Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

PasturesNew

Those baguettes aren't crispy, so they don't cause thousands of bits to fly everywhere. The top part is crispy but not dry/harsh. Once nuked for 15-20 seconds they still retain all their integrity.

The habits I have developed for these are:
- Slice them lengthways, then hold them together and cut in half.
- Put onto the baking tray, in the middle of the oven, for just a few minutes.
- Remove them from the oven and they're already cut/ready to use.
- Eat one and put three other halves into two of the takeaway plastic lidded boxes

To nuke one, it's good to use those plastic boxes as you can place them slit-side uppermost, to hold the innards. Then I use the plastic boxes to eat from

Sometimes I do toasted cheese baguettes. For that I'll start by cooking all four halves, then when they start to go brown I'll open one of them out and add the cheese. That way I've one toasted cheese to eat straight away and 3 plain for later.

I'd also be prepared to bet that they'd make PERFECT hotdog rolls for those people planning any BBQs.

michaels

Don't you find if you nuke them they go tough unless you eat them very quickly?

DD1 got through round 1 of 3, DD2 got through two rounds but didn't make the final cut - this was a relief to me as I think it might have been a bit much for her.

DDs acted a bit upset but DW is clearly not cut out to be a 'stage school mom' as she was very upset and accusing the selectors of all sorts of bias - not at all constructive for the DKs to witness

LydiaJ

GDB2222 wrote: »

Belated happy birthday, SC. I hope that you have a wonderful year ahead.


Curiously, we did lots of walking yesterday, too, as DW had an outpatients appointment at a hospital 5 miles away, and she doesn't use transport on the Sabbath. So, we walked over 10 miles. DW had chosen UCH, as it's a teaching hospital with a great reputation, but you have to take your appointments when you can get them or be put to the back of the queue.

The bonus was that the weather was fantastic here also. The walk across Hampstead Heath soon after dawn, with the sun shining was beautiful. That was quite an eye-opener for me, as I don't usually do dawn.

Belated happy birthday to Silvercar from me too.

Interesting about not using transport on the sabbath, GDB. Isn't there some limit to how far you're allowed to walk on the sabbath, though?

LydiaJ

michaels wrote: »

DDs acted a bit upset but DW is clearly not cut out to be a 'stage school mom' as she was very upset and accusing the selectors of all sorts of bias - not at all constructive for the DKs to witness

This is part of the same issue as wanting the DKs to be top at everything in school and making DS cry pushing him to read early, though, isn't it?

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Don't you find if you nuke them they go tough unless you eat them very quickly?

These have never gone tough for me. Not sure if it's because I store them in the plastic boxes... I think it's because they're just nice and moist/doughy to start with.

I eat them within 2 days usually. Not tough at all or I'd have dismissed them as "cheap cr4p". I stock up, with 3-4 packs, every time I go to Lidl and probably eat 2-3 packs a month.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

... very upset and accusing the selectors of all sorts of bias - not at all constructive for the DKs to witness

I think the more you share with us, the more Momzilla she appears

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Don't you find if you nuke them they go tough unless you eat them very quickly?

DD1 got through round 1 of 3, DD2 got through two rounds but didn't make the final cut - this was a relief to me as I think it might have been a bit much for her.

DDs acted a bit upset but DW is clearly not cut out to be a 'stage school mom' as she was very upset and accusing the selectors of all sorts of bias - not at all constructive for the DKs to witness

Michaels, best you know now. Its very important for working kids to have parents of the right mind set. Not to be professionally successful but to remain emotionally on a kilter and in contact with family in later life. Please ignore my previous suggestion, somethings just are not worth it.

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

Today we are at auditions for Annie. Both girls got through first call back. On the stage school audition both girls were offered 50 percent scholarships which unfortunately still leaves it far outside our affordability. There is a slight suspicion that perhaps all the auditionees were offered a discounted place at the newly opened branch or perhaps I am just a cynic...

You got me thinking the same thing. I remember seeing some politician opening up a stage school in the North. They spun it as opening up opportunities for young people to develop their talents. Someobody pointed out that stage schools are, for many students, training for the dole. The nation only needs so many actors /actresses (is that still a word)

Mind you there's a huge educational/job availability mismatch in many fields. There's about 100 people studying Forensic Science for every job that comes up. Media students and journalism, much more so.

neverdespairgirl

zagubov wrote: »

Mind you there's a huge educational/job availability mismatch in many fields. There's about 100 people studying Forensic Science for every job that comes up. Media students and journalism, much more so.

My sister, who is a journalist, didn't do media studies or journalism at uni at all.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My sister, who is a journalist, didn't do media studies or journalism at uni at all.

I gather that's true of most journalists. There are degrees that can help if you've specialist knowledge. My mate did this degree and ended up writing books and working for the BBC. Mind you he'd agree neither is steady work.

One way to get on in journailsm is to learn languages. Another mate speaks Polish and Chinese and was sent by a news agency all round Asia. Fascinating work; gets to meet interesting people.