Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

Some years ago I bought a collander scoop, initially to scoop out whole items from the SC, such as a turkey breast joint, or a large lump of kebab meat. But it has had other uses.

This is like the one I got, costing £12. Of course, I got mine from Home Bargains probably, closer to £2.
https://www.josephjoseph.com/en-gb/scoop-plus

Like 98% of my belongings, the scoop and the SC are in storage

The one in the link is the one I was given (mine's black) and I know "Santa" paid £5 for it in TK Maxx as he forgot to remove the label :rotfl::rotfl:. I had a Joseph Joseph folding colander and chopping board for years (also from TK Maxx- my son has them now as his kitchen is tiny and they take up very little space.



The large gammon is now in the freezer and the soup is cooking. The gammon fitted in no bother - I just had to rearrange one shelf:D.

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Just got back from a bit of a jaunt looking for replacement door handles for the workshop. Tried Screwfix, Toolstation, Homebase & Wickes via their websites, which are crap so decided to get a bit of fresh air, recycle some surplus kettle leads at Currys and chance our arm at the local Homebase & Wickes. Came home empty handed and after around 30 seconds on eBay found exactly what we need...

Xmas decs are coming down today, and I'm working hard to get through the last of the Danish butter biscuits so that Mrs Un can have the Xmas themed tin. Only nine to go

Wednesday2000

I've eaten the pasta leftovers and had some mint chocolate afterwards.:A

It's been quite nice and sunny here, although I've just been cleaning. I've started this new cleaning routine for the new year. The only problem is the more I'm looking at my house critically the more I see that there is that needs cleaning.:doh:

caronc wrote: »

I'm going to make cream of cauliflower soup in the pressure cooker so it will be ready for lunch.

Ooh, that sounds nice!:)

PasturesNew

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

The only problem is the more I'm looking at my house critically the more I see that there is that needs cleaning.

The reality is, everything needs cleaning, which means you need to touch/clean every square inch at some point. Every skirting board, every top of door, every nook and cranny in architraves round doors, the bits inside/around the banister struts, all the doorhandles, the light switches, inside the radiators and both sides of all the metal surfaces, the TVR/temperature gauge, the lightbulbs/flex/lightshades, the top of every curtain pole or rail, behind every appliance (fitted or not).

Shine every tap, wipe/polish/clean every window sill and every surface. Clean every pane of glass inside and out.

Wipe down all walls, floors. Polish all mirrors.

Shake all rugs, vacuum all carpets, vacuum all curtains/wash and rehang all curtains.

Clean/wipe the inside and outside of any inside bins and the outside bins.

Empty every kitchen drawer and cupboard and wipe down all the shelves/sides and inside of cupboards.

Clean the hob, oven, grill, extractor.

Empty/clean the fridge, shelves, inside the door, the seals, handles. Ditto freezer.

It IS endless. And that lot's on top of "general everyday type of cleaning and washing".

Best go "oh well, it looks clean"

PasturesNew

Peeing down here. They say it'll do this for a week.

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PasturesNew wrote: »

The reality is, everything needs cleaning, which means you need to touch/clean every square inch at some point. Every skirting board, every top of door, every nook and cranny in architraves round doors, the bits inside/around the banister struts, all the doorhandles, the light switches, inside the radiators and both sides of all the metal surfaces, the TVR/temperature gauge, the lightbulbs/flex/lightshades, the top of every curtain pole or rail, behind every appliance (fitted or not).

Shine every tap, wipe/polish/clean every window sill and every surface. Clean every pane of glass inside and out.

Wipe down all walls, floors. Polish all mirrors.

Shake all rugs, vacuum all carpets, vacuum all curtains/wash and rehang all curtains.

Clean/wipe the inside and outside of any inside bins and the outside bins.

Empty every kitchen drawer and cupboard and wipe down all the shelves/sides and inside of cupboards.

Clean the hob, oven, grill, extractor.

