Spice Bags - help please!

[emilymup]

Help please!!! Have got my huge pan of 'Glutney' on the go and have just realised I dont have any muslin or similar to make a spice bag out of

Does anyone have any alternative ideas on how to make a spice bag

[Flummery]

Old tights or hanky (washed of course!)
Ancient bit of expendable tea towel.

[emilymup]

Thanks Flummery! I was really hoping you would be on-line!! Going to cut up a tea towel now and maybe nuke it in water in the microwave first before I use it!!!!

[Flummery]

Good thinking. I usually just boil it up in a pan!

[Alison]

Good thinking. I usually just boil it up in a pan!

Is that the same pan in which you are making the glutney?

[Flummery]

It's not I who am making the glutney! Sarky woman! You ought to see the colour of the pan I boiled up my cross-breed Lancashire Lad x Oregaon Sugar Pod spare dried peas though. Brown! But what a brilliant old-fashioned mushy pea flavour.

[shaza114]

I use a piece of J-cloth cut to size

[rustylady]

Old tights or hanky (washed of course!)
Ancient bit of expendable tea towel.

Oh Flummery, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who uses old tights. They make good jelly bags too.

[Two_Sheds]

I just made Pyjama Chutney ... no spice bag, no muslin, no tights, brand new teatowels so not cutting them up ... so I cut the leg off an old pair of silk pyjamas and used that.

[amandaandherveg]

This is so funny - I did the same this week but it was a chopped up bit of fitted sheet, last time it was a J Cloth.

[seasprout]

Sock..?


Ok i dont cook much.!

[Seahorse]

We made ketchup and chutney last week and did indeed use socks as spice bags At least they hadn't been worn!

[BarleySugar]

I used new bags you put washing tablets in when I made my plum jam. All the stones and the chilli went in there. I also used it for garlic, root ginger and chilli. It said bruised, so I used my small hammer on it once I'd put them in the bag without bothering to peel or chop. Worked really well.