Quick questions on ANYTHING (see first post for Freezing, Reheating, Slow Cooker, +)

Savvy_Sue

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Anyway thanks for all the tips - Ill try a few (hot bath, Horlicks and bed to myself tonight) and let this board get back to OS foodie bits instead of relationship counselling!

Sorry, couldn't help myself ... but it does sound like a good long talk is worthwhile. At least it's not that he won't, or doesn't know how: as you say he may just think he's landed on his feet, and I'm sure he doesn't realise how tired you are. Although from what I read elsewhere as well as my own experience, you invariably have to ask to get men to do things.

I mean, I usually cook, but on the rare nights DH gets home in time to do so, he's incapable of looking in the freezer to work out what to cook, I have to tell him. Even when I've told him, he can't always find it, even when I KNOW it's there! And there's no point asking him to use anything up: he just has no idea!

And as for boys washing up - just don't go there!

BTW, I liked the way Squeaky quoted my post and then gave advice on how to do the laundry? :rotfl:

squeaky

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

BTW, I liked the way Squeaky quoted my post and then gave advice on how to do the laundry? :rotfl:

Blimey!

How did that happen?

You've been moving quote buttons while I wasn't looking!

Either that or I'm going senile.

Skint_Catt

squeaky wrote: »

Blimey!

How did that happen?

You've been moving quote buttons while I wasn't looking!

Either that or I'm going senile.

I noticed that too! LOL. :rotfl:

gt568

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Sorry, couldn't help myself ... but it does sound like a good long talk is worthwhile. At least it's not that he won't, or doesn't know how: as you say he may just think he's landed on his feet, and I'm sure he doesn't realise how tired you are. Although from what I read elsewhere as well as my own experience, you invariably have to ask to get men to do things.

I mean, I usually cook, but on the rare nights DH gets home in time to do so, he's incapable of looking in the freezer to work out what to cook, I have to tell him. Even when I've told him, he can't always find it, even when I KNOW it's there! And there's no point asking him to use anything up: he just has no idea!

And as for boys washing up - just don't go there!

BTW, I liked the way Squeaky quoted my post and then gave advice on how to do the laundry? :rotfl:

Hey we aren't all that bad!

Savvy_Sue

gt568 wrote: »

Hey we aren't all that bad!

I'm sure you're not. Call me jaundiced, having lived with five chaps for so long ...

belfastgirl23

izoomzoom wrote: »

Never made it before ...

and would like to double up the batch. Can I freeze lentil soup ????

Also, what happens if you cook lentils for longer than the recipe says, I want to do it in the SC but obviously slowly slowly slowly.

Many thanks in advance

Your question got lost in the debates over who does the housework

To answer, lentil soup freezes really well, you should have no problems there.

I would assume nothing too much could go wrong with keeping cooking it as long as there's enough liquid in there - I find it does thicken up a lot as the lentils disintegrate. I would guess they'll just disintegrate totally, not really a problem IMHO. But someone else might know this for certain. I am sure about the freezing issue though

I try to always have some lentil soup in the freezer perfect on a miserable cold day.

belfastgirl23

And skint-catt a couple of things. First of all are you really sure that you are doing a lot more than your BF? I ask just cos sometimes I've gone off at DH for not doing anything and he's given me a list of things that he has done that I haven't noticed and it does take the wind out of your sails a bit even if you know you've still done more. The other thing is to assume that he just hasn't noticed and start like that rather than accusing. Finally take a good look, are your standards too high? When you mention the bathroom I confess I'm a once a week type of gal especially in the upstairs where no one but us sees it. Work out what's realistic.

But yeah you do have to talk about it. I took on all the washing when we first got together even tho DH had done his own at home. And now he claims he doesn't know how to use a machine....start as you mean to go on.

Savvy_Sue

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

I ask just cos sometimes I've gone off at DH for not doing anything and he's given me a list of things that he has done that I haven't noticed and it does take the wind out of your sails a bit even if you know you've still done more.

Me to teenager: "COME AND DO THE WASHING UP!" Teenager to me: "I've done it ..." And they have, too.

DH does do the bins every week. Without being asked or reminded. Just as well as I forget / can't work out which bins need to go out / don't want to go out in the cold! and I don't trust him with the washing machine since he turned my honeymoon lingerie a nasty mushroom colour, 25+ years ago! But the lads are all laundry trained!

Back to izoomzoom's question, is there ANY kind of soup you can't freeze? I haven't found it yet ...

squeaky

gt568 wrote: »

:silenced: Down with the signature facists!!

Like it

I'm not sure what a "face"-ist is though... do you mean fascist?

HopeElizzy

squeaky wrote: »

Take a look here...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=8192897#post8192897

Many thanks Squeaky - I am frustratingly silly when it comes to searching the threads. The searches and indexes are really good I'm just hopeless........:rolleyes: