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The Irish Sun
an hour ago
- The Irish Sun
People are only just realising why Marmite jars have flat sides – and it's leaving them stunned
Scroll down to find out exactly why the design choice was made FLAT FACT People are only just realising why Marmite jars have flat sides – and it's leaving them stunned HAVE you ever looked at a jar of Marmite and wondered why it's got flat sides? Well, the reason for the design choice has now been unveiled - and it's leaving people stunned. 3 People have been left stunned after discovering the reason that Marmite jars have flat sides Credit: EPA 3 It's apparently to help Marmite lovers get every single drop out of the jar Credit: Alamy 3 Radio 1 DJ Greg James was among those who was entirely unaware of the reasons for the jar design One Marmite fan took to social media site X, formerly Twitter, to share the little known fact, as he wrote: "It took me years to realise that near-empty Marmite jars should be kept on their side so you can get the last of it out more easily. "That's why the jar is flat at the sides!" And the post quickly caught the attention of another Marmite fan - Radio 1 DJ Greg James. Greg shared the original post on his own socials, as he admitted: "Today is the day my life changed forever". Others were equally stunned by the discovery after it was shared on Facebook, with one writing: "My life has been a lie!" "Never knew that," another marvelled. "Awesome idea," a third raved. "Been doing it for years, one last small knife-full usually left," someone else said. Not everyone was convinced by the explanation though, with one insisting that the flat area helps "spread the contact area when shrink wrapped in their bulk packages to reduce possibility of glass breakage". "If the jar didn't have a flat spot, the contact point between the jars would be miniscule and therefore much more prone to stress fracture during transport," they added. How to make Marmite Roast Potatoes "Pretty sure the design is more for bulk packaging than anything else, but I've always used it for the last bit," another wrote. And some people used the post to share their own methods for getting every little bit out of the Marmite jar. "Put the jar in a bowl of warm water for 5 minutes," one wrote. "All the excess round the sides will slide down to the bottom!" "Put warm water in the jar to dissolve all that marmite goodness and add it to gravy or casserole etc," another suggested. "Nah, pop in some hot water & use those last bits as a stock!" a third commented. What foods should you ALWAYS keep in the fridge? THE 'King of Bread' Paul Hollywood has said you should never keep bread in the fridge. But what foods SHOULD you store in there? According to EUFIC, The European Food Information Council, these are some of the main foods you should always ensure are kept in the fridge. Apples Berries Butter Cheese Eggs (boiled or unboiled) Fish (cooked or raw) Fresh herbs Lemons Meat (cooked or raw) Milk Oranges Pickles (if opened) Salad leaves Tomatoes Yoghurts When contacted for confirmation of the design explanation, a Marmite spokesperson told Fabulous Online: "Marmite lovers will go to any length to enjoy every single drop. "And while the jar's flat sides weren't originally designed for this, with the return of Marmite Squeezy it's now easier than ever to spread the love to the very last drop."
Sunday World
2 hours ago
- Sunday World
Hillsborough Castle staff dreaded visits by ‘venomous' Prince Andrew
The disgraced royal berated local staff according to a new tell-all book. The venomous exchange is contained in a new tell-all book The Rise and Fall of the House of York by historian Andrew Lownie. The book contains previously unknown details of the Duke's controversial lifestyle, including his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and revelations about his 'open marriage'' to Sarah Ferguson. The renegade Duke has long had a reputation for arrogance, being rude and dismissive of staff, but it was his exchange with a loyal member of the household staff at Hillsborough that summed up his character, according to Lownie. 'He could be unbelievably cruel,' recalled the historian as he recounted the 2005 exchange. It was 2005 and Andrew was in Northern Ireland in the wake of huge storms that had battered Britain and Ireland, causing widespread damage including in the grounds of the royal residence in Northern Ireland. The late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew. Photo: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images News in 90 Seconds - August 13th 'Andrew asked the head of the household, David Anderson, if there was any damage. 'Yes sir' responded Anderson, 'the tree that was planted by the Queen mother'.' Lownie said it sparked a furious and unnecessary response from the Prince to a man who at that stage had served the royal family for more than 20 years. 'The answer was followed by a withering silence and then Andrew said in a mocking voice 'did you mean Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother?' he then asked the poor man how long he had worked for the royal family. 'Anderson replied: 'I joined in 1984, sir.' 'And you still don't know the proper way to refer to my grandmother? You f*****g imbecile. Get out.' Andrew's visits to Hillsborough were treated with trepidation by staff there. Sources have told us he was dismissive and rude and made unfeasible demands including cooked meals in the dead of night. 