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After a double whammy of storms making the last part of my summer holiday bother rainy and windy, I thought I would share my celebration of two very minor wins. They are not important, not global in reach (barely even local) but they did make me feel better as I watched the strong winds attempt to take the greenhouse.
- I managed, possibly for the first time in my cooking life, to measure and cook exactly the right amount of spaghetti for two people. Normally I use too much, which results in a foodbox that looks like someone left the end off a silicone sealant gun, but with vegetables on top.
- I managed to feed the cat his worming tablet without having to hold him down and force the thing down his throat. Cheese-bribe and cheese-wrapped tablet for the win, but I think it may make him suspicious of cheese and this was a one shot win. It will hopefully make him feel a bit better though.
You should phone Claudia on R2 on a Sat Morning. Your pasta definitely counts as a little win - the public will back you.
That's a win indeed. Don't think I've ever cooked the right amount of spaghetti. We've got 4 cats to worm, and only one likes cheese !
I managed to replace an internal cable without faff and first attempt.
#I_Win
Steady now, it's a slippery slope from this to bragging about 5am mindfulness sessions on your LinkedIn account.
I'm appreciating the Spaghetti win, but can you do the same trick with rice?
isn't it just a clump an inch in diameter 😕
Twice, repeat twice, today, I have walked into the utility room to check how the washing is getting on at the exact moment that the lock on the washing machine door has clicked open and the finish beep has, well, beeped.
Twice, repeat twice, today, I have walked into the utility room to check how the washing is getting on at the exact moment that the lock on the washing machine door has clicked open and the finish beep has, well, beeped.
That is indeed impressive!
I'm firmly of the opinion that washing machines keep the door locked as long as possible and that when you try to open said locked door it extends the lock period for another 5 minutes. Bastards.
I once managed to make the perfect pot noodle.
I found a chicken & mushroom pot noodle in the garage a couple of days ago - it was just 12 months out of date. Made it anyway with a teaspoon of curry powder and extra soy sauce (obvs)...... it was possibly the nicest thing I've eaten in months!!
Steady now, it’s a slippery slope from this to bragging about 5am mindfulness sessions on your LinkedIn account.
Surely it's
4.00: 15 min mindfulness
4.15: 15min jounaling
4.30: 15min DuoLingo
4.45: 15min Stoicism,
5.00: Hit the gym for a killer workout!
I managed, possibly for the first time in my cooking life, to measure and cook exactly the right amount of spaghetti for two people.
I don't understand. There are only two quantities of spaghetti - not enough, or enough. You can't have too much spaghetti.
I have a string of 3 tubeless tyres that inflated straight up. Granted, I did fit one back tyre backwards but it's mostly used on tarmac so a few rides and it'll wear the edges off the knobs anyway.
I’m firmly of the opinion that washing machines keep the door locked as long as possible and that when you try to open said locked door it extends the lock period for another 5 minutes. Bastards.
One of the unknowable mysteries of the universe is why the washing machine door stays locked for about three minutes after it's clearly finished doing anything at all.
I once managed to make the perfect pot noodle.
Oh, I've got this.
Make a Pot Noodle, maybe with a little too much water. Follow the instructions then completely forget about it for 20 minutes. Come back, popty-ping it for a minute, perfection. It's the future, trust me.
I’m appreciating the Spaghetti win, but can you do the same trick with rice?
This is a time I'll defer to the wisdom of the USA. Measuring cups FTW here.
It's taken me literally years to get rice right on a semi-consistent basis, the grainy little prick that it is.
One of the unknowable mysteries of the universe is why the washing machine door stays locked for about three minutes after it’s clearly finished doing anything at all.
I always assumed it was heat. You can't have your stuff until the machine's cooled down. Whether this has any actual bearing in fact, I have no idea.
It's the dryer that confuses me. It has a display clearly designed by Microsoft, it says "END" at the end of the cycle but keeps on tumbling for a few minutes afterwards.
Last weekend I grabbed exactly the right amount of dough for a single pizza ball (225g) from the mixer. I mentioned it to my daughter and she said she'd just done something similar earlier in the day when she tipped exactly the right amount of flour into the bowl when making cake mixture.
Last weekend I grabbed exactly the right amount of dough for a single pizza ball (225g) from the mixer.
Fatty 😉
but can you do the same trick with rice?
Try cooking Rice for 1! There must be a method. Half my KitKat mug is always too much, but why do I always use that?!
@Cougar That holds for any software install progress bar. "Installing, less than one minute remaining". 5 Minutes later and the same message is still displaying. Then another 3 minutes for 10 seconds to go.
per person; 75g of rice, 150g water, bung it in the rice cooker and leave. Best. Rice. Ever.
I bought the rice cooker as a joke for my wife, it's now used 3-4 times a week.
That holds for any software install progress bar. “Installing, less than one minute remaining”. 5 Minutes later and the same message is still displaying. Then another 3 minutes for 10 seconds to go.
I'm quite understanding on the whole for time estimates to be way out. That's a difficult thing to code accurately. What boils my rice is when it's sat there saying "100%" when it blatantly isn't otherwise I wouldn't be sat here looking at a ****ing progress bar.
per person; 75g of rice, 150g water, bung it in the rice cooker and leave. Best. Rice. Ever.
I bought the rice cooker as a joke for my wife, it’s now used 3-4 times a week.
I worked part time in a small Chinese restaurant, washing dishes and the like.
They used a rice cooker, but it looked more like a domestic type thing, and wasnt big.
However. Cooking it they always started the same
Dried rice sat in a pot, in a sink with cold water running constantly through it. And it became my job to agitate the rice(bloody freezing fingers) with the intention of removing the starch.
After that in went into the cooker, so however you cook it it seems the proper way to prepare is to first wash it very thoroughly. I think the washing process took close to an hour.
Half my KitKat mug is always too much, but why do I always use that?!
Unused boiled rice was used the next day to make fried rice. So there you go, two ricey meals from one 1/2 mug.
An hour! Blimey. Mine gets a quick slosh with water in the server, but that's redonculous.
I'm on a parachute course this week and for the first time managed to land like a ballerina tiptoeing off a a kerb, made my day
Thank you Willard, SL, ninth jump, Netheravon (and to be honest, my exit was awful so I left that out, focus on the positive).
You'll be glad of unstable exit practice in a couple of Cats' time.
One of the unknowable mysteries of the universe is why the washing machine door stays locked for about three minutes after it’s clearly finished doing anything at all.
And that's after you've watched the display count down "4 minutes....3 minutes....2 minutes.....4 minutes....3 minutes....click"
Spaghetti win, but can you do the same trick with rice?
I've espresso cup = 1 portion
Sitting watching the square box in the corner this evening, we were both getting increasingly irritated by the housefly which kept crossing the room between us and the telly, or flying left & right just above it. Then it made an error, it flew directly towards me. I made an automated one-handed snatch, and caught the little sod clean out of its airspace. It went in the bin straight after. I'm calling that a win, albeit not for the fly.
I'm quite good at that. Gets messy when it's a big 'un though.
and caught the little sod clean out of its airspace
Next lawman will be telling us his car cleaning tips, using one hand to put wax on and the other to take it off. And don't get him started on how to paint a fence!