Self storage soars as UK houses are too small

lostinrates

StevieJ wrote: »

Be careful heating water in a microwave, in certain circumstances it can heat past boiling point and explode.

wow, that sounds amazing. Does it kill the microwave or make it easier to clean. I don't have a microwave anymore and don't want one. Even more room in my kitchen for the toaster!:j

StevieJ

lostinrates wrote: »

wow, that sounds amazing. Does it kill the microwave or make it easier to clean. I don't have a microwave anymore and don't want one. Even more room in my kitchen for the toaster!:j

It might leave you looking like the Phantom of the opera :eek:

lostinrates

StevieJ wrote: »

It might leave you looking like the Phantom of the opera :eek:

rofl. Just as well I don't have one innit

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I could park two dozen caravans out the back and rent them for £200/week each!

Greedy capitalist, capitalising on the needs of the poor.

:P

PasturesNew

StevieJ wrote: »

Be careful heating water in a microwave, in certain circumstances it can heat past boiling point and explode.

That's why I do short bursts and stir. It's essential to get the hot mixed in with the cold and break up the surface tension.

I make fabulous, quick, perfect-every-time, cheese sauce in the microwave. I used to be able to make perfect cheese sauce in a saucepan, but it'd be labour-intensive and the saucepan would take some cleaning. Now I have 5-minute, perfect cheese sauce, leaving only a small microwave dish to wash up. Made it yesterday in fact: cauliflower and mash, topped with lashings of cheesy sauce.

PasturesNew

Years ago I had a friend who had a coffee pot that he put on the stove. Water in the bottom and when it got hot the water funnelled up into the top section where the coffee was, then when removed from the heat it all went back into the bottom of the pot ready for serving.

Like this: http://www.townandcountryhardware.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=791

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Years ago I had a friend who had a coffee pot that he put on the stove. Water in the bottom and when it got hot the water funnelled up into the top section where the coffee was, then when removed from the heat it all went back into the bottom of the pot ready for serving.

Like this: http://www.townandcountryhardware.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=791

That's how DH makes coffee all the time.... I use a french press usually for real coffee, or instant

PasturesNew

I use supermarket's own brand of granules, usually about 80p/100g. I get a mug and a kettle of water, I pour the granules directly into the mug (no spoon), top up with water and that's it. No milk/sugar. No spoon that needs washing up. A perfectly streamlined system, with built-in contingency planning as I never run out of milk or sugar for my coffee Also, when out, at others' houses - if they have coffee and water, job done.

treliac

PasturesNew wrote: »

Now I have 5-minute, perfect cheese sauce, leaving only a small microwave dish to wash up.

I feel another recipe coming on...... please PN?

suburbanwifey

treliac wrote: »

I feel another recipe coming on...... please PN?

I've never mastered cheese sauce in a pan! (lumpy shambles lol) if you have a recipe that works in the microwave you would be doing a lot of us a big favour...cheese sauce is a skill you know. Its good to share