GinnyPNW
Master Chef
Maybe we can start a new "one-pan" thread? I'm happy to share some of our favorite meals that require only 1 skillet, pot or sheet-pan?
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I like that idea. But, it sounded familiar. There is already a thread for that: https://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f143/wonderpots-or-one-pot-meals-91398.html
I'm glad to see that people put links to the recipes, rather than putting actual recipes in the thread. It makes it easier to find the recipes later, especially if all you remember is that you saw it on DC.
GinnyPNW
Master Chef
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Thanks, Taxy! I added a couple of recipes to that thread.
Kaneohegirlinaz
Wannabe TV Chef
You got that right sister!
Some many manufactured items now a days are nothing like what we had in the past, nothing!
As to how old this piece of --- is, 6 years, that's all!!!
I was reading up on dishwashers and they say that Samsung has the most repairs, with GE, Whirlpool and Frigidaire right behind them.
Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
It's called "planned obsolescence" and it's been going on for ages. My BIL will kid that things are now manufactured to break down right after the warranty period - but he's really only half kidding when he says it.
https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/planned-obsolescence-things-built-fail.html
https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/planned-obsolescence-things-built-fail.html
roadfix
Chef Extraordinaire
I’ve always washed dishes by hand so I have no idea what it’s like to not have a working dishwasher. Every place I’ve lived had a dishwasher but I’ve never been a dishwasher kinda guy. I got rid of the dishwasher in my current home and installed a wine cooler in its place.
Just Cooking
Master Chef
At 83 years old, my Jeannie has never used a dish washer.
Since we have been together, the DW has always been a small storage unit.
Ross
rodentraiser
Head Chef
My petty vent today is I'm hungry.
We get a weekly menu where I'm at and we can pick either the main meal or the alternate. I'm a picky eater but I've been getting by with some help ordering out occasionally.
I had so looked forward to today's breakfast of a cheese omelette and what do I get? A fried egg. I guess they didn't have any omelettes today. The alternative breakfast was a boiled egg. Both would gag me.
The rest of breakfast consisted of some sort of cream of cereal, wheat toast which can be subbed for white, and OJ.
I've tried the wheat toast a couple of times and I couldn't eat it. Naturally, they didn't sub my wheat toast today for white. And the OJ looks like something is growing in it so I never drink it (my friend came to visit me once and saw the OJ and said she wouldn't touch it either and she loves OJ). We won't even talk about the cream of cereal.
So effectively I haven't had any breakfast this morning. I think they would have brought me the toast with white bread if I asked, but it's not their fault I hate fried and boiled eggs.
Anyway, I'm going to ask for a hot chocolate and lunch is in less than an hour. Pork with gravy and buttered red potatoes which I've had before and are just divine.
Hopefully when lunch comes I'll quit witching.
We get a weekly menu where I'm at and we can pick either the main meal or the alternate. I'm a picky eater but I've been getting by with some help ordering out occasionally.
I had so looked forward to today's breakfast of a cheese omelette and what do I get? A fried egg. I guess they didn't have any omelettes today. The alternative breakfast was a boiled egg. Both would gag me.
The rest of breakfast consisted of some sort of cream of cereal, wheat toast which can be subbed for white, and OJ.
I've tried the wheat toast a couple of times and I couldn't eat it. Naturally, they didn't sub my wheat toast today for white. And the OJ looks like something is growing in it so I never drink it (my friend came to visit me once and saw the OJ and said she wouldn't touch it either and she loves OJ). We won't even talk about the cream of cereal.
So effectively I haven't had any breakfast this morning. I think they would have brought me the toast with white bread if I asked, but it's not their fault I hate fried and boiled eggs.
Anyway, I'm going to ask for a hot chocolate and lunch is in less than an hour. Pork with gravy and buttered red potatoes which I've had before and are just divine.
Hopefully when lunch comes I'll quit witching.
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GinnyPNW
Master Chef
That doesn't sound like petty vent to me! Hunger is not fun! Hope they feed you better and more often, sooner rather than later!
Kaneohegirlinaz
Wannabe TV Chef
My dishwasher went out, again, back on the 11th of this month.
I thought about having it repaired, but why?
Why not just buy a new one?
I placed an order for a Bosch 100 series with Lowes' and they couldn't give me a date, to call them in a few days.
I got a phone call today from Lowes', they have no idea when it would be available
So I did a WWW search for appliance stores in our area and Best Buy popped up.
On their site, they had a model the model that I wanted at $200 less than what I paid Lowes'!!!
I called to their customer service department and was told that it would be available April 24th, that it was coming straight from the Bosch factory.
DH is at the dentist, so I had to make an executive decision ... I bought it!
NOW!
Let's see what happens ...
In the mean time, I don't think that I'll be having any more dealing with Lowes'
UPDATE!
BYE BYE!
Hello gorgeous!!!
GinnyPNW
Master Chef
LOL...K-Girl! That's great news, in these days & times! Happy for you!
rodentraiser
Head Chef
The food here isn't that bad. It's just occasionally the main meal and the alternate meal are both things I'd prefer not eating. And then sometimes I want both of them and have to make a decision, although once I pled and bled and got a grilled cheese sandwich from the alternate meal to eat with my chicken fingers and fries. lol
Plus, I could stand to lose a little (actually a lot) of weight.
The aide brought in tons of snacks last night and I was stuffed. I still have some left over even, so it turned out OK.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I realize my petty vent is irrational and over the top but I can't help it.
