Comments on Becky's T-Blog: How to make convenient microwave porridge

As someone who gave up on more than a slice of toa...

2005-11-12T01:08:00.000Z

As someone who gave up on more than a slice of toast and a mug of milk for breakfast some years back, I can't see what the fuss is all about. :)

As for the kitchen not being the best place for a tranny, all I can say is *pfft*. I like cooking and know my way around a kitchen quite well. I don't own (or even wish to own) a microwave, let alone cook a 'ready' meal. The closest I get to that is preparing my own pizza's.

> "not something you'd choose to eat ..."How true ...

2005-11-11T23:13:00.000Z

> "not something you'd choose to eat ..."
How true - just look at grits. The name's bad enough. (Kath, what exactly ARE they?)

I wonder if the kitchen is where trannies get the worst of both worlds? We don't have the extensive familiarity, and instructions are for wimps (even more so if you're techie - reading manuals is instant loss of geek-cred). The "instant-concrete" porridge, Becky, is an old friend; if you're looking to enliven your kitchen experience further may I recommend:

* cooking scrambled eggs on a high flame because you're in a hurry. Burnt egg should be used on the Space Shuttle to fix the tiles, it just doesn't come off. Even from so-called "Non-stick" pans. Pah!

* being liberal with the pectin in home-made jam, for an interesting "slice" texture. Escaped dribbles of jam also solidify to look unpleasantly like leeches and can be a focal point of conversation at dinner parties.

* deciding that boiling, rather than frying, hash browns makes far more sense. Makes far more of a grey gloopy sludge, that competes with the egg and the jam for uber-stickiness.

* the "those chillis look rather small; let's have four/six/eight" attitude to spicing up your life (season according to stupidity). Made even crueller when you're on a student budget and can't afford to throw away food.

* cooking risotto. I did it once. Or at least, started it once; it takes so long you loose the will to live/go crazed with hunger/decide that you'd rather have pizza.

I'm so grateful to the modern fast food industry; it's saved me from some horrible sticky food-related death, I'm sure.

Any foodstuffs that require you to wake up aren't ...

2005-11-11T15:42:00.000Z

Any foodstuffs that require you to wake up aren't truly breakfast fare. The idea of breakfast cereal is that it's not something you'd choose to eat if you had the time or the brainpower. That's why cornflakes do so well, they're bland and tasteless but the packet has two instructions "Add milk. Eat." :-)

If I'm gonna have to wake up first, I might as well make something I'd enjoy... like a full English breakfast!

I think a simple step added somewhere near the beg...

2005-11-11T15:33:00.000Z

I think a simple step added somewhere near the beginning would have helped...

1. Wake up... :)

(prepares to suffer consequences of comment)

That is just way too funny to leave here, I'm gonn...

2005-11-11T14:48:00.000Z

That is just way too funny to leave here, I'm gonna copy/paste it into a text editor and save it in my documents folder for me to stumble upon and enjoy at a later date. You are way too much fun Becky!

Ha, Ha, Ha. Hee, Hee... Oh dear, I think I've wet...

2005-11-11T13:31:00.000Z

Ha, Ha, Ha. Hee, Hee... Oh dear, I think I've wet 'em!

Remember - never go to the toilet in a paperless o...

2005-11-11T12:35:00.000Z

Remember - never go to the toilet in a paperless office.....

Ahh convenience foods...right up there with "techn...

2005-11-11T12:04:00.000Z

Ahh convenience foods...right up there with "technology can make your life easier and save you time!" and "the paperless office"

I hereby award you the Poet of the Day award, for ...

2005-11-11T11:29:00.000Z

I hereby award you the Poet of the Day award, for the phrase, "Patina of Filth".