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Post by hicksy on Jun 10, 2024 10:16:21 GMT
Nuke them from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 10, 2024 18:50:41 GMT
Have you ever put a Tesco own-brand potato waffle in the toaster because you couldn't be bothered to turn on the grill?
Of course you haven't! You're a sensible person.
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Post by mikeck on Jun 10, 2024 19:35:47 GMT
Why are the Tesco ones different from the brand ones when it comes to popping them in the toaster? Structural integrity? Or is it more you shouldn't do that regardless (asking, because I have toasted potato waffles in the toaster for years without incident)?
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Post by dfunked on Jun 10, 2024 20:01:07 GMT
Yeah, potato waffles in the toaster was like discovering an actual life hack. Always worked fine for me.
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Post by Lizard on Jun 10, 2024 20:10:21 GMT
Would love some potato waffles.
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Post by hicksy on Jun 10, 2024 20:11:06 GMT
I’ve been ironing my waffles for years.
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Post by minimatt on Jun 10, 2024 20:14:11 GMT
Yeah, potato waffles in the toaster was like discovering an actual life hack. Always worked fine for me. wait... you mean?...
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 10, 2024 20:14:45 GMT
Clearly I'm unfit to operate a toaster, as my attempts to do this were an utter disaster! Maybe I'm being unfair to the Tesco-branded waffles, as I've never tried to toast the Birds Eye variety, but the one I bunged in the toaster earlier just fell apart. It went from frozen solid to a disintegrating mess in the blink of an eye. Then I burned myself while trying to tilt the toaster with one hand and dig out the waffle with the other (using the handle of a wooden spoon I'd hastily grabbed, instead of the metal fork that was my first thought). Fuck's sake. Tasted alright, mind  |
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Post by simple on Jun 10, 2024 21:21:08 GMT
I always find the Morrisons ones are pretty crumbly too. By the time they’re on the plate they’re basically chips. Would not trust them in the toaster.
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Post by Lizard on Jun 10, 2024 22:43:15 GMT
Now desperate for potato waffles
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jun 10, 2024 22:52:00 GMT
Are you toasting them from frozen? Wouldn't that just end up making the toaster wet as the ice thaws?
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 10, 2024 22:55:31 GMT
It's safe to toast things from frozen (unless you're me, in which case a wet toaster will be the least of your concerns).
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jun 10, 2024 23:06:31 GMT
Ah cool, I'm going to cook all my frozen food in the toaster now. Waffles, chips, peas...
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 10, 2024 23:25:08 GMT
Just remember to put anything loose (chips, peas, onion rings, etc.) into ziplock bags first, or else they'll go everywhere.
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Post by Lizard on Jun 10, 2024 23:25:14 GMT
I always do my chicken tikka lasagne in the toaster.
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Post by Danno on Jun 11, 2024 3:05:56 GMT
Your WHAT
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Post by Lizard on Jun 11, 2024 3:47:48 GMT
My toaster
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Post by dfunked on Jun 11, 2024 5:34:27 GMT
They're pretty much small air fryers.
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Post by dmukgr on Jun 11, 2024 6:05:47 GMT
They're pretty much small air fryers. Exactly, but for some reason steak actually tastes even better this way. |
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Post by hicksy on Jun 11, 2024 6:12:07 GMT
Toasters. They’re waffly versatile.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jun 11, 2024 6:24:28 GMT
I don't have a toaster.  But then, you can't get potato waffles here anyway, so I guess I don't need one. |
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Post by Danno on Jun 11, 2024 9:14:50 GMT
I think Italy just declared war on NZ
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jun 13, 2024 17:39:20 GMT
Is it just me, or have food standards in supermarkets fallen lately? Meats like beef and chicken especially, there seems to be less quality control, and a lot of things now seem to have a chemical odour when you open the packaging.
I don't know whether it's a symptom of battery farming, but it's almost like I can taste a kind of misery from the animals that's somehow transferred over, and no amount of cracked black pepper can disguise it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2024 17:41:26 GMT
Costco or a butchers for meat.
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Post by minimatt on Jun 13, 2024 18:32:50 GMT
definitely noticed drop in veg quality since we took back control & decided manky ten day old veg is so much more control than all those Spanish greenhouses
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Post by sport✅ on Jun 13, 2024 19:17:53 GMT
definitely noticed drop in veg quality since we took back control & decided manky ten day old veg is so much more control than all those Spanish greenhouses I don't know if it's just me, but standard supermarket veg does taste pretty... tasteless. Tomatoes, carrots etc seem devoid of flavouroids. Just watery. I am settling for the cheap stuff coz times are tough right now. Maybe I should splash out one day at a farmer's market or something, just to test my sanity. |
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Post by Nanocrystal on Jun 14, 2024 6:55:16 GMT
Is it just me, or have food standards in supermarkets fallen lately? Meats like beef and chicken especially, there seems to be less quality control, and a lot of things now seem to have a chemical odour when you open the packaging. I don't know whether it's a symptom of battery farming, but it's almost like I can taste a kind of misery from the animals that's somehow transferred over, and no amount of cracked black pepper can disguise it. We used to buy our supermarket's own brand pulled pork and it was lovely. Came with its own little sachet of BBQ sauce. Now there's no sauce and instead of nice meaty strips of pork it has the texture of soggy sausage meat. Last time we bought it I even found little chunks of bone that hadn't been sufficiently ground up. Fucking disgusting, we binned it. |
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Post by hicksy on Jun 14, 2024 7:00:34 GMT
Sainsy B's best for fruit & veg we find. Pretty sound but yeah supermarkets generally pretty poor. Use a market if you can.
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Post by ekz on Jun 14, 2024 10:59:54 GMT
definitely noticed drop in veg quality since we took back control & decided manky ten day old veg is so much more control than all those Spanish greenhouses I don't know if it's just me, but standard supermarket veg does taste pretty... tasteless. Tomatoes, carrots etc seem devoid of flavouroids. Just watery. I am settling for the cheap stuff coz times are tough right now. Maybe I should splash out one day at a farmer's market or something, just to test my sanity. You'll frankly be amazed. Is it worth it though? Eh, not to me. |
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jun 16, 2024 16:46:06 GMT
Why are integral appliances so shit, we had a problem with the dishwasher last night turning on and off and powering up then immediately shutting down and repeating (I hate the bastard things but that's another story) anyway lot's of swearing and almost breaking me I discovered that mice have chewed through the drain hose, not sure if that's why it was going doolally but eventually unplugged the piece of shit so peace has resumed. However if I'm not mistaken I think I've managed to leave my crowbar under the units behind the plinth.
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