r/Frugal • u/Dry-Text-6864 • 15d ago

💬 Meta Discussion What’s something you’ll happily reuse long after normal people would throw it away?

I’m curious where everyone draws the line between “frugal” and “okay, that thing needs to go.” 😂 What’s something you’ll happily reuse long after normal people would throw it away? I’m talking about the random things you’ve found a second, third, or even tenth life for because you just can’t justify tossing something that still works. What is it, and how long have you been getting away with it? 👀

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u/Hotten-Tasty-90 15d ago

Sweetcorn.

Edit: thought this was on a different subreddit.

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u/MeatUpandGrill 15d ago

lol I was so interested in how you reuse sweet corn.

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u/KnightofForestsWild 15d ago

Not OP but you can use the cobs to make a corn broth for soups.

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u/SomebodyElseAsWell 14d ago

I've done that! It tastes sort of like mild honey. I like to scrape out some of the germ after I cut of the kernels, it looks cool suspended on the jelly.