Travelling On

Suffolk_lass

Blimey KC, just read 64 posts to catch back up! You really have been busy! - When we have burnt on bits in an oven pan (remember that?) we put water in it and bring it to the boil on the hob and use a wooden spoon to persuade the stuck on bits to unstick. The addition of washing up liquid or biological washing powder is used if a second attempt is needed. Also kitchen paper is great for wiping out before and after.

Terrapin in a pond! how big? they will go for ducklings... here's a nearly emoji 🐢

Karmacat

Alchemilla said:

I love hearing about your domestic goddessing. Very soothing.

Aww, I hadn't thought of it that way, but that's good to hear.

This morning, picked more rhubarb for the dehydrator, chopped up more to be added to the stewed stuff (I'm going to try to use the same liquid, to keep it all nice and chunky).  

I even had my 2nd go on the Happy Wheel - won 8p, woo!  I'll wait until it's paid me back my £5, which is the minimum you have to deposit to activate the account, and when it's done that, I'll have a go at experimenting - there are further freebies advertised, but it sounds very confusing, I think deliberately.  As madvix said, it's really quick. 

I'll be shutting down in a bit to sort out clothes for the funeral, we'll be travelling for hours, we need to be comfy as well as presentable!

Karmacat

Suffolk_lass said:

Blimey KC, just read 64 posts to catch back up! You really have been busy! - When we have burnt on bits in an oven pan (remember that?) we put water in it and bring it to the boil on the hob and use a wooden spoon to persuade the stuck on bits to unstick. The addition of washing up liquid or biological washing powder is used if a second attempt is needed. Also kitchen paper is great for wiping out before and after.
Ooh, is that ... deglazing?  My hob and even my oven equipment is all very sturdy stainless steel, so I could absolutely do that.  I do use a combo of washing up liquid and steel wool.  No bio washing powder in the house, though I believe a dishwasher tab has been touted as equivalent.  Wiping out, I just use a sponge and scrape it into the kitchen bin   

Terrapin in a pond! how big? they will go for ducklings... here's a nearly emoji 🐢

Oh blimey, what???  There are ducklings, and I think they're about the same size as him, but I suspect the owners of the pond know about this reprehensible appetite   and that's why he disappeared from the pond, while they were tiny!  Terrapin itself isn't huge, it's only about the length of my hand-and-fingers. 

On the busy-ness: I do feel quite focussed on getting things done in the house and garden at the moment, I've no idea why, but I know better than to fight my instincts, that's when I end up giving up and bingeing on science fiction series

rtandon27

Well done on the house & garden work KC!  Wishing you the best for the funeral & assorted preparations going smoothly. xx

Karmacat

Thanks RT!  I've sorted the outfit ... I overdid it I'm afraid.  Tried on various combos of dress/skirt/jacket/shoes/boots, checked by taking selfie video, then got a shower and washed my hair.  This stuff has been sitting in my wardrobe (drapes only, no doors) since well before the first lockdown, it was *so* dusty.  I've been sitting motionless for about 3 hours, feel ok to reach for the computer at least.  One of the dresses is going to the charity shop - at a wedding 6 years ago, I could just about wear it.  Today ... no.  A definite aura of mutton dressed as lamb.  And it won't do up  and it was tight at the best of times   

Outlander Season 3 rules.

beanielou

Hope all goes well.

Suffolk_lass

Stuff shrinks, when you keep it in the wardrobe! Even more if you store it in a loft, we find.

I guess that is deglazing, but I think of it as adding red wine to remove stuck on bits in a casserole (burnt on crispy bits are the other major food group, after sweet, hot, sour, salty and umami, according to DH)

Karmacat

beanielou said:

Hope all goes well.

Thanks beanie.  I really, really hate all this pre-event negotiating that's going on.  Plus the selfie videos I took showed me how bad my posture is these days it's not osteoporosis or anything, it's just me leaning over too far, but along with my totally grey hair, it adds 15 years to my age    I feel like hiding in a cupboard with a bag over my head and never coming out again.

Suffolk_lass said:

Stuff shrinks, when you keep it in the wardrobe! Even more if you store it in a loft, we find.

I guess that is deglazing, but I think of it as adding red wine to remove stuck on bits in a casserole (burnt on crispy bits are the other major food group, after sweet, hot, sour, salty and umami, according to DH)

Totally agree on shrinkage and on burnt on crispy bits 👍🏻 utter bliss.

Karmacat

Won 10p on the HW, now clawed back 18/500, which is 3.6%   

Off to post a birthday card to Norfolk rellie, who's now the oldest of all of us.  And I've broken my self imposed rule, of always posting cards in time to use a 2nd class stamp.  This should have been posted on Saturday.  Lesson learned (again).

Karmacat

Hurray, some cousins are sane.  Not me, of course, but some of the others