Cooking for one (Mark Two)

I didn't have tofu scramble as I went out to get bread and so just had a can of soup and the fresh bread instead for lunch.:)

caronc wrote: »

It's the caffeine, it affects the pressure in your ears and also certain receptors in your brain which can trigger vertigo, it was the first thing I had to drop when I developed meniere's disease.

I don't get it with coke or strong tea, though. It's strange. I think there is something else in coffee that I am sensitive too. I can't even have decaf coffee without feeling ill afterwards.

Afternoon everyone

I've just been 'grazing' on food today. I had a banana and some toast for breakfast, then a crumpet mid morning followed by cheese on toast at lunchtime.

Dinner will be whatever I can drag out of my poorly freezer later before it defrosts all over the kitchen floor .

I was just going out this morning and went into the kitchen without shoes on and realised that my feet were getting wet. It turns out that there is water coming from the back of the fridge/freezer. An engineer has been out and declared it not worth repairing. It is a 16 years old Bosch, so doesn't owe me anything.

So I've been researching fridge/freezers all day and have narrowed it down to another Bosch, a Liebherr (I hadn't heard of them until today, but they seem to get pretty good reviews and are either made by the same manufacturers as Miele or at the same factory, there seems to be some confustion over this on the internet), or a Hotpoint as it is a very good size for the money. There was a Miele I would have bought as it was greatly reduced, but surpirse surprise it is out of stock.

If any of you have any experience of these makes or suggestions of other makes I would be grateful for your input.


I want a 50/50 split and as large a freezer as possible (no surprises there ).


The Liebherr has a small net fridge space of 165 litres and a freezer net space of 129 litres so very large. It isn't that often that the fridge on my current one is full. Cheapest I can find this one is £429.99


The Hotpoint has a net fridge space of 204 litres and 124litres of freezer space. The cheapest I can find this is £549.


The Bosch one has a net fridge space of 214 litres and 105 litres of freezer space. The cheapest I can find this is £649. I think I'm only considering this one because of the reputation that Bosch has, or I 'think' it has. I could be wrong .

kittie wrote: »

Liebherr, absolutely wonderful fridge. Mine grew too small for me so dd had it and it is going strong. It is a make that I would buy again

I read something about flammable plastic backs on many new fridges, not all and it would be worth researching that

Thanks Kitty. Liebherr seem to get good reviews, and it certainly looks good value.


Now you mention it, I remember reading something about the plastic backs as well, and how some manufacturers are using plastic instead of the more expensive aluminium. I'll check that out now.

whiteguineapig wrote: »

is it something that was brought to light after the grenfell tower fire, i think it was started by a fridge with a flammable back panel??

Yes, you are right it was a Hotpoint that started the fire. The Which? web site lists makes/models which are fire retardant and those which are not. It's put me off Hotpoint, so that ones not in the running now.

jackyann wrote: »

Are you able to have a good look at the Liebherr before you buy? I'm glad that Kitty had a good experience. I found mine (I bought it 2005) rather awkward, and I passed it on. I couldn't seem to make good use of the space. I broke a couple of things on it, and the replacements were expensive.
However, a lot may have changed in 12 years!
My 5 year old LG has had no problems and I haven't broken anything in it either!

I think I'm going to have to go and have a look at some. I am starting to get myself really confused now. We don't have many electrical shops in the town where I live so may have to go a bit further. I'll ask my neighbours if any of them have got any spare space in their freezers in case it gives up working at all, but it is probably better to lose the cost of the food in the freezer rather than make an expensive mistake by buying a fridge/freezer that doesn't suit my needs.