Empty/clean the fridge, shelves, inside the door, the seals, handles. Ditto freezer.

It IS endless. And that lot's on top of "general everyday type of cleaning and washing".

Best go "oh well, it looks clean"

There's a touch of 'The Sound of Music' about this post

Farway

PasturesNew wrote: »

Peeing down here. They say it'll do this for a week.

It's just arrived here, black as ace of spades outside, your turn next Brambling


Had piccalilli with my cheese sarnie
Dinner is still ???? Looking at the gloom outside it's def quick nuke a MFO and watch TV evening

Just paid my income tax, it's OK to keep spending now Boris;)

Good news on the LL front PN, hope you'll feel more settled once you have your "own" kitchen even if only for a few weeks

Wednesday2000

I'm going to have jacket potatoes with salad tonight. Raw carrot sticks, plum tomatoes, baby cucumbers and gherkins with Hellmans' vegan mayo.

PasturesNew wrote: »

The reality is, everything needs cleaning, which means you need to touch/clean every square inch at some point. Every skirting board, every top of door, every nook and cranny in architraves round doors, the bits inside/around the banister struts, all the doorhandles, the light switches, inside the radiators and both sides of all the metal surfaces, the TVR/temperature gauge, the lightbulbs/flex/lightshades, the top of every curtain pole or rail, behind every appliance (fitted or not).

Shine every tap, wipe/polish/clean every window sill and every surface. Clean every pane of glass inside and out.

Wipe down all walls, floors. Polish all mirrors.

Shake all rugs, vacuum all carpets, vacuum all curtains/wash and rehang all curtains.

Clean/wipe the inside and outside of any inside bins and the outside bins.

Empty every kitchen drawer and cupboard and wipe down all the shelves/sides and inside of cupboards.

Clean the hob, oven, grill, extractor.

Empty/clean the fridge, shelves, inside the door, the seals, handles. Ditto freezer.

It IS endless. And that lot's on top of "general everyday type of cleaning and washing".

Best go "oh well, it looks clean"

I know, it's blo*dy tedious.:rotfl: I need to get everything deep cleaned so then I can just stay on top of everyday cleaning. My window frames were awful.:eek: I couldn't remember the last time I did the upstairs ones.:o

I do like my new mop I bought, though. It works much better than the eco mop I had.:T

caronc

Good evening everyone,
Glad you are going to have a bit of breathing space PN:)
Did you manage your butter cookie challenge unrecordings?
Cleaning-wise I work on the assumption that my house is "clean enough", the important stuff is cleaned regularly and the rest as when I can manage or get some help. As long as no one is going to baulk at eating here or using the loo that will do me:D.
The storm has temporarily died back a bit but due to return later, it was quite mild during the day but has turned quite chilly now.

The cauli soup was lovely I added a splash of lurking cream and the end of pack of rather limp chives. I had a mug for lunch along with some crackers and cheese. My post Christmas use up is going well, I always like that there are some lurking LOs of things I might not routinely have in the fridge to eat during January. I was surprised how easily the gammon fitted into the freezer as I thought it might be a struggle and involve lots of shifting things about. However, the shelf its on although it looked packed was just jumbled and badly organised. I started playing about with my 2020 budget setting and did some pot shuffling to account for my (budgetted) spends over Christmas. I buy most everything on my credit card and pay it off in full every month, I keep the cash spent in my interest bearing accounts until I need to pay the bill. I'll double check but I seem to have spent a bit less than I planned so I think I'll use the extra to replace my vacuum sealer as my current one has become very hit or miss if it actually properly seals anything. I think the heat strip is wearing out which annoyingly can't be replaced.

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caronc wrote: »

Did you manage your butter cookie challenge unrecordings?

Nope, but that's the beauty of tupperware (or Lock & Lock in this case). I did finish the bag of Crawfords cheese kibble things (from Food Warehouse) which seemed to last forever