Why is it that websites and recipe writers INSIST on calling any sauce that happens to be white in color "Alfredo"? It's unimaginable all the different ingredients used in sauces that are inappropriately given the name Alfredo. I've seen egg, cream cheese, heavy cream, flour, garlic, sour cream, COM soup to name a few. I can't stand it!
Alfredo = butter, parm reg cheese and some pasta water. It's really not all that hard.
Why is it that websites and recipe writers INSIST on calling any sauce that happens to be white in color "Alfredo"? It's unimaginable all the different ingredients used in sauces that are inappropriately given the name Alfredo. I've seen egg, cream cheese, heavy cream, flour, garlic, sour cream, COM soup to name a few. I can't stand it!
Alfredo = butter, parm reg cheese and some pasta water. It's really not all that hard.
I don't think it's irrational or over the top. It's very annoying. Okay, if you are shouting at people, then the reaction might be over the top. I have certainly been known to roll my eyes when I come across those kinds of recipes.
My petty vent is about online shopping and credit cards, not in general, but specific stuff, all in the past month.
DH bought a new laptop. It worked fine. Then, he went to install something through a USB port and the new laptop couldn't read the USB stick. He checked online and found that it is a known problem with that model. Sometimes it just doesn't work from the get go. Sometimes they work for a while and then quit. So, he contacted the seller and was told to ship it back. When they have the laptop, they will issue a refund. So, he went online and bought another laptop - one that cost twice as much, but is more useful to him. That arrived a couple of days ago, but it didn't. We got a box that was about 6"x6", containing some sort of card in an envelope. No invoice. No packing slip. He got in touch with the seller. They wanted a picture, so he sent one. They tracked it down to a problem in their warehouse. The card thingee was supposed to be a surprise bonus. They have already sold and shipped the laptop DH was supposed to have and they don't have any more. It's a last year's model. Got the money credited back to the credit card a day or two after. DH has bought another laptop that should be arriving soon. At one point, we had all three laptops charged to the credit card at once.
Then, yesterday, I ordered some socks and a polo shirt from The Bay. I got a notification from the credit card company (different credit card than the one the laptops were charged to) that there had been a charge. Fine, the amount was right. This morning, I got a notification that there has been another charge, for a smaller amount, from The Bay. It's still "pending". I hope it fixes itself very soon. I really don't want to have to deal with it.
DH bought a new laptop. It worked fine. Then, he went to install something through a USB port and the new laptop couldn't read the USB stick. He checked online and found that it is a known problem with that model. Sometimes it just doesn't work from the get go. Sometimes they work for a while and then quit. So, he contacted the seller and was told to ship it back. When they have the laptop, they will issue a refund. So, he went online and bought another laptop - one that cost twice as much, but is more useful to him. That arrived a couple of days ago, but it didn't. We got a box that was about 6"x6", containing some sort of card in an envelope. No invoice. No packing slip. He got in touch with the seller. They wanted a picture, so he sent one. They tracked it down to a problem in their warehouse. The card thingee was supposed to be a surprise bonus. They have already sold and shipped the laptop DH was supposed to have and they don't have any more. It's a last year's model. Got the money credited back to the credit card a day or two after. DH has bought another laptop that should be arriving soon. At one point, we had all three laptops charged to the credit card at once.
Then, yesterday, I ordered some socks and a polo shirt from The Bay. I got a notification from the credit card company (different credit card than the one the laptops were charged to) that there had been a charge. Fine, the amount was right. This morning, I got a notification that there has been another charge, for a smaller amount, from The Bay. It's still "pending". I hope it fixes itself very soon. I really don't want to have to deal with it.
I believe I've mentioned this before but I just came across it again and it is SO ANNOYING!
Blogs, especially food bloggers, seem to think that they need to be different and not print in good ol' black. They choose to print in a pale blue or grey. Why? It is unreadable, print out the recipe and that too is so pale as to be unreadable as well.
I used to copy, paste, correct almost every recipe from them. Now I do use CMT and no longer have to deal with it (as much)
but reading the blog is still such a pain!
Blogs, especially food bloggers, seem to think that they need to be different and not print in good ol' black. They choose to print in a pale blue or grey. Why? It is unreadable, print out the recipe and that too is so pale as to be unreadable as well.
I used to copy, paste, correct almost every recipe from them. Now I do use CMT and no longer have to deal with it (as much)
but reading the blog is still such a pain!
For annoying fonts and colours, I use FireFox's Reader View. It ignores those. You access it by clicking the the striped box in the address bar. Here's a screenshot with a red arrow pointing at it.
This is what your post looks like in Reader View.
Here, I have clicked the Aa to choose font size, background and other display choices.
And, if I want, it will read it out loud.
How interesting, thanks taxy.
Unfortunately I don't have that on mine.
Maybe I'll try to find it, but it is spring and there are a few other things going on right now.
Unfortunately I don't have that on mine.
Maybe I'll try to find it, but it is spring and there are a few other things going on right now.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I found that if you highlight the text on your screen, the can help.
Chief Longwind Of The North
Certified/Certifiable
My petty vent is that I'm tired. I let a particular poster ruffle my feathers, and responded ti his posts late into the evening (3:30 A.M.). Then, I got up early this morning. I think I need a nap. I let my pride get in the way of better judgement. This is why I value humility. It allows you to learn, and not get all puffed up in yourself. Well, it's time to pick myself up, dust off the mistakes, and stick to what I believe in, and know is right. Just every now and again, it's beneficial to honestly self evaluate. It's 9:25 A.M. here. I believe a2 hour nap is in order.
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
