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I microwave salad

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:35

Yes thats right, I do.

I havent got time to wait for things to come up to room temperature and HATE fridge cold food.

Plus my fridge is too cold even on the lowest setting, all the watercress I just bought yesterday looks like its perished because it might have semi frozen, anyway thats for another thread

But the gist is, I had to put my salad in the microwave for 10 seconds, I tested it after 5 and it still wasnt the right temperature.

I cant stand cold cucumber, cold olives, cold mayo, cold chicken.

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BunnyLake · 04/08/2025 20:51

MurdoMunro · 04/08/2025 20:34

Hang on, are people putting tomatoes and potatoes in the fridge? Why?

Oop I am 🤦‍♀️

BoredZelda · 04/08/2025 20:51

MurdoMunro · 04/08/2025 20:34

Hang on, are people putting tomatoes and potatoes in the fridge? Why?

Not potatoes, but my tomatoes go in the fridge, they last longer in there.

BunnyLake · 04/08/2025 20:50

BeachPebbleWave · 04/08/2025 19:41

Well you need to sort your fridge out. However ripe tomatoes should always be at room temperature. Chilling tomatoes inhibits both their flavour and ability to take on flavour.

I challenge anyone to slice some ripe tomatoes and sprinkle with salt, pepper, oregano, dill and olive oil and tell me room temperature is not better.

Thank you for the tip. I’ll take my tomatoes out the fridge and give it a go.

BoredZelda · 04/08/2025 20:47

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:40

Hmmm.

What do you mean by this?

I hope you mean an actual toasted sandwich and not..... horror of horrors..... a sandwich made with toast rather than bread.

If theres one thing guaranteed to really rile me up, its someone calling something a 'toasted cheese sandwich' when that something is actually a cheese sandwich made with toast instead of bread.

It makes me absolutely furious.

You've set me off now.

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My husband has “roasted cheese on toast”. It’s just cheese on toast. He says if it were just cheese on toast, the cheese isn’t melted under the grill. I said who the hell does that, but ok, call it grilled cheese. Nope, according to that’s (what I would call) a cheese toastie (made in a toastie machine).

So to be clear “roasted” means grilled, and “grilled” means sandwich toastered. It’s just as well he’s pretty. 😆

vipersnest1 · 04/08/2025 20:46

@soupyspoon😁😁😁

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:45

vipersnest1 · 04/08/2025 20:41

Really, @soupyspoon? I do mean actual prawn salad sandwiches which were made and then toasted.

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Thank god.

Im a bit calmer now

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BoredZelda · 04/08/2025 20:43

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:41

The voting is unanimous. I am completely unreasonable.

I haven’t voted (the option isn’t there on the app) but I do the same with tomatoes and cucumber. Hot baked potato with freezing cold cucumber is not good. A quick turn in the meecrowaey sorts it right out.

vipersnest1 · 04/08/2025 20:41

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:40

Hmmm.

What do you mean by this?

I hope you mean an actual toasted sandwich and not..... horror of horrors..... a sandwich made with toast rather than bread.

If theres one thing guaranteed to really rile me up, its someone calling something a 'toasted cheese sandwich' when that something is actually a cheese sandwich made with toast instead of bread.

It makes me absolutely furious.

You've set me off now.

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Really, @soupyspoon? I do mean actual prawn salad sandwiches which were made and then toasted.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:40

vipersnest1 · 04/08/2025 20:37

Horses for courses and all that. I worked as a waitress in a pub (donkeys) years back and toasted prawn salad sandwiches were very popular! 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Hmmm.

What do you mean by this?

I hope you mean an actual toasted sandwich and not..... horror of horrors..... a sandwich made with toast rather than bread.

If theres one thing guaranteed to really rile me up, its someone calling something a 'toasted cheese sandwich' when that something is actually a cheese sandwich made with toast instead of bread.

It makes me absolutely furious.

You've set me off now.

