[blindcooks] Re: Dish packing etc. during moving/relocation

  • From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 07:59:38 +0200

Here in South Africa, we also just generally refer to grilling in oven, when 
specifically using the top oven element, and we'd call it a block of butter, 
and, maize meal is called mielie pap (porridge) this side, whereas corn starch 
is the more finely ground thickening powdered form - but, we'd generally just 
refer to that one as the most commonly known brand name - maizena...<smile>

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shirley Robinson 
  To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:15 PM
  Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Dish packing etc. during moving/relocation


  Here in New Zealand we use the word "grill" to indicate  the top element 
alone in an oven. I asked an elderly friend about grill vs broil. She has some 
old, highly prized American cookbooks from about the 1960s which refer to 
"broiling" as you pointed out in your message. Some things are just different 
here I suppose. For instance, I'm not familiar with "a stick of butter". I also 
think we say cornflour instead of cornstarch. The only other Kiwi on the list 
left a while ago. He was good enough to translate recipies into the New Zealand 
context. I might look for a more localised list to avoid a misunderstanding 
such as the one I've just caused. Mind you, so many interesting topics have 
come up in this particular forum that I'd almost be reluctant to leave. Please 
mention Emily once in a while; it's interesting to know her perspective on 
cooking also. Any recipe you've tried sounds more exciting if she enjoys it as 
well.

   

  Shirley. 

   

  From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Rawlings
  Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2014 5:36 p.m.
  To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Dish packing etc. during moving/relocation

   

  Shirley:

       I don't mean to split hairs here, but I think you meant broil, not 
grill.  Grills are outdoor things.  Oh sure, I know there are electric things 
people call a grill, but it's really not.  Again, sorry for making a thing of 
this, but I believe words mean things and I'm committed to maintaining the 
integrity of those words and meanings.   Jon

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Shirley Robinson 

    To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 6:20 PM

    Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Dish packing etc. during moving/relocation

     

    I managed to wreck my favourite oven dish without leaving home. It only 
happened yesterday when I was making baked steak for dinner and must have 
bumped the switch when placing the dish with lid into my benchtop oven. The 
result was an explosion of glass and a burnt offering; I had accidentally 
bumped the control switch from bake to grill; therefore most of the heat was 
forced onto the lid of dish, burning the contents and I have to say, steak 
isn't cheap in this country. I had to resort to Plan B, crumbed fish in a 
hurry; luckily I had some in the freezer. In future I'll have to check my oven 
settings before and after putting something in, especially when it's slightly 
heavy. My favourite dish that one; my mother gave it to me; I haven't told her 
yet! 

    Shirley.

     

    From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
    Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2014 3:46 a.m.
    To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [blindcooks] Dish packing etc. during moving/relocation

     

    Not really relevant to anything specific, but, was thinking about it again 
today - when we moved to new house in October last year, we used reusable 
plastic packing cases, etc., and all went well, etc., but, the one thing that 
didn't seem to appreciate the move was my favourite/standard oven ceramic 
casserole dish, in that, the first time I tried to use it again, in the new 
house, it literally cracked/split in half, and my guess would be that some or 
other form of stress fracture it absorbed during move caused this, and, maybe, 
during move, it would have been best to either make sure there were no other, 
hard items packed with something like this, or else to just have packed it in a 
form of padding/packaging, etc., but anyway?

     

    Stay well


    Jacob Kruger
    Blind Biker
    Skype: BlindZA
    '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'


         
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