Every Friday fizz night is sugar-tongs night

sir – My silver sugar tongs (Letters, December 15) reside in the kitchen cupboard with the sugar lumps and are used every “Friday night, Fizz night” – for champagne cocktails. Julian K Atherton

Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire

sir – I use my sugar tongs to hull strawberries – it works perfectly and is a lot easier than any other method. Patricia Ward

Preston, Lancashire

sir – Our sugar tongs are used daily to lift slices of toast from the (turned-off) toaster to the toast rack, preventing burnt fingertips. Vanessa Cameron

Old Langho, Lancashire sir – The silver sugar tongs that I inherited from my mother became bracelets.

But what should I do with my two initialled silver pushers? Jenny Wills

West Horsley, Surrey

sir – I thought that readers who knit might be interested to know of a new use for old teapots.

You put your ball of knitting (or crochet) yarn in the pot, feed the end through the spout, pop the lid back on and hey presto!

By this precaution, your yarn is kept safe from the family cat and can’t roll around the floor. Pam Mitchell

Shepton Mallet, Somerset