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vipersnest1 · 04/08/2025 20:37

Horses for courses and all that. I worked as a waitress in a pub (donkeys) years back and toasted prawn salad sandwiches were very popular! 🤷🏻‍♀️

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:35

MurdoMunro · 04/08/2025 20:34

Hang on, are people putting tomatoes and potatoes in the fridge? Why?

They're not well

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MurdoMunro · 04/08/2025 20:34

Hang on, are people putting tomatoes and potatoes in the fridge? Why?

godmum56 · 04/08/2025 20:31

DoYouReally · 04/08/2025 20:29

I'm under qualified to assist further! 🤣

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I don't need assistance :)

DoYouReally · 04/08/2025 20:29

godmum56 · 04/08/2025 20:27

but I might not know I want it earlier.

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I'm under qualified to assist further! 🤣

godmum56 · 04/08/2025 20:27

DoYouReally · 04/08/2025 20:25

The salad is too chilled but you aren't chilled enough to wait for it to come to room temperature? OK then!

Forgive me, for my radical suggestion, but just take it out of the fridge earlier than you currently do.

but I might not know I want it earlier.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:26

MasterBeth · 04/08/2025 20:22

The fuck?

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😀

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:25

FalconUnicorn · 04/08/2025 20:22

I also microwave salads for 15 seconds so I think it’s perfectly normal. I also microwave ice cream though.

Oh 15 seconds eh?

You're pushing it a bit there.

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DoYouReally · 04/08/2025 20:25

The salad is too chilled but you aren't chilled enough to wait for it to come to room temperature? OK then!

Forgive me, for my radical suggestion, but just take it out of the fridge earlier than you currently do.

TheAutumnCrow · 04/08/2025 20:23

FalconUnicorn · 04/08/2025 20:22

I also microwave salads for 15 seconds so I think it’s perfectly normal. I also microwave ice cream though.

Yeah I do the ice cream thing sometimes.

MasterBeth · 04/08/2025 20:22

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:35

Yes thats right, I do.

I havent got time to wait for things to come up to room temperature and HATE fridge cold food.

Plus my fridge is too cold even on the lowest setting, all the watercress I just bought yesterday looks like its perished because it might have semi frozen, anyway thats for another thread

But the gist is, I had to put my salad in the microwave for 10 seconds, I tested it after 5 and it still wasnt the right temperature.

I cant stand cold cucumber, cold olives, cold mayo, cold chicken.

The fuck?

FalconUnicorn · 04/08/2025 20:22

I also microwave salads for 15 seconds so I think it’s perfectly normal. I also microwave ice cream though.

DappledThings · 04/08/2025 20:22

No, no, not tepid. Not tepid. Drinkable. Hot, but not too hot.
Hard agree! I want to taste the tea. If it's too hot, or a cold drink or food is too cold I can't taste the actual food, only its painful temperature

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:20

AuntMarch · 04/08/2025 20:17

I might, might try it tomorrow.

I'm not so sure we are on the same side now though. Tepid tea is worse than cold cucumber

No, no, not tepid. Not tepid. Drinkable. Hot, but not too hot.

Theres literally like a 30 second window when the tea is just right. Theres a lot of wasted tea due to this.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:19

TheAutumnCrow · 04/08/2025 20:15

Or it could be in the wrong location?

My DP has quite lengthy opinions on optimal fridge locations and don’t we all know it, Gavin.

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I know what he would say. I know already

Its out the back. In an uninsulated room. So it gets warm in there in the summer, so its probably gone into overdrive.

But it is what it is. I have to store leafy things in the door which is the warmest part. I bet Gavin knows that though.

Yesterday I forgot and put them in the veg drawer, which is the coldest bit. And the cucumber got a bit funny about it too.

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AuntMarch · 04/08/2025 20:17

I might, might try it tomorrow.

I'm not so sure we are on the same side now though. Tepid tea is worse than cold cucumber

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