Tesco toaster - good grief.....

[theboyfold]

F i F said:

Slightly off at a tangent, anyone had any experience with other dualit stuff?

We have the kettle so far it's just a kettle.

Yep, we have that as well. We had a Krups before that, but it kept turning itself off, which was annoying. Now the Dualit works and looks nice.

Personally I was happy with the old Tesco Value kettle we had, but I don't drink tea or coffee, so the OH wanted something new. Something to do with limescale in her tea or something...

[Chapppers]

f13ldy said:

I really want this toaster:

http://www.johnlewis.com/230670825/Product.aspx

However it strikes me as a lot of money for a toaster, but it looks amazing when it's working.

Which would be weekends only in my house...

YES! That looks AMAZING! I always wanted to see what goes on inside, and i'm always popping it up to check.

Might get me one of those.

[hornetrider]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Fresh Bread from the Bakers this morning. + Dualit at 2:40 on the timer.

Is this what PH has come to?! Pictures of toast?!

[F i F]

[quote=hornetriderIs this what PH has come to?! Pictures of toast?!


[/quote]
Obviously so.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Chapppers said:

f13ldy said:

I really want this toaster:

http://www.johnlewis.com/230670825/Product.aspx

However it strikes me as a lot of money for a toaster, but it looks amazing when it's working.

Which would be weekends only in my house...

YES! That looks AMAZING! I always wanted to see what goes on inside, and i'm always popping it up to check.

Might get me one of those.

There's a proper bell 'ding' when it pops up too The slots are just about big enough to do naan bread in as well.

[Bebs]

anonymous said:

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I have a quooker installed at home. Its brilliant. Threw the kettle away. 100 degree boiling water non-stop on tap. Honestly, I thought it was a bit of a fad when the other half suggested we get one. It really isn't. Turn the tap and your pot of tea is ready. Turn the tap and your pasta water is boiling




http://www.quookershop.co.uk/?gclid=CLyQ-pLQtZ8CFS...

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[Chapppers]

I want water at about 85 degrees for coffee. Can't stand all this "slow sipping waiting for it to cool" bks.

[Bebs]

Chapppers said:

I want water at about 85 degrees for coffee. Can't stand all this "slow sipping waiting for it to cool" bks.

I use milk and after a splash of cold Cravendale - temperature is just perfect

[Chapppers]

Bebs said:

Chapppers said:

I want water at about 85 degrees for coffee. Can't stand all this "slow sipping waiting for it to cool" bks.

I use milk and after a splash of cold Cravendale - temperature is just perfect

Nope, still too hot I'm resorting to a splash of cold water before the hot goes in, then milk! Nightmare.

[anonymous-user]

anonymous said:

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As I said I needed something very quickly as a stop-gap - and paid £20 for it, in a UK supermarket.

If Tesco can sell an own-branded toaster for £5 or so (which from the comments above would alse appear to be 'unfit for duty') then I'm quite sure that they could sell one for £20 which is 'fit for duty', irrespective of where it was built.

The point I am making here is that Tesco choose to sell a product which quite clearly cannot perform the task for which it is intended in the market in which it is offered for sale. It's like trying to sell cars in Siberia with no heater.

I recognise that Tesco is to the supermarket world what Primark is to the world of fashion, and I am happy to say I would normally never venture into either.

On a separate note, do you know if there are actually any UK-built toasters on the market today - I'd be interested to compare price, quality etc (this is a genuine question BTW)..

[anonymous-user]

Bebs said:

Chapppers said:

I want water at about 85 degrees for coffee. Can't stand all this "slow sipping waiting for it to cool" bks.

I use milk and after a splash of cold Cravendale - temperature is just perfect

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you (and I never thought I would ever have cause to say this)....


















.... a milk snob!

[pugwash4x4]

For those with Dualits you can get them rebuilt and serviced for about £40 from Dualit UK. We have toaster in my chip shops that are 10+ years old, get used continuously for 8 hours a day, get rebuilt every 2-3 years and are amazing- one of the most cost efffective bits of kit we ever bought.

[Bebs]

had ham said:

Bebs said:

Chapppers said:

I want water at about 85 degrees for coffee. Can't stand all this "slow sipping waiting for it to cool" bks.

I use milk and after a splash of cold Cravendale - temperature is just perfect

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you (and I never thought I would ever have cause to say this)....




.... a milk snob!

[f13ldy]

Anothe Cravendale user here.

I buy it to support their excellent marketing dept.

I love those adverts.

[anonymous-user]

f13ldy said:

Anothe Cravendale user here.

I buy it to support their excellent marketing dept.

I love those adverts.

Indeed they are brilliant. Although, do you think Cravendale is any different to other milk - is the production process (post-cow, obviously) any different, and can you tase any difference, or is it just the genuinely clever marketing that differentiates?

I just wonder how different you can make milk? Can anyone quote Cravendale market share?

[Bebs]

had ham said:

f13ldy said:

Anothe Cravendale user here.

I buy it to support their excellent marketing dept.

I love those adverts.

Indeed they are brilliant. Although, do you think Cravendale is any different to other milk - is the production process (post-cow, obviously) any different, and can you tase any difference, or is it just the genuinely clever marketing that differentiates?

I just wonder how different you can make milk? Can anyone quote Cravendale market share?

Danish friend of mine works for Arla and is in charge of producing amongst other things, Cravendale. He sets the machines/IT up to oversee production. He tells me Cravendale lasts a lot longer before it goes off, because of the filtration.
You try it - buy a 2 pint normal 'Tesco' milk and a 2 pint Cravendale. Open both and leave in fridge. I guarentee you 'Tesco milk' will go off first - and cravendale will last another week or two It just stays fresher because there is more filtration and less 'bacteria'
Never thought I'd be posting this on PH though!

[pugwash4x4]

cravendale is amaszingly longlived.

We take 8 pints when we go overlanding into africa and it always lasts at least 4 weeks (well oevr a week after the use by date), its incredible.

[F i F]

Another Cravendale user,

OMG waits for incoming, Ecco shoes, Cravendale...

Having said that about Cravendale, we have skimmed, and don't like homogenised milk in tea / coffee, it just tastes so wrong.

Presumaby Cravendale semi / full fat is the same? An experiment beckons.

[Nigel H]

Well curosity got the better of me and I went and got a Dualit.

I have to days its great - toast like it used to be and quick as well. Thanks for the advice.

[Murdoc]

I gave this as a present at a wedding recently:


It's a tesco value 2 slice.

Our toasting duties are performed by this chap: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dualit-Slot-Sandwich-Toast...

Jolly good at it too, although the sandwich racks are a bit too thin.