'Staff were on tenterhooks when he was in the house,' a source told the Sunday World, 'you never knew what was coming next, except that something was coming.' It is understood he was notoriously rude to police protection staff assigned to maintain his security while in Northern Ireland. One source told us that on more than one occasion he faked an emergency to test staff. Prince Andrew. Photo:'There would be a panic button in the rooms he was occupying, he would press the button in the middle of the night or the early hours, staff and protection officers would scramble to respond only to arrive at his chambers to find him standing there with a stopwatch in his hand. ''Not quick enough, do it again,' he'd say. He would toy with people. These are highly trained members of staff, there to look after his every need and his safety and he treated them with such a lack of respect.' In his book, Lownie asserts that the golf-mad royal would dispatch his taxpayer-funded protection detail to fetch his golf balls from the fairway. His fall from grace came as the activities of New York financier Epstein were uncovered and — explosively — his relationship with Andrew. The book claims the late tycoon said of his royal pal: 'We are both sex addicts.' Lownie claims Andrew lost his virginity at age 11 and led a promiscuous life even after his marriage to Sarah Ferguson. He claims both were unfaithful within months of tying the knot, with one unidentified female who had sex with the Prince telling Lownie he told her they had an open marriage and that both could take other sexual partners. The couple, although divorced, share Royal Lodge. But it was his association with Epstein and claims by Virginia Giuffre — who said she had been trafficked by the tycoon — that she was forced to have sex with Andrew at 17 years of age that trashed his public image. Read more Andrew is said to have paid a £12 million settlement to Giuffre in 2022 to settle a civil lawsuit. Giuffre, who took her own life earlier this year, repeatedly claimed she was made to have sex with Andrew. Lownie claims that, although Andrew claimed to have met Epstein in 1999, 'the truth is he and his ex-wife Sarah had known the financier for almost a decade by then'. The author writes that Andrew 'was easy prey for a rattlesnake like Epstein', and adds: 'Epstein played Andrew. The prince was a useful idiot who gave him respectability, access to political leaders and business opportunities. He found him easy to exploit.' The book also claims Epstein was instrumental in using his influence on the prince to facilitate the passing of sensitive information to Israeli secret service Mossad and also to the Putin regime in Moscow. Andrew's relationship with his brother the King has deteriorated but it was an altercation with another royal outcast that has been detailed in the book. According to Lownie, Prince Harry gave Andrew a 'bloody nose' during a heated argument at a 2013 family gathering. Prince Andrew with 17-year-old Virginia Roberts, centre, and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001 The claim has been denied by Harry and the Duke. Another allegation that Andrew made disparaging remarks to Harry about how long his marriage to Meghan Markle would last was also denied. In 2021, after Meghan was accused of bullying staff, which she has denied, Lownie also claims: 'Buckingham Palace braced itself for historic complaints about Prince Andrew's bullying, profanities and impossible demands. Some say a report on bullying accusations against Meghan Markle has never been released because it would also raise questions about the behaviour of the Queen's second son.' There are question marks over Andrew's finances. He has no obvious source of income beyond his Royal Navy pension, family money he may have inherited and handouts 'first from the Queen and now King Charles'. Lownie questions how Andrew can afford the 30-room Royal Lodge, which he spent £7.5m refurbishing and which has annual running costs of about £250,000. He revisits how £750,000 from Turkish millionaire Nebahat Isbilen ended up in Andrew's Coutts account, according to 2022 High Court papers from an action between Isbilen and her banker, Selman Turk, for misuse of funds. Andrew's office described it as a gift for Princess Beatrice's wedding, but it was later repaid. Andrew's holiday to Tunisia with the convicted Libyan gun-smuggler Tarek Kaituni, who is also said to have presented Beatrice with an £18,000 solitaire diamond necklace for her 21st birthday, are among several allegedly questionable relationships examined in the book.
RTÉ News
2 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Beyond the points race: PLC course changed artist's life
With more than 66,000 Leaving Cert and Leaving Cert Applied students waiting to get their results on Friday, it's important to remember the points race is not the only path to your chosen career. A Post Leaving Certificate course changed Carl Hickey's life. Carl never knew what he wanted to do after school, but his passion for street art led him to a portfolio course at Ballyfermot College of Further Education. After earning eight distinctions, he was accepted to the National College of Art and Design, graduating with a first class honours degree in 2022. He is currently working on his second exhibition 'Double Swan' which will open in The Horse gallery in Dublin in October. Carl, who is from Clondalkin, wants students who are nervous about getting their Leaving Cert results to know that there are many ways to get to where you want to be. "I got 105 points in the Leaving Cert and then I got a first class honours degree in a third-level that I can take anywhere across the world. No one is going to ask me about those 105 points now," he said.
