What is this and do I need it?

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This grey rubber seal has been in my cutlery drawer for 5 or 6 years. I can’t remover what it’s from but I know that the moment I throw it away, I’ll need it. Does anyone recognise what it might be from? If I can identify it as being from something I don’t have any more, then I can get rid of it!

*remover = remember

Could be from a piggy bank/money box?

Ah. Good thought. Might be actually. I’ll go and check the ones boxes.

Dishwasher where you put the liquid in.

Not money boxes.

Could be from the dishwasher.

The rubber is very thin, much thinner than you’d expect.

If it's been in a drawer for 6 years I highly doubt you're going to need it

Does it hide the battery of your kitchen scales?

But @BlissLi, the moment I throw it away I’ll need it!!

@BlissLi

If it's been in a drawer for 6 years I highly doubt you're going to need it

If you throw something away after six years, then on six years plus one day you find out why you needed it

I cannot throw anything like this away. However if I was to need any of these weird bits, I could never find them again. My life is full of unknown bits.

It is an absolutely vital component of something or other.

Dispose of it at your peril.

Lid of a plastic beaker or tub .

Exactly @Tommika and @horridhorrid.

I was kind of hoping someone would say “Ah yes, that is part of xxxxx appliance” and I be able to say “Ah, we no longer have xxxxx appliance, I can throw this strange rubber thing away with confidence”.

Have you looked in the dishwasher because it looks exactly like the one in mine as I said?! Otherwise no idea.

@Furgggggg12, I’ve looked at the dishwasher, it’s not from this one, but there was a different dishwasher in the house when we bought the house, which packed up shortly after we moved in. My suspicions are that it is from the old dishwasher. Is yours a Smeg by any chance??

No it's an integrated Zanussi!

I think bin it Go wild

Ah!! The existing dishwasher is an integrated Zanussi! I’ll keep it!

I've got something similar but its round. It's a lid that I use on my handheld blender beaker so I can store smoothies etc in the fridge.

@Furgggggg12 is the winner!

It’s the lid to the rinse aid compartment of the dishwasher. We never use rinse aid as our water is so soft! DH recalls that we got a sample with the dishwasher and have never used it since. I didn’t even realise that that little door even opened - it took a few goes.

I shall sleep soundly tonight.😊

Hurrah!