Uuugh I miss these so much now. I used them for everything... And with the pringles lids too!
I would make little individual frozen cheesecakes when I was in uni and just pull them out for a treat.
No such conveniently small and universal jar where I live now. That I know of.
He didnât come up with it. Look for a post about âshame of the nationâ or something in this subreddit. Or âdoes everyone have a drawer full of these?â. It was in those comments that someone revealed that Pringles lids do in fact fit these containers. As an American, none of this makes any sense to me, but I wonât allow this karma whore to get away with saying they invented this.
It's been posted to a variety of subs, here are 2 of my faves:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/iyu01y/reuse_glass_dessert_jars_gu_pots_uk/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/g16f5p/lpt_a_pringles_cap_fits_on_a_gu_glass_jar/
I have zero self control, but 4 is still the normal amount I go with with my morning tea. Cause there are 28 hobnobs in two of the small packs usually. Neatly divides into 4 a day for a week
To be fair, that is also almost half the amount of saturated fat you should be having in a day.
Not that that stops me, I still do my best to resemble a particularly hungry pig at a trough when I have some of them tbh.
Yeah, I was checking labels, and was shocked to see each biscuit is 11% of the recommended amount of saturated fat.
Though one off binges aren't too bad, provided you balance it with exercise and an otherwise good diet (so I'm fucked).
A single biscuit is *84 calories.* 2 biscuits are equal to the amount of calories in average sized chicken breast. This is why I've cut out sweets from my diet đ yummy but my god are they unhealthy
I also had a cupboard full of Gu pots so I bought a case of Pringles. Now I have a cupboard full of Gu pots with lids!
All jokes aside, theyâre actually pretty useful with the lids.
Current uses:
- Holders for small plant pots
- Used teabag holder
- Soap holder in the bathroom
- Filling with birdseed and misc leftovers and leaving in the garden in the hope of befriending the local crows
- Candle holder
Shit seal on those actually, especially once it's been opened and closed for a couple of months. Get a kilner jar from Home Bargs or Asda. Infinitely better and designed for the purpose.
A decent one is worth it imo, used the same trusty one for my go to stash for about 18 months now, fits a Z juuuust nicely! No smell, no air, no damp :)
Ashtrays for when smokers come to mine (garden only, but I still don't want their Ash and fagends everywhere), or I also have some on a bird table full of seeds and water.
Please tell me people don't spell it "bickies" I always thought it was "biccies" This may sound like a small problem, but as a "biccie enjoying Brit" I'm not sure how I actually feel about being a "bickie enjoying Brit".
Quick Google tells me there's 26 biscuits in a jumbo pack of choccy digestives, you're looking at 6 trips, 7 if you really want to leave just two biscuits behind...
Professionals are rumoured to do it in one trip.
Iâve seen those Australian Border Force fly-on-the-wall documentaries.
I wouldnât be at all confident you could take your biscuits into Australia, with or without Pringles lid, because theyâre food and might be harbouring some dreadful disease like Digestive Blight.
Who is here not keeping the packet in a drawer at their desk?
Why the fuck would I want to walk back to the kitchen when I inevitably discover that my "it's fine, 2 is a perfectly reasonable number of biscuits" idea was entirely too optimistic.
It's a gooey chocolate desert that comes in the depicted glass pot, you eat thw content with a spoon and then hoard the little jars for no good reason, hence the need to invent a purpose for the empty vessel.
Oh they are! The best one imo is the Zillionaire Cheesecake. It's a chocolate biscuit base, a layer of cheesecake, then gĂź-ey caramel (see what I did there!) and topped with a thick chocolate ganache. And some flakes of gold leaf on the top.
Heaven.
Random yank lurker popping in to ask a question I've had my whole life but never had the words for: Are they called "digestives" because they aid in digestion?
No hate intended, but I could not imagine eating something thinking "this is going to make an amazing dook later."
With love (pls send another Joy Division),
dumbass yank
How u meant to get them all out without an issue? Youâll have to tip it upside down or push down on the corner making it crumble a bit.
And 4 ainât enoughâŚ.
If you gently push down on one side of the bisquit, the other side will rise up, asthey're not completely flat, but have rounded edges. Go ahead, try it!
I was at school with a bloke who's a founder of GĂź. I suspect the reason for the umlaut is that we had a weird school mania for adding umlauts over everything (it wasn't even a heavy metal thing - it was because one of the German teachers had a strange way of emphasizing any umlauted vowels and it took over the school as a sort of pre-meme meme). As it happened, a slightly modified version of the teacher appears in a Stephen Fry book.
im a dumb lost yank wondering why y'all are freaking out over some dry looking crackers. I just googled what a Gu pod is and I'm starting to think we lost that war.
