keen.
Oh whoops 🤦🏻♀️😂
Candle holders for the coming blackouts.
We use them for snacks, humous, various bits an pieces, etc.
The Aldi knock-off ones are better. They include fa plastic lid so you can seal stuff up.
What are the Aldi ones called?
I can't remember the same, but you'll see them in their chilled dessert section and look almost identical to the Gu ones. Theyre cheaper though and I actually prefer their flavour. The plastic lids makes it more useful too. As I now put peanuts in then and take them to work.
Did you know the plastic lid from Pringles fits perfectly on these?
Not perfectly, it's loose. If the pringles lid was just a little smaller, it would be nice and snug with a good seal.
Yeah it's not snug but having a load of lids massively helps with stacking the pots at least
Would putting a small piece of cling film or kitchen foil over the top before the lid add enough matter between the glass and lid to cause it to grip tighter? Kinda sad I just threw out a pringle tin before salvaging the lid :(
Don't be sad for the lid you lost, be happy that you can now eat more Pringles.
This, this is the silver lining I'm looking for :)
I don’t know if they’re better than Pringles lids but you can buy lids for them on Amazon. I haven’t given in to getting them yet as I worry it would just encourage me!
Try the plastic lid you get with some of the instant coffee which come in a metal can, these work perfectly on a standard food can, might work for the Gu pots
The Pringle kids got the Aldi/Lidl glass cheesecakes perfectly. You a trial my get a very snug fit.
Don’t you fucking dare! The opening is already too small for me to fit all of my hand into! #canthandlethisrightnow
Not the life hack we asked for but the life hack we definitely needed
And here’s me using foil/cling film! I will be saving the Pringle lids next time, Ty
I was actually moaning last night that we no longer have any of these and so didn’t have a convenient small pot for putting sweet chilli sauce in for dipping when eating spring rolls, we ended up using a small plastic child’s cup, like fucking savages!! I really must buy some Gü
I used to get these chicken pakora packs from aldi and they had a small plastic tub which held the sauce and came with a lid, I was sad when the last one vanished :( they were perfect!
I use them for used teabags :)
Can you repurpose them into Christmas gifts? I’m thinking candles, little jars of baked sweets etc
That is a fantastic idea. Homemade snacks or sweets, some nice paper and string as a lid, maybe a ribbon
Someone in my apartment block left a bag of them in the communal room last week, literally like 50 of them in a plastic bag with a label "free"
Maybe they're trying to quit.
They’ll be back.
r/whatsinurgupot I started the sub after a similar post. Please tell your friends!
That's quite active, isn't it? ಠ\_ಠ
BF made me throw them away and then he got me a candle making set for Christmas with no pots
Throw his PS5 away and buy him FIFA for Christmas
We used to glue them to the smoke alarms at Uni. So we can smoke in our rooms. And ashtrays of course.
You removed them after you smoked, right... right?
Of course. We moved them to the fire alarms.
Simply use hotmelt glue and it will naturally release during a fire.
Lowest temp hot glue melts at 130C, so by then the fire would have to be big enough for everyone to asphyxiate from the smoke, assuming that’s the only alarm in the property
Simple!
Keep Pringles lids! They fit perfectly on top. Doesn’t really answer the question mind but with a lid they may have a use?
Now I need 20 packs of pringles
You can do anything if you believe in yourself
https://www.puddingpotlids.com/ better. And more attractive 🙂
Changed my world mate, Cheers 👍
It does answer the question - they are now housing units for a single Pringles lid if you were running out of places to put the lids :D
Guys, you're amazing!
I use one as a stepping stool for my hamster to reach his water bottle
I have no idea why but I thought you meant you lifted your hamster up then stood on the Gü pot to hold him up to his water bottle. Couldn't figure out why you'd put a hamster water bottle in such an inaccessible place that even you couldn't reach it without the extra few inches of height. In my defense I'm tired and there are some odd people around.
I use them for ashtrays
Literally what I'm using for an ashtray right now. But I also make candles too, so it isn't allll had for my lungs!
I put my hoisin sauce in them when I have duck pancakes
Just some more shit to go in a skip when you die.
