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Trivial things that annoy you Part 43

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  • #6302
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    I do feel cheated when I see all the lovely hats in the shops, and it is starting to get chilly :(. I need to find new ways to punish the kids for sniggering at me any hat I try on:)


  • #6303
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    73Cat wrote: »
    I do feel cheated when I see all the lovely hats in the shops, and it is starting to get chilly :(. I need to find new ways to punish the kids for sniggering at me any hat I try on:)

    Amazon have some nice ones and some of the sellers have different sizes, you just have to measure your head above your ears to get the right fit, honest. I gave up on getting them in actual shops anymore. I like the cloche ones, they suit most people.


  • #6304
    sunshine and showers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭sunshine and showers


    73Cat wrote: »
    I do feel cheated when I see all the lovely hats in the shops, and it is starting to get chilly :(. I need to find new ways to punish the kids for sniggering at me any hat I try on:)

    Buy a really embarrassing hat and threaten to wear it in public when you're with them.


  • #6305
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    We're well on the way to the 10,000 post limit again, so about one thread a year at this rate, at least:D Maybe we should have an annual competition for the most trivial annoyance. We could call it 'The Trivvies' or something like that.


  • #6306
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Maybe it makes it easier to place the blame for the "aroma" elsewhere;)

    Hadn't thought of that. Maybe. :D


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  • #6307
    ressem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭ressem


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    I usually get my husband to mash the potatoes, I always leave lumps in the mash, when I can find decent potatoes that don't turn to sludge in the pot.

    People that can't cook spuds.

    Get a two part steamer. Cook the potatoes (golden wonders or roosters, leave the skins on, flowery potatoes can pop open when cooked) using steam on high heat for 40 mins, not immersed in the water (Google's advice can go feck itself).

    http://www.amazon.com/Farberware-Classic-Stainless-3-Quart-Saucepot/dp/B000058AKE/ref=pd_sim_k_8?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KRWEE1BWBK6HERBN5GW


  • #6308
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    ressem wrote: »
    People that can't cook spuds.

    Get a two part steamer. Cook the potatoes (golden wonders or roosters) using steam on high heat for 40 mins, not immersed in the water (Google's advice can go feck itself).

    http://www.amazon.com/Farberware-Classic-Stainless-3-Quart-Saucepot/dp/B000058AKE/ref=pd_sim_k_8?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KRWEE1BWBK6HERBN5GW

    The cheek of you:eek: Not immerse potatoes in water:confused::eek: Sacrilege:eek: Get out.:P


  • #6309
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    The cheek of you:eek: Not immerse potatoes in water:confused::eek: Sacrilege:eek: Get out.:P

    Haha, snap! I've never steamed them before, ill have to try it out.


  • #6310
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Haha, snap! I've never steamed them before, ill have to try it out.

    I bought 3 tier steamer about 5 years ago. Took it out of the box, washed it, put it in a cupboard and have never used it. It was one of those impulse buys.:o


  • #6311
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    I just use the holey saucepan to drain the water off the potatoes/vegetables


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  • #6312
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I just use the holey saucepan to drain the water off the potatoes/vegetables

    Me too. It's not that I'm bad at cooking potatoes, I'm not, it's just that sometimes you get a bag of potatoes that's really bad for boiling or anything else. So you end up with a pot full of lumps of under cooked potatoes and a sludge like puree as well.


  • #6313
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    Me too. It's not that I'm bad at cooking potatoes, I'm not, it's just that sometimes you get a bag of potatoes that's really bad for boiling or anything else. So you end up with a pot full of lumps of under cooked potatoes and a sludge like puree as well.

    Yeah that's what I don't understand, my dad made it look super easy, fool proof. Bang em into a pot, wait until they're boiled. Baddaboom!

    When I do them? Hard and lumpy but still looks like stewed apples


  • #6314
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Yeah that's what I don't understand, my dad made it look super easy, fool proof. Bang em into a pot, wait until they're boiled. Baddaboom!

    When I do them? Hard and lumpy but still looks like stewed apples

    You can generally tell if they're going to be watery when you're peeling them. If there's many black bits or they feel very wet when peeled you can be fairly sure that they're going to be crap. If I get some like that I usually just leave the skins on and cook them that way, it stops them getting too bad. Anyway, enough about spuds before someone lectures us for derailing the thread.:)


  • #6315
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Yeah that's what I don't understand, my dad made it look super easy, fool proof. Bang em into a pot, wait until they're boiled. Baddaboom!

