Cooking for one (Mark Three)

PasturesNew

I've only just moved from a donated old portable TV to an inherited £100 Argos 19" TV with an indoor aerial. All that modern stuff I've never seen/wouldn't know how to work.

Breakfast was: 2x toast, beans, 2x scrambled eggs.

But I have food overload.

I made the chilli and have two portions left over.
I bought a pack of six sausage rolls - unfortunately short-dated at 22 January...

It's the 20th and I eat 2 sausage rolls as a meal, so I could eat all six and leave the chilli. But I'd like the chilli. I could freeze either/both ... or I could eat all of it anyway

I also made some mash the other day - that needs to be used or frozen too...

Food overload is endless. Food that needs to be used is endless.

Have to see what happens as I eat on a "what I fancy now" basis.

moneyistooshorttomention

Farway wrote: »

I needed a thingy to plug into back of TV, if you already have web connected TV it is not needed, or you could watch it on a laptop for instance, but I think watching a film on a laptop would be eye squinting in the end

My plug in thingy is a Roku, my son had one spare, gadget mad in his house, but I guess others are suitable. DS came over and set it up, but really any of today's 12 year old could do it. Just needs your Wi Fi password entering, no doubt You tube has it somewhere

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roku-2400EU-Receiver-Set-Top-Box/dp/B006VTASUQ?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&!!!!!duckduckgo-brave-uk-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B006VTASUQ

Once in and working you can test it by viewing say Iplayer stuff, or You tube etc
Then sign up to Netflix, there is a free one month trial, but needs CC number first. I opted for the basic one screen, non HD version £5.99 a month, on the assumption I can always upgrade or cancel if not suitable. It was fine

My reason for joining was the carp on TV, and a wider choice. There are options to pay for films, but unless you must see the latest films there is no need

So far I've watched The Crown and liked it, and am about to boldly go into new Star trek series, with today's manky weather I will be battling Klingons at warp 9 this afternoon:)

I know what you mean about the carp on TV. One would think that (out of 27 Freeview channels listed in my tv magazine) I'd be "spoilt for choice" for what I fancied watching - but often I can't find a single thing between all those channels. Much of the problem being the sheer number of repeats - so I'm thinking "Yep...that's good - and I've watched it already".

I wouldnt fancy trying to watch on a laptop - but I swopped my computer screen from standard size to a massive one 26" across and with whatever-fancy-thingymjig in it Mr Computer Man told me would deal with the "some tv programmes are too dark" thing I was finding. So I can/sometimes do just "spin my computer screen around" (yep...it's all sorts of adjustable too) and face it to an armchair I have in my study and I can easily watch stuff on Iplayer or a YouTube video if I want to.

I don't do BIG tv screens. But suspect I might need to "go up a little" on my tv - now that I've got a through lounge size sitting room, instead of a tiny Victorian house sitting room. So I can't see sub-titles from the other side of the room now (now that it's probably 15' away from sofa - rather than 5'). Current tv is 21" - so smaller than computer screen.

So - I guess I'd connect Netflix up to my computer, rather than my tv, by the sound of it??? One of these days I might swop the tv to smallest-possible-I-could-see-subtitles-on and I'm guessing that will be around 30" or so and then I could "swop it over" to play on tv.

I don't/won't have wi-fi - so owt going has to be "plugged in" to my gadgetry.

£6 a month sounds reasonable and I don't mind paying the "odd extra" if there's a film I particularly want to watch (or a reasonable monthly extra to have "free choice" of available films). Fortunately - the town is big enough that we do get to see the films here that are "going the rounds" - but I'm used to being able to go and see the more esoteric ones too if I want to.

Does that sound like a set-up that could work for me? - and I could just pay Mr Computer to come and "sort me out" connecting up "whatever-it-is" and then I just get a monthly (reasonable level) direct debit for the cost?

moneyistooshorttomention

Apji

Knew your house would sell in "no time flat" .

There ya' go - so you've got options now.

Gut feeling - it will work out with this couple. Fingers crossed.

So - the future beckons.....:D

bouicca21

Money, I'm about 14 foot from my TV. Thought a 32 inch would be fine at that distance but it wasn't. Fortunately I have a small second reception room for which it was perfect. I've now got a 42 inch and can finally read the subtitles. Bigger might be even better but would be far too dominant.

moneyistooshorttomention

bouicca21 wrote: »

Money, I'm about 14 foot from my TV. Thought a 32 inch would be fine at that distance but it wasn't. Fortunately I have a small second reception room for which it was perfect. I've now got a 42 inch and can finally read the subtitles. Bigger might be even better but would be far too dominant.

