Preparedness for when

thriftwizard

This downgrading of ingredients is potentially fatal to anyone suffering from major allergies; one of my friends is extremely allergic to monosodium glutamate (E621) to the extent that she can't leave home without her epi-pen. All of her friends "know" that, for example, T*sco's vegetable stock cubes are "safe" but Kn*rr's aren't - but if they've changed the ingredients without drawing attention to it, we could inadvertently kill her. Do we have to read the labels on everything, every time we shop? Or should she just carry her own food everywhere, though she doesn't have to eat it to cause a reaction, touching it is enough?

I do cook nearly everything from scratch & am lucky enough to be able to buy top-quality ingredients at reasonable prices. But who doesn't use the odd stock cube, or have any crispy snacks in the house, ever?

Nargleblast

craigywv wrote: »

your post reminded me of my all time favourite cook book the readers digest THE COOKERY YEARS my mum used it when I was a child it covers everything,she refused to give me it EVER!!!!! I found it last year in a church sale for 10 books for a quid oh what joy I had and mines in better condition than my mums, I find the old books are the best xxx

That is also my favourite cookery book, it's the one I go to first if I want to know how to cook anything. I make crab apple jelly every autumn using the recipe in that book and it always turns out beautiful.

nuatha

thriftwizard wrote: »

This downgrading of ingredients is potentially fatal to anyone suffering from major allergies; one of my friends is extremely allergic to monosodium glutamate (E621) to the extent that she can't leave home without her eli-pen. All of her friends "know" that, for example, T*sco's vegetable stock cubes are "safe" but Kn*rr's aren't - but if they've changed the ingredients without drawing attention to it, we could inadvertently kill her. Do we have to read the labels on everything, every time we shop? Or should she just carry her own food everywhere, though she doesn't have to eat it to cause a reaction, touching it is enough?

I do cook nearly everything from scratch & am lucky enough to be able to buy top-quality ingredients at reasonable prices. But who doesn't use the odd stock cube, or have any crispy snacks in the house, ever?

Thankfully I'm a compulsive reader with a half decent memory.
A few years back I was sitting down to a family Yule dinner, there were 3 packets of After Eight mints, one was vegan, one vegetarian and one containing animal fats, all 3 bIoxes had been bought from two branches of the same supermarket chain.

In the case of allergies or dietary preferences, I never trust that a product won't have changed - its not the fastest way to shop, but it is safer. Thankfully we're omnivores with no allergies, so reading every packet is only when we are catering for friends/family.
(We have a mix of no aliums, no caffeine, no dairy, no fungi, no nuts, no gluten, no alcohol and no seafood, as well as vegan and vegetarian).

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pineapple wrote: »

I think recipes are the spawn of the devil - apart from cake and biccy recipes which have to be reasonably exact.

I make 4 quarters cakes.

Easiest cake recipe there is.

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nuatha wrote: »

It depends on the quality of the design and the components, some devices have the equivalent of a sip it slowly policy, others are a lot greedier and overheat as they suck all they can

That still doesn't alter the fact, that it is the device being powered/charged, which determines the current drawn.

If the device is designed to draw 1 Amp, it will draw no more than 1 Amp, irrespective of how much the power source can deliver.

Frugalsod

thriftwizard wrote: »

This downgrading of ingredients is potentially fatal to anyone suffering from major allergies; one of my friends is extremely allergic to monosodium glutamate (E621) to the extent that she can't leave home without her eli-pen. All of her friends "know" that, for example, T*sco's vegetable stock cubes are "safe" but Kn*rr's aren't - but if they've changed the ingredients without drawing attention to it, we could inadvertently kill her. Do we have to read the labels on everything, every time we shop? Or should she just carry her own food everywhere, though she doesn't have to eat it to cause a reaction, touching it is enough?

I do cook nearly everything from scratch & am lucky enough to be able to buy top-quality ingredients at reasonable prices. But who doesn't use the odd stock cube, or have any crispy snacks in the house, ever?

I am lucky no allergies any longer. I was allergic to cats but looking after a neighbours cat for months saw off that problem. Though stock cubes are something that I use lots of but I also keep boxes of them for the cupboards so I have months supplies of them.

Frugalsod

nuatha wrote: »

Currently I'm unable to pressure can meals for long term shelf stable storage, therefore I buy a number of commercially produced meals and meal components. Generally I do cook from scratch, though the times when this happens least are when health issues intrude or when I'm developing and testing new recipes - there's only so much cooking that I'm prepared to do.

Recipes aren't subject to copyright as such - the list of ingredients and the method are regarded as statements of fact without any personal input, which means they can be copied and reproduced. Its only the particular manner and expression of the authors ideas that is protected (so a straight method isn't copyright, a whimsical wandering description of ingredients and methods is)




I've never been scared of a lack of parsley or other ingredients. Though I'll admit to a well stocked larder and spice shelves (not to mention cookbook library)

Recipes can be many things, generally I see them as starting points or guidelines (or as profitable )

My comment was about errors that were deliberately put into books of logarithmic tables to prove copyright infringement. I wondered if some ingredients were added to recipes for the same reason. Though I always edit recipes that I use for ease of preparation. So many recipes have sections that can be thinned out considerably.

nuatha

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

That still doesn't alter the fact, that it is the device being powered/charged, which determines the current drawn.

If the device is designed to draw 1 Amp, it will draw no more than 1 Amp, irrespective of how much the power source can deliver.

And if the internal wiring can't handle that 1A, it overheats the insulation melts and you have a fire risk.
I know the theory, I also know what I've come across and tested. There are some very dodgy products on the marketbecause corners have been cut or real world scenarios aren't considered - and a use this product only with the charger supplied is considered an effective legal defence.

Frugalsod wrote: »

My comment was about errors that were deliberately put into books of logarithmic tables to prove copyright infringement. I wondered if some ingredients were added to recipes for the same reason. Though I always edit recipes that I use for ease of preparation. So many recipes have sections that can be thinned out considerably.

Its surprising how the absence or presence of a trace ingredient can affect the finished dish - though there's many ingredients that I can never work out why they are there - perhaps its just that I have a poor palate.
Deliberate errors in data should result in the publisher going bust in my opinion - whether its scientific tables or recipes.
Many recipes are overly complicated, but that tends to be down to the "style" of the author. Equally errors do happen, I've stopped scaling recipes down, its easier and less error prone to start with the ingredients and build the recipe from scratch.

Frugalsod

This is happening in Greece and could happen here if the banks fail again.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-17/greece-goes-medieval-23rds-wages-paid-barter

vivatifosi

Don't know if anyone is interested, but Tesco has some nice tea light lanterns at the moment. Large one in catalogue: £20, but managed to get medium one in store for £6. Others are available for £4-6.

I don't like leaving tea lights unattended so had always planned to buy these, but had budgeted about £10 a piece, so very happy. Some are on website, but for whatever reason the ones I bought aren't.