The bags are similar to the "tote bags" they have available at supermarkets, only those seem to close where the supermarket ones are open topped.
What are these called where you live?
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The big ones are much bigger than any bag you get from the supermarket. A small adult could squash into a big one.
I fitted about 200 books into one.
I fitted about 200 books into one.
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Is that a strange Tasmanian custom I've never heard of till now?
These are the result of a transporter accident involving several suitcases, several tote bags, and an assortment of Hoss Cartwright's flannel nightshirts.Feel free to add your own photos.
My first photo are of these, especially what you call the really big ones.
It looks like somebody glued together a set of barbecue tongs and the pendulum from a grandfather clock.My second picture. What is your name for this?
Never tried it myself but I have found some videos on YouTube of people doing it
There are far studier than they look and they are light, inexpensive and waterproof, which is why they are used so much by people fleeing from strife.
In Australia, they are often used to grow potatoes in
http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=37351.0
Most jaffle irons today are square (but I prefer the round ones)
We had a Chickenfeed in my local mall in NSW which only changed hands last year and is now called Roni's. They're called tartan bags here.
Surprisingly, no. They (well, the better ones) are made of some kind of woven plastic and pretty durable, with a large zip. Last for years. I think we have a couple that are over a decade old.
That's interesting, I was just going on the photo and in those photos, they look to me how I described them.
I have plenty of bags for a myriad of occasions, but I have never used such bags.
@Dimesdan you should check them out, keeping in mind there are regional variations. 
Jaffle iron, perfect for camping. For those who've never seen the, see there's 2 handles? They open out like tongs, so you can slip a sandwich (usually buttered on the ouytside so they don't stick) into one of the cups, close it up so it compresses the sandwich while in effect cutting the crusts off, and hold it over a fire for a wle, on bot sides. I have done this, I have a clear memory, but I can't really remember when. If it was when I think (a disastrous camping holiday), well, I believe I was 4 or 5. Campfire smoke and loving memories linger...
Jaffle iron, perfect for camping. For those who've never seen the, see there's 2 handles? They open out like tongs, so you can slip a sandwich (usually buttered on the ouytside so they don't stick) into one of the cups, close it up so it compresses the sandwich while in effect cutting the crusts off, and hold it over a fire for a wle, on bot sides. I have done this, I have a clear memory, but I can't really remember when. If it was when I think (a disastrous camping holiday), well, I believe I was 4 or 5. Campfire smoke and loving memories linger...
Thanks for the suggestion, but for me, I can not see any possible use for them.
Yes, it seems that there were more Chickenfeeds on the Mainland than I knew about.
Chickenfeed started in Tasmania in 1990 but they didn't expand into the other states until 2009.
As far as the jaffle irons are concerned - when I was a child my mother used to have a round one that she held over the gas flame. I also used them years ago when we used to have a campfire going at the beach. I think jaffles taste much better cooked over a fire or in coals than they do cooked in an electric sandwich toaster.
However there were many times my children had baked beans/cheese, baked bean/ham or egg/bacon jaffles for a meal when they were growing up. If we were really skint it was just the baked beans in the jaffle.
We've got an electric jaffle maker. We had one years ago but it wore out. A couple of years ago I recently remarked that I had a hankering for a braised steak and onion jaffle. Next grocery day, what's bought? A jaffle maker with a can of braised steak and onion. Done perfectly, they don't drip and are hot as hell when they're done. You have to be careful not to burn your tongue.
There are other fillings I like. Get some leftover roast, such as pork, cut it into small chunks, throw it in some leftover gravy, add a bit of apple sauce if you've got it. Yum.
Or simple canned spaghetti, if you couldn't be bothered with all the preparation.
Never liked baked beans. No one did.
There are other fillings I like. Get some leftover roast, such as pork, cut it into small chunks, throw it in some leftover gravy, add a bit of apple sauce if you've got it. Yum.
Or simple canned spaghetti, if you couldn't be bothered with all the preparation.
Never liked baked beans. No one did.
Very good if you are moving house. Also for storing doonahs (duvets) in during summer, and as laundry bags if you have to use a laundromat.
We have numerous suitcases, sports bags, rucksacks and other bags we have used in the past, and no doubt in the future use when we next move.
Given that we have had exceptionally good insulation and double/triple glazing where we have lived, we haven't needed to swap duvets in four or so years, and then I placed the winter one in a black bin bag and placed that in a cupboard.
I have no idea where the nearest one of those is to us, but I'm sure if the washer/dryer broke and we couldn't get it fixed/replaced in a timely manner, the bags I do have would do just fine.
So as I said, for me (personally) I can not see any use for them. If others want to use them and they don't find them flimsy and shite, that's grand, I'm not suggesting anyone not use them.
Feel free to add your own photos.
My first photo are of these, especially what you call the really big ones.
My second picture. What is your name for this?
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and the racist name is more for plastic bags (Plastiktüten), isn't it?
Anyway, I would simpy call them "hässlich" (ugly).
