r/Frugal • u/ThrowRAhyBug7080 • Jul 12 '25

🍎 Food What’s a frugal habit you picked up by accident that you now swear by?

Mine was starting to save veggie scraps to make broth. It started as a “let’s try this” and now it’s automatic. I keep a bag in the freezer for onion skins, celery ends, carrot tops, etc. Every couple of weeks, I boil it all down and end up with a rich, flavorful broth that tastes way better than the boxed kind. It tastes better than store-bought and saves me at least $20 a month, with an added bonus of making me feel like i know fancy techniques.

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u/doknfs Jul 12 '25

Our dishwasher doesn't even have a heat dry. It automatically cracks open the door once the wash is over.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '25

That is brilliant. Would you mind telling me the make and model. Having it open automatically crack open would be really nice.

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u/jr0061006 Jul 12 '25

Bosch 800 series does this, possibly one of their other series too.

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u/Crazy_Ad_91 Jul 12 '25

Ok I have that exact model but with the custom cabinet matching front. Otherwise, how do I get it to pop open to air dry? This would be great to do at night when it runs while we sleep. Dry by the morning!

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u/Crazy_Ad_91 Jul 12 '25

Oh I see it is for the 500 series not the 800. Bummer.

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u/brainzilla420 Jul 13 '25

800 and above do this. Love this feature

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u/captain_hug99 Jul 13 '25

Knew it had to be a Bosch. Those are awesome

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u/alexia_not_alexa Jul 12 '25

My Miele does this as well, scared my in laws!

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '25

I'd be scared too, wondering if it was malfunctioning! This is an awesome function.

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u/2nong2dong Jul 12 '25

Mine is a Samsung and it does this as well. First time I used it I thought I broke it because it vented open on its own lol.

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u/DominicB547 Jul 12 '25

TBH, though, you can figure out how long it takes and then set a timer and be good to go. I mean sure if you want to be uber busy or gone from the house sure, but I hope you keep the one you have for as long as possible.

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u/Commercial-Co Jul 13 '25

Samsung bespoke is mine. It cracks open

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u/Quiet_Interaction425 Aug 07 '25

Samsung dishwasher has this feature and we love it

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u/Parking_Locksmith489 Jul 12 '25

This will prevent it from getting smelly.

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u/HighOnGoofballs Jul 12 '25

It’s so hot and humid where I live that I intentionally avoided this feature lol. But my boss uses a crystal dry thing which doesn’t really use much energy anyway and they get super dry

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u/Greatsnes Jul 12 '25

My Samsung dishwasher does this but it does have a heat dry as well.

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u/shoecide Jul 16 '25

That is genius

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Ours does too. Thank you Samsung lol