I have to ask, how do you cook your pasta? Do you use table-salt to salt the water before you put the pasta in? You cook pasta in saltwater? I've never done that. But yeah, at least here (in the US), you can get larger sizes of salt, usually seen as like sea salt or kosher salt it most supermarket.
(and what do you people have against one single tap instead of one for hot and one for cold? I'm baffled) Meaning you are used to one handle and there are two, or two and you are used to one? I grew up with the two handles and now have the one handle variety and like the two handles ones better. Back home, it was like a complete rotation on the hot handle, and then about 1/4 rotation on the cold handle was about right. And then I varied the cold to suit for temp.
With the funny British plug! It looks so cute, and I can never take it home because it wouldn't work! Yes, the British plugs are funny :) Although since they have the same power spec in Italy, all you would really have to do is get one of those plug adapters for it. But that would
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Aww great to know you're settling in just fine (: you'll get used to the showers in no time, I'm sure! I've never soaked my pasta in saltwater before though :p And hee, I use the British plug in my country, so it sure doesn't look cute to me!
I don't do pubs and I'm a little worried everyone I know at my exchange residence is gonna be happily pubcrawling T_T
Very belatedly commentingleopionSeptember 25 2010, 00:33:17 UTC
Glad that you've settled in just wonderfully. Much better than I did down under. :)
LJ is solely for educational purposes! ;) Of course, it is ;P Though, don't you have some kind of download quota or something? Over here, we have 750 MB a month for free (you can buy more if you want), and nobody ever cares what you actually do with that quota.
what do you people have against one single tap instead of one for hot and one for cold? *sniffs* I miss my single tap back home too.
And I'm REALLY jealous about Merlin. Hope to see your new update soon XD
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You cook pasta in saltwater? I've never done that. But yeah, at least here (in the US), you can get larger sizes of salt, usually seen as like sea salt or kosher salt it most supermarket.
(and what do you people have against one single tap instead of one for hot and one for cold? I'm baffled)
Meaning you are used to one handle and there are two, or two and you are used to one? I grew up with the two handles and now have the one handle variety and like the two handles ones better. Back home, it was like a complete rotation on the hot handle, and then about 1/4 rotation on the cold handle was about right. And then I varied the cold to suit for temp.
With the funny British plug! It looks so cute, and I can never take it home because it wouldn't work!
Yes, the British plugs are funny :) Although since they have the same power spec in Italy, all you would really have to do is get one of those plug adapters for it. But that would ( ... )
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2) yes, bbc iplayer is awesome; check out the itv player and 4od too ;)
3) sea salt -- you need to go grocery shopping! or, you should find all this stuff plus more at an "ethnic" shopping area. e.g. chinatown
4) so glad you are settling in and finding new friends (I fear making friends! lol)
5) re: pubs, weird; probably a law/regulation? I've stayed at pubs until 3-4am sometimes... but at least you got to go home earlier x)
Keep us updated!
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I don't do pubs and I'm a little worried everyone I know at my exchange residence is gonna be happily pubcrawling T_T
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In the US the big salt is sometimes called Kosher salt and has a great big Hebrew star on the box, try looking for that?
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LJ is solely for educational purposes! ;)
Of course, it is ;P Though, don't you have some kind of download quota or something? Over here, we have 750 MB a month for free (you can buy more if you want), and nobody ever cares what you actually do with that quota.
what do you people have against one single tap instead of one for hot and one for cold?
*sniffs* I miss my single tap back home too.
And I'm REALLY jealous about Merlin. Hope to see your new update soon XD
PS. I should have previewed the old comment :(
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