    When I do them? Hard and lumpy but still looks like stewed apples

    cut the bigger ones in half:confused:

    easier for them to cook properly



    my annoyance for today...the fact that this week is sooo long...I taught this evening would never come....
    rock on saterday:D


  • #6316
    Lalealynn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭Lalealynn


    Snacks that when you open them are now deformed. Or melted.


  • #6317
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    I bought one of those Amoy thai red curry kits in tesco. Threw the bag of rice in the pot, 15 mins it wasn't done, 20 mins it wasn't done, it wasn't even semi done.
    I don't know if it was boil in the bag or not so I opened the bag and have to wait another 15 mins to see if that works or if its unboilable rice.

    Clear instructions wouldn't go amiss


  • #6318
    Frigga_92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Frigga_92


    ressem wrote: »
    People that can't cook spuds.

    Get a two part steamer. Cook the potatoes (golden wonders or roosters, leave the skins on, flowery potatoes can pop open when cooked) using steam on high heat for 40 mins, not immersed in the water (Google's advice can go feck itself).

    http://www.amazon.com/Farberware-Classic-Stainless-3-Quart-Saucepot/dp/B000058AKE/ref=pd_sim_k_8?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KRWEE1BWBK6HERBN5GW
    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    The cheek of you:eek: Not immerse potatoes in water:confused::eek: Sacrilege:eek: Get out.:P
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Haha, snap! I've never steamed them before, ill have to try it out.
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I just use the holey saucepan to drain the water off the potatoes/vegetables

    I always steam the spuds for himself. No fancy steamer, just a holey saucepan on top of a normal saucepan of boiling water and a lid. Perfect spuds everytime.


  • #6319
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Those "rent-a-mob" water protesters


  • #6320
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Roy Keane- can't abide him


  • #6321
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    Is it ok if their off leash dog was best in show? ;)

    Eh no.
    Its not best in show when its annoying other people.
    No-one cares. Its just another dog.

    Also, imo opinion dog shows/the showing of dogs is cruel. I have a pedigree dog who's parents were champions. I have never breed her or shown her. She is a family pet and not a trophy item for the vanity of the owner.
    She isn't here for my amusement. I would never dream of treating my dog that way.


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  • #6322
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    26sdrawkcab wrote: »
    I always steam the spuds for himself. No fancy steamer, just a holey saucepan on top of a normal saucepan of boiling water and a lid. Perfect spuds everytime.
    Cant go wrong with roosters imo...I buy them all year round...Cant beat nice spuds with loads of butter ,beans ,fried egg and onions...:pac:


  • #6323
    deise08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    That we have no love/hate forum :(


  • #6324
    jos28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,256 ✭✭✭jos28


    Fridge magnets - hate the things.


  • #6325
    0byme75341jo28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭0byme75341jo28


    deise08 wrote: »
    That we have no love/hate forum :(

    There's probably a thread somewhere?


  • #6326
    IrishExpat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭IrishExpat


    Overuse of salt before, during and after cooking. Takes away from the dish and any real expertise needed to bring out flavour through combinations, herbs etc. If you 'must' cover your meal, taste if first before adding it. Smokers tend to be most guilty of this.


  • #6327
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    deise08 wrote: »
    That we have no love/hate forum :(

    Theres a few in the Television forum :)


  • #6328
    Putin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭Putin


    efb wrote: »
    "rent-a-mob"


    Use of the expression 'rent-a-mob'.


  • #6329
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Listening to skanger beats when I can't sleep. Which just makes me want to get up, find a glow stick and a rave. I need a lullaby playlist, instead of a showtek one.


  • #6330
    deise08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Iris Weak Volunteer wrote: »
    There's probably a thread somewhere?

    The thread is a head wreck. :) we're asking the mods for a forum but they're denying us.


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  • #6331
    deise08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Smidge wrote: »
    Theres a few in the Television forum :)

    Someone merged the threads last night and its all over the place now. :(
    I was sticking to the one thread where everyone (well, the regulars.) was up to date, now it's gone back to 'the cat killer.'


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