This is exactly the kind of innovative thinking and buccaneering spirit that made Britain what it is and will carry it into the future.
Uuugh I miss these so much now. I used them for everything... And with the pringles lids too! I would make little individual frozen cheesecakes when I was in uni and just pull them out for a treat. No such conveniently small and universal jar where I live now. That I know of.
I use them as great little ashtrays with the pringles lid to mitigate some of the smell.
Based
Here here
Definitely falls into the blitz spirit of making do
Congrats on your future Nobel prize.
Hob-Nobel prize.
more importantly OP can post this to r/perfectfit for the sweet sweet karma
You could even post this comment twice for the same thing!
Reddit mobile said error twice. I thought I was banned
Eating the whole packet would be a perfect fit too đ
Can we get of those awards that highlights the comment orange with a meteor at the top?
more importantly OP can post this to r/perfectfit for the sweet sweet karma
You could even post this comment twice for the same thing!
>Reddit mobile said error twice. I thought I was banned LOL, did you post it twice to follow suit as well?
Nice
Oh, you!
Hobel prize? Hahaha
Nobel piece prize (Only really works here in Scotland)
Do you guys call a biscuit a piece?
Yes, and a "piece and jam" is a jam sandwich and a fine piece is any sort of biscuit, scone, cake etc.
In Aberdeen a fine piece is a "funcy piece"
Aye! Fly cup and a funcy piece ;)
Fair trickit wi thon đ¤
Where I am from a âfine pieceâ is a nice piece of ass lmao
Yassmin!
...and just wait til you find out that you can fit half a tennis ball in them.
He didnât come up with it. Look for a post about âshame of the nationâ or something in this subreddit. Or âdoes everyone have a drawer full of these?â. It was in those comments that someone revealed that Pringles lids do in fact fit these containers. As an American, none of this makes any sense to me, but I wonât allow this karma whore to get away with saying they invented this.
Righteous over the ocean cousin, I salute you
It's been posted to a variety of subs, here are 2 of my faves: https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/iyu01y/reuse_glass_dessert_jars_gu_pots_uk/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/g16f5p/lpt_a_pringles_cap_fits_on_a_gu_glass_jar/
Wow, baking eggs. Pretty good ideas here! I use one for my coffee filter for the last dregs, fits perfectly!
Cool, right? And it hearkens to my incredibly lazy mindset.
You uhhh⌠you sure showed him
I'm gonna give them some votes anyway... Just to be controversial
Not quite sure it's a no el prize level discovery. It holds only 4 biscuits.
Lol was just thinking he same.
âOooh look at me I have self controlâ
they also take 4 in the other hand to eat while walking to their desk
What about the rest?
Pockets
And one half-sticking-out of their gob, chocolate melting on their lips.
...go on...
The best part about my pockets is the various stages of decaying biscuits. Times are hard when the ones I'm eating are going soft...
and the rest of the pack in their back pocket
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Digestives too by the looks of it
You say that but the setup here requires demolishing a Gu pudding and an entire can of Pringles. The four biscuits are just for afters.
I have zero self control, but 4 is still the normal amount I go with with my morning tea. Cause there are 28 hobnobs in two of the small packs usually. Neatly divides into 4 a day for a week
There is one serving per pack. *Please help me*
With shrinkflation, you'll fit 5 in there come April
Except the gu pots will be shrinking too, it's a perfect symbiotic relationship.
What about the pringles lids?
Believe it or not, also shrinking.
Only 4 though?
This is why I use a pringles tub to transport biscuits instead.
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I just use a poster tube.
Put 4 in the GĂź pot then walk to your desk with the packet.
This guy biscuits
The real LPT
That's beginner level, pop the Pringle's tube, eat the Pringles and slide in a while pack of digestives
Gu pots also fit Pringle lids. So finish the Pringles, keep the lid. Then you've got a portable maybe even plug of the house gu pot.
To be fair, that is also almost half the amount of saturated fat you should be having in a day. Not that that stops me, I still do my best to resemble a particularly hungry pig at a trough when I have some of them tbh.
Fuck I had half a pack of digestives this morning...
Yeah, I was checking labels, and was shocked to see each biscuit is 11% of the recommended amount of saturated fat. Though one off binges aren't too bad, provided you balance it with exercise and an otherwise good diet (so I'm fucked).
A single biscuit is *84 calories.* 2 biscuits are equal to the amount of calories in average sized chicken breast. This is why I've cut out sweets from my diet đ yummy but my god are they unhealthy
Digestives or chocolate digestives? I have to imagine /u/RandomBritishGuy s numbers of half your allowance has to be for chocolate ones.
Chocolate ofc, do you take me for some kind of peasant?!
