Uses for a twin tub washing machine

[charlieb]

I've finally got too fed up with its rubbish washing and constantly rinsing and rerinsing washing.   But I'm loathe to just take it back to the charity shop - seems like the sort of thing that I'll later regret getting rid of.  

I've heard they're good for pressing apples (the spin dryer bit - crush apples into it, turn it on, and it'll pump apple juice straight into your fermenting bin).   Does anyone know if this is actually true?

And anything else they're definitely good for.  I have a fair bit of storage, so if it'll come in useful in future then I'll keep it.

Thanks

C

[desperate]

Washing twins??...................

Desp

[renewablejohn]

How about bee-keeping.   

Spinner for extracting combs and the Hot tub to melt wax for candle making 

[Baz]

No good for apples - you need to squeeze it out.
Do you really want your honey or cider passing through dirty old soap sud encrusted pipes. yuk.

[charlieb]

It's only clean (rinsing) water that goes into the spin dryer, so I don't see why those pipes should ruin the cider.  Making 60 litres with a press last year has definitely left me looking for alternatives (and pressing isn't such a neat and hygienic  process anyway)

[johnrae]

When I was an apprentice, way back in the early sixties, chinese resuarants were becoming popular, with the result that home cooks were experimenting in how to prepare such dishes.  One of the problems was producing boiled rice that wasn't soggy.   Needless to say, the twin tub proved useful, after packing the rice into one of the wife's or girl friend's nylon stocking.  Ah, the pleasure of pinging suspender catches - something that today's younger generation has missed.
jack

[Amy]

Cider presses apply @ 10 tonnes per sq inch. Just slightly less than it takes to split the apple seeds and release the arsnic.

[RichardKB]

Sorry for off topic.

I must be full of arsnic then I always eat the core and sometimes crunch the seeds.

Rich

[johnrae]

No arsenic in apple seeds but there is a little cyanide.  However the good news is that you'd need to eat a full bushel (whatever that is) to give yourself a death wish.
jack

[Amy]

Yeah, thats the stuff, cyanide. Easy mistake to make.
Apparantly, if you drink enough scrumpy, yer memory goes a bit and you get things mixed up, often remembering hints of something but not quite the full ticket.

It would be an awfull way to go thats for sure.

[Ancient Brewer]

When I was an apprentice, way back in the early sixties, chinese resuarants were becoming popular, with the result that home cooks were experimenting in how to prepare such dishes.  One of the problems was producing boiled rice that wasn't soggy.   Needless to say, the twin tub proved useful, after packing the rice into one of the wife's or girl friend's nylon stocking.  Ah, the pleasure of pinging suspender catches - something that today's younger generation has missed.jack

Sounds similar to a Ricky Gervais sketch which involves his Granny straining fruit (for jam making) through the gusset of her knickers

[Ivan]

watch out for damson stones/plum stones. Lots of cyanide in those, and they split quite readily during jam-making/cooking.