42" - agh! Ohmegawd at that size:eek:.

Gulp....at such an "obvious" tv:(. Still - it's just as well to know I guess....before I think "Damn it - buy new/bigger tv - and then find it's too small"

Mentally running through "people I know" locally to see if I can "have a view" of theirs as an experiment. House 1 - as small as mine. House 2 - can't recall them actually having one. Brain is working now......

bouicca21

Template is a good idea - I did that too. Also go into a big store and see how far from a tv you can get and still comfortably read the subtitles and, just as important, the guide.

Irenadler

Hello CFO's

Hmm, was wondering if that could stand for something else? Crinkley, frazzled ones?:D:D

That's how I feel today, after persuading mum to let me accompany her to a second opinion with another consultant....

The good news, just to update, is she hasn't got detached retina's (she had refused to worry about it despite the risks - I had a look on NHS web-site, about it needing urgent assessment). The previous diagnosis was 'viterous posterior detachment'. Although sounds dire, it's basically the 'jelly' in the eye getting more watery/moving, not the retina. It gives similar signs to a D. R. but it can settle down as the brain gets used to ignoring the floaters/light flashes.

I had given up hope and thought she was going blind when she casually mentioned on the way that it had happened 5 months ago!

And all because she won't wear her hearing aid or have anyone go with her, as she doesn't want to be a bother. Well, we were all 'bothered' when we thought it was D. R. I am going to lie down in a darkened room .... Anyway, she has agreed to let me accompany her in future, without caving in to using a hearing aid, just, as she says, for moral support. I don't mind how she describes it, as long as I can actually hear a diagnosis and not be worried/stressed out over it..... Such is life, it's a difficult line to tread, wanting to help, but, not wanting her to feel she needs it...

On the foodie front:

Sweets, and more sweets, sucked down. Not having any more in the house to stress eat!

Porridge with the daring addition of chopped banana.
Boiled egg sarnie.
Veggie burger, jacket spuds, and something vaguely vegetable like.... Diet yogurt.

Snacks: er, sweets, apple, carrot, nut bar, I don't think I have quite stuck to healthy eating the last couple of days with poorly dog and poorly mum...

Still, not being hard on myself, after all a little bit of what you fancy does you good.

Congrats to Mr APJI on selling, hope you have a new home, new start, soon.:T

wort

I picked up some yellow stickered chicken jalfrezi, that will do for me and dgson next Friday, also Y's parmesan mash ,and pack of 2 small choc puds gfree:j the mash will be divided into 2 portions and put in freezer.

I had a lovely evening with dd1 and her fella, we had a good laugh, a bottle of wine each and I had a couple of chicken tikka bites ,then sirloin steak ,peas, jacket potato and peppercorn sauce.
Another bag of crisp when I got home, I blame the wine!!!

I've lifted cooked beef and gravy out for tomorrow tea. Undecided yet what to have today. I've had a gf seeded sandwich with ham,tomatoes and sun blush toms, using garlic mayo instead of butter, for lunch, then a raspberry rice,need to use them up, as I've been eating cake all week!

moneyistooshorttomention

bouicca21 wrote: »

Template is a good idea - I did that too. Also go into a big store and see how far from a tv you can get and still comfortably read the subtitles and, just as important, the guide.

Ah-ha. Tick to both those ideas then. That's how my mind functions too.

On the list to try out then....

BucksLady

Irenadler wrote: »

The good news, just to update, is she hasn't got detached retina's (she had refused to worry about it despite the risks - I had a look on NHS web-site, about it needing urgent assessment). The previous diagnosis was 'viterous posterior detachment'. Although sounds dire, it's basically the 'jelly' in the eye getting more watery/moving, not the retina. It gives similar signs to a D. R. but it can settle down as the brain gets used to ignoring the floaters/light flashes.

I'm so glad it wasn't a detached retina - that would have been awful. My mum suffered from a 'posterior vitreous detachment' at 60. She described the flashing lights as like a camera going off rapidly in her peripheral vision. This was followed by the appearance of what she described as looking like a big fat fly :eek:. The fly remains today and apparently moves around very rapidly - sounds ghastly. The flashing subsided after about 6 months :eek:. Until this happened to mum, I had never heard of this condition before.