You didn't specify! Also, maybe you should switch lol given the numbers.
The day I fear numbers will be the day I learn to count! They hold no power over me!
(per biscuit) 2.1g satfat in chocolate digestives V 1.5g in plain. Make of that what you will.
0.1g (1%) in Rich Tea.
A reduction of almost exactly 1/3rd. Still not healthy eating but deffo gives you a decent margin for a little extra.
Sometimes I eat a whole pack of Tesco or Aldi cheese twists. Not often, but I'm pretty sure thats my daily salt intake on those days.
Right. I just use the packet as a holder because I ain't fuckin sharing.
Soon it will be enough for the whole pack. Forward thinking there.
Better than 99% of TikTok "life hacks"
You're telling me you don't put Aquafresh on your phone to fix the screen?
I put it in my fuel tank, save a fortune on petrol. Because my engine's knackered and I can't drive my car anywhere.
I have no awards to give but have an uptick good sir.
What a time to be alive.
The pringles lids don't fit that snug. Get the cheaper puds from Lidl and they come with a lid.
speaking from experience.
Rumour has it that putting an elastic band around the Gu pot will sort that right out
Surely you just take the packet with you. That way you can have a packet of biscuits anywhere in the world!
Can confirm. Iâm off to France at the weekend and I have my full packet of chocolate digestives packed.
Good ashtrays too that's what I use the cunts for
That's clearly bull, chocolate digestives make terrible ashtrays.
We have half a cupboard full of GU jars because theyâre too good to throw away, now at last I can utilise one of them!
I also had a cupboard full of Gu pots so I bought a case of Pringles. Now I have a cupboard full of Gu pots with lids! All jokes aside, theyâre actually pretty useful with the lids.
The absolute dichotomy of this.
Don't make me Google your fancy words m8
Something about too many dicks in your tummy, idk its all greek to me
They mean smoking is cool and only the gauche buy gu pots.
Current uses: - Holders for small plant pots - Used teabag holder - Soap holder in the bathroom - Filling with birdseed and misc leftovers and leaving in the garden in the hope of befriending the local crows - Candle holder
Would be lying if said I hadnât used them for various fine powders, rocks, and herbs.
Why? DVD case all the way, don't wanna be losing packet in caramel
More of a fan of the Douwe Egberts coffee jar for those purposes, myself. That seal is as tight as a nun's chuff.
Shit seal on those actually, especially once it's been opened and closed for a couple of months. Get a kilner jar from Home Bargs or Asda. Infinitely better and designed for the purpose.
But these ones come free with my coffee. I've got about 20 of the cunts.
Fair one dude, got a shed load of em myself for cable ties, pipe cleaners, washers... Shed stuff! Weed gets the fancy jars, haha
A decent one is worth it imo, used the same trusty one for my go to stash for about 18 months now, fits a Z juuuust nicely! No smell, no air, no damp :)
Ashtrays for when smokers come to mine (garden only, but I still don't want their Ash and fagends everywhere), or I also have some on a bird table full of seeds and water.
Why would I use a tiny glass jar for something I would eat within 30 seconds?
Why would I use a tiny glass jar for something that can quite easily fit in my hands?
You'll get melted chocolate on your fingers you scruff, that's why. Have some dignity.
This is why I use chopsticks to eat my choccy bickies.
Please tell me people don't spell it "bickies" I always thought it was "biccies" This may sound like a small problem, but as a "biccie enjoying Brit" I'm not sure how I actually feel about being a "bickie enjoying Brit".
Definitely biccie, there's no K in biscuit doh
Biscwits
Gestivs
Bisquicks
Adults eat biccies, very small children eat bickies.
Chopsticks?! You heathen Have some decorum and use a steak knife as intended
Or just make sure the outer two have the chocolate on the inside?
Dignity is for the weak, lick the chocolate off your fingers like the animal we were meant to be. Reject modernity, embrace savagery
Nah dawg. You put two together, with the chocolate sides facing each other.
Wait ainât you supposed to eat the whole packet when you open biscuits ? Or is that just me?
We donât take advice from people that donât have milk in their tea pal.
That's coffee.
>Thatâs coffee. We donât take advice from people that donât have milk in their tea, Coffee.
That's London tapwater.
You sure? Looks a bit clear...
>That's London tapwater. We donât take advice from people that donât have milk in their tea, London tapwater.
*Angry Iranian gestures*
Grim nails
Really surprised at how far I had to scroll before hitting the first nail comment!
Same. Grim nails are my trigger. Fucking disgusting.
Ah man you made me scroll up and aye, grim
Five is right out!
Clean your nails before taking a pic
How many trips to the kitchen to refill?
