BlueSkyNick
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I did this morning, had to do it myself though because SWMBO was in the bathroom.
Its easy enough to put an amount of Scott's best into a bowl, pour on the milk and nuke it for 3 minutes. During this time, I thought about how to prepare the same on board, on a cold morning.
Reading the packet, I would have to put oats and milk into a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. This immediately caused flashbacks to Scout Camps, when we would end up with half inch of carbonised concrete on the bottom, taking hours to scrape out. Then everything else cooked in the pan would taste of burnt breakfast.
The microwave oven has had a significant impact on our lives - not quite the same as computers and mobile phones, but up there in the Top 5. Its easy to think it is just a quicker way of cooking food, but its more than that. It can help with a broader choice of dishes during the busy working week. Similarly in pub-type restaurants, what doesn't come out of the deep fat fryer is cooked in the microwave. It might be called home-cooked, but probably came in from the catering suppliers in a plastic bag. So many small places offer a broader range than they could before.
Nowadays, there are many boats with a microwave, even raggies under 40'. Not for us though, we will stick to two gas burners and the oven. It just means I have to eat bacon and egg butties, instead of porridge on a cold morning!
Ping! 3 minutes is up - time to go....
(1035 edit - Apostrophe inserted in Scott's to keep TK happy)
<hr width=100% size=1>There is no such thing as reality, only different people's perceptions of a situation.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by BIGNICK on 05/11/2004 10:38 (server time).</FONT></P>
Its easy enough to put an amount of Scott's best into a bowl, pour on the milk and nuke it for 3 minutes. During this time, I thought about how to prepare the same on board, on a cold morning.
Reading the packet, I would have to put oats and milk into a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. This immediately caused flashbacks to Scout Camps, when we would end up with half inch of carbonised concrete on the bottom, taking hours to scrape out. Then everything else cooked in the pan would taste of burnt breakfast.
The microwave oven has had a significant impact on our lives - not quite the same as computers and mobile phones, but up there in the Top 5. Its easy to think it is just a quicker way of cooking food, but its more than that. It can help with a broader choice of dishes during the busy working week. Similarly in pub-type restaurants, what doesn't come out of the deep fat fryer is cooked in the microwave. It might be called home-cooked, but probably came in from the catering suppliers in a plastic bag. So many small places offer a broader range than they could before.
Nowadays, there are many boats with a microwave, even raggies under 40'. Not for us though, we will stick to two gas burners and the oven. It just means I have to eat bacon and egg butties, instead of porridge on a cold morning!
Ping! 3 minutes is up - time to go....
(1035 edit - Apostrophe inserted in Scott's to keep TK happy)
<hr width=100% size=1>There is no such thing as reality, only different people's perceptions of a situation.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by BIGNICK on 05/11/2004 10:38 (server time).</FONT></P>
