Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I am so glad i am a non smoker.

I reckon i could keep a horse on what a moderate smoker inhales a week.

Yes, as long as it's a non-smoking horse.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Yes, as long as it's a non-smoking horse.

You have made me grin this morning. Old horse would definetly smoke and drink gin if she were a person.

LydiaJ

michaels wrote: »

I will tell my DDs who will want to send her a text. Seems strange DD1 and your DD are in the same year despit being nearly a year apart in birthdays. With us it is DD2 who loves the crafty things the most.

Spirit wrote: »

Hope her birthday went well.

silvercar wrote: »

Happy Birthday to Lydia's little one, I think I missed that.

Discussion on another MSE board on whether a mobile phone is suitable birthday present for a 9 year old!

Thanks everyone.
The mobile phone issue isn't a question here - she's already got one. LNE's parents asked my permission to give both my kids phones for Christmas 2010 (when they were 10 & 7). It was younger than I would have given them to them, but I didn't feel I had any actual objections so I accepted gratefully. I find it great now - makes me feel a lot better about letting them take little steps towards independence. DS, of course, is very grown-up now and about to start secondary school, and can do lots of things by himself, but DD is at the stage of being allowed to go into a shop by herself while I'm in the shop next but one along the road, or to walk to the post box to post letters by herself, etc, and I do feel happier about it if she has her phone with her.

Spirit_2

misskool wrote: »

Pastures: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15349/FoodSaver
This was what I got yesterday. Vacuum packing food so it lasts longer in the fridge and freezer (maybe good for singletons who don't want to eat everything in 2 days?)

A poster who has an academic job but at heart is someone who just wants their cheese and cold meats to last a bit longer. If they can spread the news and enable cheese to be saved by others then they will do it.

I have badly wrapped corn beef and pastrami curling up in the fridge as we speak.

If I had one of these gadgets it would be at best enthusiastically utilised for a fortnight, take up too much space, be relocated to a cupboard and susequently moved to pantry to live out its days. I have been bought electric gadgets before and that has been their fate or they have never been used at all.

RIP:
Electric knife
Electric steamer
Electric mini chopper thing
George foreman grill
Sandwich toaster
Electric tin opener
Microwave (still with us but now in garage)
Lumi alarm clock
A slow cooker
Handmixer
Hand blending wand thing

I do have:
A breadmaker (Mr S loves this to knock up the dough to bake in the oven- I have never used it)
A magimix - 2 in 30 years - an old favourite
A Kitchenaid mixer - my last present from my mum
In a cupboard - a slow cooker - another newone - bought when reading 'old style' threads. Generally think food tastes soapy - so it may be on its way too.
Electric kettle - for when the stove is off
A toaster

What do other NP have and use/not use?

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Misskool, is the vacuum packing fiddly?


I did a mass bish some weeks ago of tupperware lids with jo boxes and boxes with no lids. It was painful. How can one grow attached to plastic box lids?

Strange isn't it - we only use the tubs with the lids and yet we also have a collection of odd tubs and lids - there must be a tupperware (cheap generic copy) fairy.

Spirit wrote: »

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If I had one of these gadgets it would be at best enthusiastically utilised for a fortnight, take up too much space, be relocated to a cupboard and susequently moved to pantry to live out its days. I have been bought electric gadgets before and that has been their fate or they have never been used at all.

RIP:
Electric knife
Electric steamer
Electric mini chopper thing
George foreman grill
Sandwich toaster
Electric tin opener
Microwave (still with us but now in garage)
Lumi alarm clock
A slow cooker
Handmixer
Hand blending wand thing

I do have:
A breadmaker (Mr S loves this to knock up the dough to bake in the oven- I have never used it)
A magimix - 2 in 30 years - an old favourite
A Kitchenaid mixer - my last present from my mum
In a cupboard - a slow cooker - another newone - bought when reading 'old style' threads. Generally think food tastes soapy - so it may be on its way too.
Electric kettle - for when the stove is off
A toaster

What do other NP have and use/not use?

I like this post but don't have time to answer now - however I am impressed if you have managed to get rid of the ones you don't use - I know the clutter we have makes me sad but I can't stand the thought of throwing/giving away things that could sell for more than a fiver on ebay and yet I never get round to the ebay selling

GDB2222

Kenwood Chef (aged 32) - used quite a bit

Microwave, toaster and kettle - very useful and used all the time

Breadmaker - used occasionally

lostinrates

I hate my slowdooker to spirit, but i am going to try and love it this winter. If after that it doesn't do it for me its getting the shove.

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Misskool, is the vacuum packing fiddly?

we have pencilled in an autumn date for her leaving us i want her to get as fat as she likes and do something she loves every single day from now on. If she developes health related issues we just bring the date forward, and the decision is easier and more swift. The summer grazing has been odd, like manageing spring or autmn grass all year. (the worst sort for fat horses). Last years mild winter was a blessing with no heating, but a good cold one would be better for the land, the horses (presuming old girl goes) and for getting rid of 'bugs'.

Oh that is hard. I am sorry to hear this.

DD was in tears last night and didn't sleep at all well as her equine friend has been off work for the last few weeks and the vet has now diagnosed that the abcess is a pedal bone rotation. Vet is coming out again on Monday and owner had asked DD if she would like to be there to discuss options.

This news stirs up baggage for us all.
We had a traumatic loss of her last horse - pulmonary rupture - a horror movie scene, she was brilliant in a crisis, I was hysterical, and then subsequent peaceful death of her childhood pony on the same weekend as we had a multiple close bereavement which we all still struggle with.

She is not a child and no stranger to loss but I wish I could save her and us from it and all it brings to the fore.

PasturesNew

misskool wrote: »

Pastures: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15349/FoodSaver
This was what I got yesterday. Vacuum packing food so it lasts longer in the fridge and freezer (maybe good for singletons who don't want to eat everything in 2 days?)

While it seems a good idea... it's a huge space investment - and, the new rolls cost £17 each. I presume the rolls are 3m long, 10' .... so, if something can be squeezed into just 9" of roll.... that'd be over £1 each time you used it ... cheaper to lob food out

It doesn't look like it'd work for the sort of stuff that's troublesome. I mean: would it store fresh lettuce? tomatoes? keep cucumber? What about keeping grated/raw cabbage/carrot fresh? Does it do those? They're the tricky things...

Right now in the fridge I've got to eat: the final tranche of mixed salad (today), 2 day old pizza (today), boiled eggs (by Tuesday), raw onion (by Tuesday), potato salad (beforei t goes off/Tuesday?) .... so that's achievable. But it'd have been nice to have made up, say, potato salad and had it edible for 2 weeks or so .... at £1 a go though, it's cheaer to make it fresh and lob leftovers.

Generali

Use loads:
Slow cooker (no soapy taste)
Food processor
Microwave (makes porridge most mornings)
Electric beater (used to make cakes a couple of times a month)
Sandwich toaster (used exclusively by Mrs G - I loathe toasted sandwiches)
Kettle
Toaster
Milk boiler & frother (makes great hot chocolate)
On hob coffee percolator

Used to use in the UK but didn't make it over and haven't gotten round to replacing:
Deep fat fryer (home made chips are amazing)
Bread maker (they don't sell the Panasonic one here)

Don't use:
Meat mincer
Pasta machine (Mrs G uses it occasionally)