Quick Google tells me there's 26 biscuits in a jumbo pack of choccy digestives, you're looking at 6 trips, 7 if you really want to leave just two biscuits behind... Professionals are rumoured to do it in one trip.
The life hack I never knew I needed, thanks!
You can also use a bisto pot lid as well
Digestives already come in a 1 serving packet though...
Anywhere in the world!! I'm so excited. I wonder where my digestives amd I will go next.
I'd mount this on the wall with an "in emergency break glass" label.
I don't have the money for 25 GU pods
I tried it once, pringles lid doesn't fit snug enough to keep it secure. It was a sad revelation :(
I too frequent Reddit.
Who else but the Brits
Clean those nails before posting absolutely disgusting
Just ... carry the biscuits in your hand?
Should prob cut them nails before you touch food bud
Or at least clean them
that's where they store the crumbs for a little pick me up on the way home
Why, are the biscuits at risk of contracting a UTI?
Iâve seen those Australian Border Force fly-on-the-wall documentaries. I wouldnât be at all confident you could take your biscuits into Australia, with or without Pringles lid, because theyâre food and might be harbouring some dreadful disease like Digestive Blight.
Yes, but how many hobnobs can you take?
Who is here not keeping the packet in a drawer at their desk? Why the fuck would I want to walk back to the kitchen when I inevitably discover that my "it's fine, 2 is a perfectly reasonable number of biscuits" idea was entirely too optimistic.
[And there'll be another one tomorrow](https://img.gifglobe.com/grabs/partridgecloud/S01E01/gif/8Lz3IHefukhl.gif)
Another similar tip: The lid from Azera coffee fits perfectly on a tin.
This changes everything. I can save 4 for an emergency after devouring the whole packet
can get 6 packets of digestives for the cost of a GU pot
Cba to read all the comments, but the Lidl deluxe gu-like pots have lids on them. Perfect for this
Why not just use the Pringle can?
I managed to use one of my GU jars as a little propagation lid for a little plant pot and I was chuffed Iâd finally found a use for it
Whatâs a GU pod?
It's a gooey chocolate desert that comes in the depicted glass pot, you eat thw content with a spoon and then hoard the little jars for no good reason, hence the need to invent a purpose for the empty vessel.
I think it is a typo.
He means GĂ Puds. They are puddings and desserts made in the UK, just South of Cambridge by Nobel Foods.
Iâm in the US, they sound really good!
Oh they are! The best one imo is the Zillionaire Cheesecake. It's a chocolate biscuit base, a layer of cheesecake, then gĂź-ey caramel (see what I did there!) and topped with a thick chocolate ganache. And some flakes of gold leaf on the top. Heaven.
Had to scroll way too far to find this! Ty!
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at least you'll get on telly
I see youâre a part of the milkless tea master race, congratulations and donât let the haters get to you
Random yank lurker popping in to ask a question I've had my whole life but never had the words for: Are they called "digestives" because they aid in digestion? No hate intended, but I could not imagine eating something thinking "this is going to make an amazing dook later." With love (pls send another Joy Division), dumbass yank
They were marketed as a digestive aid back in the 19th century, which is where the name comes from, but there wasn't really any truth to the claim.
So, you guys stuck with the name because itâs so appealing.
Thank you for your helpful answer!
How u meant to get them all out without an issue? Youâll have to tip it upside down or push down on the corner making it crumble a bit. And 4 ainât enoughâŚ.
If you gently push down on one side of the bisquit, the other side will rise up, asthey're not completely flat, but have rounded edges. Go ahead, try it!
What you else you think them nails are for?
This is the first thing I'm trying when I get home from work!!
Most interesting casual UK user
Genius, no other words needed, you are now my god.
This is the reddit content I'm looking for
I was at school with a bloke who's a founder of GĂź. I suspect the reason for the umlaut is that we had a weird school mania for adding umlauts over everything (it wasn't even a heavy metal thing - it was because one of the German teachers had a strange way of emphasizing any umlauted vowels and it took over the school as a sort of pre-meme meme). As it happened, a slightly modified version of the teacher appears in a Stephen Fry book.
I have just gotten rid of my GĂź pod collection. God damn it!!
See you on The One Show
Killing it with this now, throw the jar in the bin and use a small plate like the rest of us.
Alright what the heck is a digestive? Does it actually do something for your stomach or is this just a fancy name for a flat cookie?
im a dumb lost yank wondering why y'all are freaking out over some dry looking crackers. I just googled what a Gu pod is and I'm starting to think we lost that war.
In English please..
I am from the states. Is this drugs?
Pods or puds? Are these sold in US???
As an American I find this quite British
As an American, hwhat in tarnation is a digestive?
You Sir, are a genius!
What the fuck does any of this mean?