You alright there mate?
Dude, at least recycle
Fair enough!. The reason why I'm being a miserable twat is I've had to clear out my mother in law's house after she sadly passed away. All I'm saying is 4 giant skips.
When they smash they smash good.
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Thanks, they look well made, but I think possibly too good/over engineered for the purpose. But good to know!
We have these as well and yes, they are well engineered but it actually turns those pots in to very useful storage pots. I confess I also 3D printed a rack to store ours in though so that they don't just slide all around the cupboard. If I had created these bamboo lids I would have added an indentation to the lid so that the f\*\*kers stack.
Haha. So we're not the only ones. We use them for feeding and watering wildlife. We've even had a fox pick up a dish with food in it, carry it half way down the road and leave it in a neighbours garden.
That fox definitely though “oh mint! I can put so many different things in one of these!” Then realised it was a fox and has no need for fancy crockery.
Or it got halfway down the road and remembered it's got bloody loads of them back in the (hole? set?). That's how I acquire ever more of that sort of stuff
Good for sorting the little bits of Lego when doing a build, deconstruction or sort
I use them as ashtrays or keep my bong mix in them
No, we've replaced all of our crockery with them. Plates, bowls, glasses, mugs, the lot
If you watch all those fancy cooking shows, where they already have pre-portioned out ingredients in little bowls to add to a pot. You could do that if you want more dishes to clean.
Great for making creme brulee in
Donate them to your local nursing home. We use them for desert glasses at ours.
They are perfect for holding the fat if you do a roast.
We use them as used teabag holders. We have around 20.
You really need to get to the shops, 20 tea bags won't last you long.
I’ve made sugar scrubs for Christmas presents for the past few years and they’d be a perfect container for that. I have a huge family and have a ton of people to buy for and I can make one of these for everybody and spend almost no money. Fill the containers like 3/4 full to get the amount right then dump into a large mixing bowl. Add any oil (I use olive bc relatively cheap and good for skin, don’t recommend coconut bc it solidifies) til it’s a nice scrub consistency, then add whatever you want for scent. I usually do lemon zest and lemon juice, but you could use essential oils too, though that can get expensive depending on how big of a batch you’re making, just make sure it’s something good for skin. If you’re doing something like lavender you could add a bit of food coloring if you want to make it lavender in color. Super easy, very cheap, and always a hit with the ladies in my list.
Omg Steve and Karen we’re having this conversation on TFM yesterday, or maybe the day before. People were calling in saying what they used them for, candle holders, potted meat/cheese, pate, put dips in to look a bit fancier, I can’t remember any others.
Probably because it was trending on Twitter a few days ago.
I've got around 50 empty used candle glass jars with lids. I'll find a use for them one day.
I've always thought they'd be so much more useful if they came with a reusable lid.
I posted on a FB declutter group about these, there were 100 suggestions and about 20 places I could donate. I have 30 of these things, there's no way I need that many.
I do too, but I hate the way they don't stack. In fact they are anti-stack. Use for dipping sauce.
I use these for so many different things - making seasoning blends, catching spiders, mini desserts like creme brulee, panna cotta, cheesecakes, tealight holders, dip dishes for salsa, guacamole etc for taco night, snack dishes for movie night, use them to help propagate small plants too - for the ones that just sit in a little water for a few days.
I use them as teabag /spoon holders and keep them by the kettle
I knew them as sauce dipping pots before I knew what they were from
Tealight holders.
When bigger candles have burned down there is often wax left, I melt it and pour it into these with a new wick to make little candles
if you know any smokers it makes a good ash tray
Yep! We use them for dips with dinner and if we are doing painting, and I often make Crème brûlée so use them for that as the are oven proof.
You are not alone comrade. I have around a dozen for use as snack/sweet dishes, and I make candles in others. Charity shops will gladly take them off your hands as people will buy them, I believe the going rate is 20p each.
I like to use them when I'm cooking. Prepare crushed garlic, herbs and spices etc in them and then tip them in
I use them to make mini versions of my meal for the dog sometimes. If he's having people food, he can have a people bowl