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To use my lemon kitchen spray on my pancakes

65 replies

ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 18:52

I honestly don't think it's as bad as it sounds!

My husband, our two children and I were having pancakes tonight, and I realised I had forgotten to get one of those squeezy lemons, or an actual lemon so that we could have traditional lemon and sugar ones.

Well no problem I thought, I have a spray bottle of lemon juice under the sink I use for cleaning and it's just filled with Jif lemon juice anyway. So I took it out and sprayed my pancake, and offered it to them (obviously telling them it was lemon juice and not bleach).

They all looked at me like I had offered them poison and had Nutella instead.

Was it that weird to do? It tasted fine Confused

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LiveLongAndBright · 05/03/2019 18:56

Um. No YANBU. What the hell is wrong with your family for not wanting to eat cleaning fluid? Honestly kids these days. SO entitled!

ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 18:57

Its lemon juice from the cooking section in the supermarket.

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Bussells · 05/03/2019 18:57

It needs to be kept in the fridge otherwise it goes mouldy

ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 18:59

Envy not envy thanks didn't think of that. Probably avoid that in future then!

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Chickenwing · 05/03/2019 18:59

I don't the OP made it clear enough that JIF lemon juice is those plastic lemons you get filled with pure lemon juice, it's not a cleaning product.

icelollycraving · 05/03/2019 18:59

How old are your kids? If they are young ud be really worried they’d try to drink or eat something from the cleaning cupboard. Other than that point, you are clearly barking Grin

AirBiscuit · 05/03/2019 18:59

I'm having Cif on my pancakes later. The Power & Shine Kitchen Spray has a lovely citrus tang

ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 19:02

AirBiscuit Grin yum

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ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 19:03

icelollycraving they're old enough not to eat stuff from under the sink. Unlike me I suppose Grin

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icelollycraving · 05/03/2019 19:05

At least they didn’t have a friend found for tea. They’d never live it down.

BlueMerchant · 05/03/2019 19:07

I wouldn't fancy that. It's putrid. Wish I'd seen their faces!

origamiunicorn · 05/03/2019 19:14

Um. No YANBU. What the hell is wrong with your family for not wanting to eat cleaning fluid?

JIF not CIF Grin I still wouldn't, like a PP said, shouldn't be kept in the fridge?

burritofan · 05/03/2019 19:17

Were you out of Lemon Zing-scented Zoflora?

SwearyInn · 05/03/2019 19:18

I use domestic pine scented bleach as a substitute for pine nuts and it’s not done me any harm.

mogtheexcellent · 05/03/2019 19:19

It needs to be kept in the fridge otherwise it goes mouldy

mine was fine

PinkHeart5914 · 05/03/2019 19:22

You have issues..... You are a dirty animal and shouldn’t be allowed pancakes

ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 19:23

SwearyInn

I use domestic pine scented bleach as a substitute for pine nuts and it’s not done me any harm.

Grin
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Whatsforu · 05/03/2019 19:25

You were pretty desperate to have lemon on your pancakes!!! How long had it been in there? 🤢

supersop60 · 05/03/2019 19:27

OP - are you my DP? That's just the sort of thing he'd do.

ILoveBray · 05/03/2019 19:29

Whatsforu

More desperate to not have to go to Tesco yet again, already been twice today.
I use it alot for the sinks so probably put a new bottle in about 2 weeks ago, not that long.

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thesnapandfartisinfallible · 05/03/2019 19:30

No it doesn't go mouldy. They don't refrigerate it in the shops.

Whatsforu · 05/03/2019 19:32

Fair point I get the not wanting to go to Tescos for the whatever time!!

NoParticularPattern · 05/03/2019 19:34

If it goes moulds then how come it’s never in the freezer section in shops? And don’t give me that “it’s before the seal is broken” bullshit because anyone who has ever examined one of those can clearly see you could open it with a strong gist of wind in the right direction. Hardly a child proof cap is it?

I’d have done it. And actually my husband probably would have too! In fact I’m fairly certain that the jif lemon I used tonight was older than my actual daughter 🤷‍♀️

GoFiguire · 05/03/2019 19:34

Lemon floor cleaner works very well as well.

NoParticularPattern · 05/03/2019 19:34

My brain is broken. FRIDGE section