What is steak 🤔. Looking at the history books I see it was something only the landed gentry consumed not the subservient minions. 😂 Way above my means 😂. I've always wondered what the 10 setting was for. Thank you for updating me on that. I'll tell my next door neighbour he's a surgeon 😷.
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Level 9117-12-23@Tommysgirl
we have built in gas oven with grill (35 years old) and because it’s at eye level we do our toasting and grilling in that. We don’t have an electric toaster at all. Burnt toast is an occasional hazard!Current Eon Next customer, ex EDF, Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless. -
Level 9118-12-23Once upon a time washing machines and dishwashers hat both a hot and a cold fill. Now this obviously saved on energy costs if your hot water was heated by gas (or solar thermal). Quite why that facility was phased out, I'm not sure but probably some EU rule.. Now almost all machines are cold fill only.
Of course if you've hot water available you can pour it in the rough the soap dispenser on a washing machine. But on a dishwasher? -
Level 9118-12-23@WizzyWigg
When i visited Hampton Court Palace kitchens a while ago, I was told the the Royals got served their meals on plates (pewter) with knives and forks.
The plebs were served pies because that didn't require a plate!! -
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It's the same principle as the true Cornish Pasty. The crust was purely to hold in the contents. No plates no cutlery. No washing up. A great way to save energy 🤣. -
Level 5118-12-23@WizzyWigg
The first time we went to Cornwall one of the tour guides said the crimped edge of the pasty was put on for the tin miners to hold while they ate the rest of the pasty, and they then threw it away so they didn't get arsenic poisoning. 🥟 -
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I'd forgotten about that. There was a TV 📺 prog recently about the Arsenic Labyrinth, Botallack Mine. My grey cell 👴 can't remember which channel it was on.
https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/a...%20given%20off.
Edit: Grey cell had a light bulb moment. This is the prog:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bw2b
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Level 9118-12-23@Tommysgirl
The other thing we can learn from years ago is that people wore more clothes to keep warm. I believe that numerous thin layers provide better insulation than fewer thicker layers. -
Level 5118-12-23@meldrewreborn
I've definitely heard that wearing numerous thin layers of clothes gives better insulation than a couple of thick layers, because warm air gets trapped between each layer. I wonder if that's where the expression 'Wrap up warm' comes from.
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