Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

mystic_trev

I meant to add they don't take up much room, less than a microwave. No need for pre warming and a Pie will take less than 15 mins at 110.

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

My cooker was inherited when we moved in, and it doesn't have a grill. I miss cheese on toast.

If you've got a good quality non stick frying pan (when I say good quality I mean Tefal, just not Bob's Market), then you can do toasted cheese sandwiches in a dry frying pan.

It's great as it stays flat and you can get a lot of cheese in the middle.

PasturesNew

mystic_trev wrote: »

I meant to add they don't take up much room, less than a microwave. No need for pre warming and a Pie will take less than 15 mins at 110.

Well, I've no room for one here anyway - and god knows where I'll be next

PasturesNew

mystic_trev wrote: »

PN I really don't think you know how brill these things are, particulary for a single person, once used you'd never wonder how you'd managed before. Things like oven chips come out far better than a 'normal' oven, I've even started frying eggs in mine,first from underneath, then poaches on top, delics! Buy one, and if after three months you're not convinced, PM me and I'll refund you the cost, no questions asked! Even little people can use them :j they're really great. Go on, prove I'm wrong!

MT

The issue about being a little person is everything's so high up. I'm guessing that, sat on a worktop (and it'd have to be a worktop without cupboards over it I bet), it'd be higher than my boobies, which means I'd have my arms/elbows up in the air trying to extract something hot from inside it .... and I am dangerous/clumsy if things aren't the right height.

As I just said, I've no room for one here (even if there weren't cupboards on the wall). The ony current spare worktop space is about 10" x 15" - so that's my food prep and bean stirring space, as well as where I put my plated toast to pour the beans on ... and where I make my coffee.

LydiaJ

My house has a fitted double oven. It was here when I moved in. The top half can be a small normal oven, or a grill, and the bottom half can be a bigger fan oven, or a grill. I only use the bottom one ATM. Some previous owner has burnt stuff onto the top of the inside of the top oven, such that whenever I try to grill things in it, it drops little black specks of burnt something all over the food. I haven't yet worked out how to clean it - it's all up between the heating element and the "ceiling" of the oven, so it's not obvious how to get at it thoroughly - and TBH until I've made further progress sorting out the more urgent things about this house, it can wait. So far I haven't needed/wanted to use the grill and oven simulataneously, so there's been no problem just using the big one for everything.

I also have a microwave (non-fitted), a toaster and a kettle. Oh, and a sandwich toasting machine (that used to be LNE's), a food mixer, a bread bin and a collection of recipe books. It's a good thing I have lots of lovely surface area. My kitchen has units (top and bottom) all the way along one side with a fridge-freezer at the end, and then on the other side it has lower level units all the way along, with the fitted hob and extractor fan at the end opposite the FF, the fitted oven (with small cupboards above and below) at the other end, and the window in the middle over the sink. There are doors at both ends, so no corner units of any kind.

Doozergirl wrote: »

I might get part of a kitchen this weekend. Flooring is down, downstairs and I think the doors are being fitted today. We're [STRIKE]moving back in[/STRIKE] camping there tomorrow. I think. Communications are down within the Doozer household as I'm stuck in a Holiday Inn with a poorly child and no phone reception.

Sounds rough. Hope things improve soon - the poorly child, the communication and the moving back in.

SingleSue

I have a halogen oven and it really is wonderful....cooks my roast dinners a treat (usually a joint of meat/a chicken and roast tatties). I also do bacon, toast, toad in the hole, crumpets etc in there.

Mind you, I still have the marks on my hand and arm from where I dropped the raised tray thing on it....it looked like I had griddled my hand!

No toaster here but we have a microwave but it is rarely used, to be honest, I don't really trust it as we bought it from a friend over 13 years ago and it was second hand when she got it.

Got a popcorn maker though!

Middle son is going for his very first sleepover tomorrow night at one of the band members house as they are practicing all weekend for the big School Christmas concert (apparently it is one of the most important concerts on the school calendar and much more important that the Chamber concert). Luckily the parents know how to handle an Aspergic child as the band mate is also Aspergic (well 3 of the band are and there are only 4 members).

I pity the parents though.....2 days of teenagers playing rock music with real instruments but they do have a ready made space as they have an old dance studio attached to their house from when the mum was a dance teacher.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

I love the Aga, but it is not very efficient. Our 'Aga man' recommends these as an alternative:

http://www.sandyford.co.uk/

He also says, whatever we choose, make sure it's not a modern Rayburn.

wow, really?Thats a shame. Modern rayburns have a solar posibility

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

My cooker was inherited when we moved in, and it doesn't have a grill. I miss cheese on toast.

you can do sort of cheese on toast in non tick pan. Its not the same, but almost. Its quite messy.

edit: oops. PN already said it!

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

My house has a fitted double oven. It was here when I moved in. The top half can be a small normal oven, or a grill, and the bottom half can be a bigger fan oven, or a grill. I only use the bottom one ATM. Some previous owner has burnt stuff onto the top of the inside of the top oven, such that whenever I try to grill things in it, it drops little black specks of burnt something all over the food. I haven't yet worked out how to clean it - it's all up between the heating element and the "ceiling" of the oven, so it's not obvious how to get at it thoroughly - and TBH until I've made further progress sorting out the more urgent things about this house, it can wait. So far I haven't needed/wanted to use the grill and oven simulataneously, so there's been no problem just using the big one for everything.

I also have a microwave (non-fitted), a toaster and a kettle. Oh, and a sandwich toasting machine (that used to be LNE's), a food mixer, a bread bin and a collection of recipe books. It's a good thing I have lots of lovely surface area. My kitchen has units (top and bottom) all the way along one side with a fridge-freezer at the end, and then on the other side it has lower level units all the way along, with the fitted hob and extractor fan at the end opposite the FF, the fitted oven (with small cupboards above and below) at the other end, and the window in the middle over the sink. There are doors at both ends, so no corner units of any kind.



Sounds rough. Hope things improve soon - the poorly child, the communication and the moving back in.

do you know there are people who coe to your house jut to clean your oven...its not cheap but if you are struggling otherwise....

Generali

Is it just me or does the name of this dish sound like something out of Monty Python?

http://www.whatsonningbo.com/photoshow3.php?topic=Top+10+must-eat+Ningbo+dishes+&page=4

It looks like it would be delish but the name is a little off-putting!