Would the pottery ramekins shatter? I know pyrex would (I have some little pyrex dishes that I'm not trying this with!) but if they'd be OK, then I might nip to the store at some point to buy some.
The pressies were fabulous, thank you. Lots of amazing recipes to try and I'm happy to feel interested in baking again.
Hmm...I'll have to see whether Ikea Canada has anything like those and do some measuring tomorrow.
Perhaps a slightly less low bookshelf with a "spare" shelf for the toys to go on? Until you get more books and the whole sorry cycle starts again of course...
Getting a TV with a timer would seem useful, so it doesn't stay on all night if you just wanted to put it on before you nodded off (or so you didn't forget to turn it off when going to work).
Excitingly, the Christmas present(s) for you arrived on Monday. I only ordered them on the 15th of November (from the US) but since I didn't see you while you were here anyway I don't suppose it makes much odds. I'll get a package on the way in the nearish future! Anything you didn't get over here you'd like added in?
TV with timer and sleep function is what I'm after - so that it doesn't stay on all night and so that it helps to wake me in the morning. I noticed that the up-converting DVD players are pretty cheap now so that may sell me on the idea of getting a cheap player, too.
Ooh, presents! Sorry the weather and my family's indecision over doing things messed up any meet-up plans :-( But I like presents :-) I think that I came back pretty well-laden and I found the Christmas Private Eye at the airport, so I'm pretty good right now. Thank you!
For what it's worth, I'm quite a fan of Nigella's Nigella Express - it's got a reasonable number of recipes in it that really are quick and simple.
As a typical example, there's mustard pork and gnocchi: dump the gnocci in boiling water for a few minutes. While the water's boiling, hammer your pork chops flat, then fry in oil for a couple of minutes each side. Put onto plate, glug some booze into the pan (e.g. cider, marsala, etc.) and bubble for a minute while gnocchi drains. Pour over chops. Dump gnocchi into remainder in frying pan, and stir in a spoonful of grain mustard. Serve.
The details are probably wrong in the above, but it's typical of the book. In particular, she tends to avoid long-cooking things like potato, and the "green veg" part of a meal is often "serve with a side salad"...
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As for freezer-to-oven ware, I have a set of small pottery ramekins, which are single-serving, and would probably be the right kind of thing.
As for furniture for your bedroom - I'm Ikea does a combination bookshelf/TV unit, which might suit you:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10103093.
Or there's always this kind of thing, where you could put a shelf on the wall above:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80116596
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The pressies were fabulous, thank you. Lots of amazing recipes to try and I'm happy to feel interested in baking again.
Hmm...I'll have to see whether Ikea Canada has anything like those and do some measuring tomorrow.
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Getting a TV with a timer would seem useful, so it doesn't stay on all night if you just wanted to put it on before you nodded off (or so you didn't forget to turn it off when going to work).
Excitingly, the Christmas present(s) for you arrived on Monday. I only ordered them on the 15th of November (from the US) but since I didn't see you while you were here anyway I don't suppose it makes much odds. I'll get a package on the way in the nearish future! Anything you didn't get over here you'd like added in?
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Ooh, presents! Sorry the weather and my family's indecision over doing things messed up any meet-up plans :-( But I like presents :-) I think that I came back pretty well-laden and I found the Christmas Private Eye at the airport, so I'm pretty good right now. Thank you!
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As a typical example, there's mustard pork and gnocchi: dump the gnocci in boiling water for a few minutes. While the water's boiling, hammer your pork chops flat, then fry in oil for a couple of minutes each side. Put onto plate, glug some booze into the pan (e.g. cider, marsala, etc.) and bubble for a minute while gnocchi drains. Pour over chops. Dump gnocchi into remainder in frying pan, and stir in a spoonful of grain mustard. Serve.
The details are probably wrong in the above, but it's typical of the book. In particular, she tends to avoid long-cooking things like potato, and the "green veg" part of a meal is often "serve with a side salad"...
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