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thanks guys there are great hassle, time and money savers in there! next time my dentist asks if I've been using floss, I can say yes. Though it probably wont be what he had in mind, lol.

oh, an acquaintance of mine had a glut of pears recently too. she made pear-strudel with it. As far as I can tell you can pretty much treat them like apples in that respect. Though I'd say the taste depends a lot on the type of pear.

ha, that's ingenious! well, I hadn't heard of it so thanks :) to add to that- whenever i'm at an airport that supplies free ziplock bags I pocket a whole stack of them. :angel:

heh, it's the little things, isn't it?

...I just can't help myself.

things used for things they weren't really meant for.. got any habits? Here are some things saran wrap/kitchen wrap/cling film whatever you want to call it can do: • when spreading dough in a cake form, just put in the dough and put a sheet of the wrap over the form, and simply use fingers to...

oh god, thank you! I was starting to wonder if I was the only one bursting with the urge to make some kind of sly remark.

some plain nonfat probiotic yoghurt with a crunched up a shredded wheat biscuit (thingie?) and some raspberries or whatever I have at hand. Brilliant, because all I need is a bowl and spoon- no other mess whatsoever, which is great for the small bit of time I have between getting up and going to...

thanks for the advice :) ahh that's good to know! hm, I never even thought of that. though I do have a big pot, It would make draining pasta so much easier.. oh, good point. Though, as you say a teaspoon or so is enough, and I've never managed to fry chicken and dress the salad or whatever...

wow :) Thanks so much for the warm welcomes, links and Ireland stories! It's all too easy to take the place for granted when you live there. (My parents moved to Ireland from Germany before I was born, so those of you with Irish relatives are genetically more Irish than me, heh!) seems like...

I just found out that a local store will have an electric steamer and a regular one on offer tomorrow. They'll sell out pretty quickly so I plan to head there in the morning before classes. I was going to post the website but it wouldn't let me post urls. but if you go to lidl.ie and click on...

Hi everyone! I'm lezah (aka Hazel). I'm 22 and I live right slap bang in the middle of ireland, where I study graphics. my "food history" goes something like this; I grew up living in the middle of nowhere. My parents had a big garden where we grew a lot of our fruits/veggies (still do, but not...