Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 2]
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Or similarly the fact that toast loses heat quicker than anything on the planet ever.
THe race against time to butter toast whilst its still hot enough to melt it, and then try to force 2 slices of toast down your throat in the remaining 12 seconds before the buttered toast becomes ice-cold.
Stressful food toast is.
THe race against time to butter toast whilst its still hot enough to melt it, and then try to force 2 slices of toast down your throat in the remaining 12 seconds before the buttered toast becomes ice-cold.
Stressful food toast is.
blindswelledrat said:
Or similarly the fact that toast loses heat quicker than anything on the planet ever.
THe race against time to butter toast whilst its still hot enough to melt it, and then try to force 2 slices of toast down your throat in the remaining 12 seconds before the buttered toast becomes ice-cold.
Stressful food toast is.
I used to be like you, man. THe race against time to butter toast whilst its still hot enough to melt it, and then try to force 2 slices of toast down your throat in the remaining 12 seconds before the buttered toast becomes ice-cold.
Stressful food toast is.
Cursing any and every thing that even momentarily distracted me from creating that slick layer of properly melted butter in time to enjoy it whilst the toast was still warm. Food shouldn't be stressful, right? But toast always took the top spot.
Then, about a year ago, a food pundit declared, via some weekend newspaper supplement, that cold toast was tastier than hot toast. How could it be? How could it be tastier than properly hot toast with that molten layer?
Today, chez V8, toast is made thus (my own MO, to achieve perfect cold toast):
1. Good bread. The denser the better. Granary type loaves with seeds are particularly good.
2. Halve the toaster setting.
3. Toast the bread. Let it pop up and sit for... 10-20 seconds.
4. Down again. The second toasting.
5. Pops up. Deliver to table.
6. Don't rush.
7. Make sure everyone at the table has everything they need.
8. Maybe change the radio channel.
9. Great butter. This toast has a proper, wonderful crust. This means you get to put even more butter on, to get it to spread.
10. Homemade jam - gooseberry is the most awesome - or your favourite marmalade.
11. Enjoy.
"Looks professional"
Bernie Madoff probably wore a suit and tie to work every day of his working life. (except on the odd Friday when he would have been in the typical US dress down uniform) Is that something we should aspire to? 150 years anyone? Time to ditch the anachronistic bulls
t and judge people on what actually matters.
Bernie Madoff probably wore a suit and tie to work every day of his working life. (except on the odd Friday when he would have been in the typical US dress down uniform) Is that something we should aspire to? 150 years anyone? Time to ditch the anachronistic bulls
t and judge people on what actually matters.Edited by Pothole on Thursday 3rd May 22:22
blindswelledrat said:
Or similarly the fact that toast loses heat quicker than anything on the planet ever.
THe race against time to butter toast whilst its still hot enough to melt it, and then try to force 2 slices of toast down your throat in the remaining 12 seconds before the buttered toast becomes ice-cold.
Stressful food toast is.
THe race against time to butter toast whilst its still hot enough to melt it, and then try to force 2 slices of toast down your throat in the remaining 12 seconds before the buttered toast becomes ice-cold.
Stressful food toast is.
CC07 PEU said:
Newspapers etc still banging on about Madeleine McCann. Give it a rest, nobody's even remotely interested.
I couldn't agree more, but feel I have to point out that they are also banging on about local elections, and I am quite sure that, apart from the people actually taking part, there is even less interest in those.Pothole said:
Dark Helmet said:
People who squeeze the air out of the bottle when they've poured a drink. Not the first time I've gone to get a bottle of fizzy drink only to find it completely flat. WHY do they do it??? 
huh?Yet another scheme I invented as a kid and never tried - and consequently never made my fortune with - was a bottle top and bike tyre valve assembly that allowed you to pump up the bottle to keep the pressure up. Fizzy drinks tasting slightly of bike pump. Nice.
DickyC said:
Pothole said:
Dark Helmet said:
People who squeeze the air out of the bottle when they've poured a drink. Not the first time I've gone to get a bottle of fizzy drink only to find it completely flat. WHY do they do it???
BG
huh?BG
Yet another scheme I invented as a kid and never tried - and consequently never made my fortune with - was a bottle top and bike tyre valve assembly that allowed you to pump up the bottle to keep the pressure up. Fizzy drinks tasting slightly of bike pump. Nice.
DickyC said:
Pothole said:
Dark Helmet said:
People who squeeze the air out of the bottle when they've poured a drink. Not the first time I've gone to get a bottle of fizzy drink only to find it completely flat. WHY do they do it???
huh?Yet another scheme I invented as a kid and never tried - and consequently never made my fortune with - was a bottle top and bike tyre valve assembly that allowed you to pump up the bottle to keep the pressure up. Fizzy drinks tasting slightly of bike pump. Nice.
Edited by AstonZagato on Saturday 5th May 10:27
DickyC said:
The bottle wants to resume its shape creating low pressure inside the bottle and the gas in the drink fills the void and the drink goes flat in the process.
Yet another scheme I invented as a kid and never tried - and consequently never made my fortune with - was a bottle top and bike tyre valve assembly that allowed you to pump up the bottle to keep the pressure up. Fizzy drinks tasting slightly of bike pump. Nice.
The bottle doesn't collapse when you open it. What I'm referring to is people who deliberately squash it, I know several people who habitually do this. Perhaps they think that by excluding air they are keeping it fresh, but it just ruins the drink. As you correctly pointed out, there isn't any pressure in the bottle until it has expanded to its proper shape by which time there is no gas left in it.Yet another scheme I invented as a kid and never tried - and consequently never made my fortune with - was a bottle top and bike tyre valve assembly that allowed you to pump up the bottle to keep the pressure up. Fizzy drinks tasting slightly of bike pump. Nice.
There used to be a product called the "fizz keeper" which worked pretty much like a bike pump with a non-return valve, these worked really well but didn't last all that long.
DickyC said:
Some do. Crushed bottles in fridges are a sight fate has prevented you from seeing. Be glad, because it's not a pretty sight and it doesn't work.
That's one reason I avoid putting opened bottles back in the fridge, quickest way to make it go flat is to put a non-pressurized bottle in there as the low temperature also forces the CO2 out of solution. I put the stuff in smaller bottles if I want to keep it cold, at least it doesn't lose ALL its fizz.ETA: I regularly return open beer cans to the fridge for later consumption and the beer still seems lively enough when poured into a glass (and still tastes good!)
Edited by Dark Helmet on Saturday 5th May 10:52
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