I know full well that I don’t NEED anymore kitchen porn gadgets, but I really couldn’t resist this one. The last time I saw the dietician, she suggested that rather than sticking with the onion and garlic powder that I could throw an onion or clove of garlic whole into my cooking pot and then could fish it out before eating, therefore infusing the flavour without the stringy residue bits. I tried this a few times, and while the taste sure beats the hell out of the powdered stuff, as I don’t tend to use a whole onion (even if the recipe calls for it, I like the taste of onions, but I don’t like it to overpower things), it usually just fell apart on it’s own, making it rather a pain to fish it out again.
But in the most recent Lakelandporn catalogue, I spotted this -
It’s listed as a pasta basket, and I’ve seen them used in restaurants for pasta before, but I thought, hey, that might work for adding onions and garlic without adding onions and garlic! And I was going to Lakeland anyway, so . . .
I wasn’t sure when I bought it whether or not it was going to work, particularly as I wasn’t sure if it would properly fit my pot. Fortunately, it did, so I gave it a go in both a soup and in a chicken casserole.
Verdict? It’s great! Keeps everything together, but definitely lets the flavour in. And it washes up well in the dishwasher to boot!
In other news, I was very glad to clean this out of my handbag this weekend -
Anyone on steroids like Prednisolone for any length of time needs to carry one of these bright blue cards with them at all times. If you have an accident, your body may not be able to produce enough of the right hormones to keep you alive if you’re on steroids, so this needs to come with you in case you need to show it to emergency personal. Not only do you need to carry it while you’re on them, but you also need to carry it afterwards for months, a time pretty much equal to the amount of time you were on them. Well, I’ve been off the steroids now for 4 ½ months after being on them for 4 months, so I happily tossed it out this weekend!
But in the most recent Lakeland
It’s listed as a pasta basket, and I’ve seen them used in restaurants for pasta before, but I thought, hey, that might work for adding onions and garlic without adding onions and garlic! And I was going to Lakeland anyway, so . . .
In other news, I was very glad to clean this out of my handbag this weekend -
Anyone on steroids like Prednisolone for any length of time needs to carry one of these bright blue cards with them at all times. If you have an accident, your body may not be able to produce enough of the right hormones to keep you alive if you’re on steroids, so this needs to come with you in case you need to show it to emergency personal. Not only do you need to carry it while you’re on them, but you also need to carry it afterwards for months, a time pretty much equal to the amount of time you were on them. Well, I’ve been off the steroids now for 4 ½ months after being on them for 4 months, so I happily tossed it out this weekend!
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