What do you provide the nanny?

Ooh i marinade my chicken first in milk and a dash of honey before i make them into nuggets, yum1

well indeed - one must have the right to pee and poo in peace

when works house was being decorated a few years ago and bathrooms done,we have 4 toilets and there wasnt one where i could pee in peace without workman about peeking through windows

told mb, i needed to be able to pee without pervy men watching me

However, it was when the family withdrew the privilege of the toilet that I handed in my notice.

only twice nick - not every day?

Smoked salmon for breakfast at least twice a week.

Really Betty, that's all? I demand 3ply toilet paper, a copy of heat magazine and creme brulee twice a week. I could not work in a position that did not offer these items!

Personally, I never accept a job unless I get a) a free copy of Radio Times every week and b) a brand new Vauxhall Vectra every 10 months. For use during the working day, of course.

I think I'll go with the breadcrumb one. Thanks.

Breadcrumbs - they are actually fairly healthy

I'll give you both as they start the same way anyway.

Preheat oven to around 200 C
Chop chicken breast into chunks and set aside.
Mix an equal amount of wholewheat breadcrumbs and crushed cornflakes. You can also add parmesan shavings, herbs, chilli or garlic at this stage.
Whisk an egg.
Dip the chicken first in the egg and then in the breadcrumb mix.
Pop the coated pieces onto a greased baking tray and shove in the oven for 20mins or so until golden and cooken through.

The battered ones require frying but if you prebake the chicken then you only need to fry very quickly in very hot oil.

Same as before chop chicken into chunks. Precook until just not cooked. While you do that pop some oil on to fry (it's deep frying) and prepare a batter from 1 egg, a pinch of salt and some flour whisked together, then dribble milk in until you have a thick, gloopy batter.
Coat the chicken chunks in batter.
Test the temp of the oil with a little bit of batter - it should crisp within 5 seconds.
Pop the chicken bits in a few at a time and spread them in a bowl with a bed of absorbent paper towel underneath to catch the oil. You can pop an absorbent towel on top as well.

whichever is healthier. (ha ha, probably neither)

i use crunchy nut cornflakes and kids love them!!

Would you like batter or breadcrumbs?

Oh, do you have a nice homemade nugget recipe you could share?

Well you might not have a sofa if you just moved house, and I did work for who a crazy woman said we had to plump the cushions back on the sofa whenever we sat on it (not practical....) so we never sat on it.

No food if you haven't gone shopping? But those things are tenuous to the extreme!

I think I would kind of assume that anywhere I worked was going to have a sofa and food, which is not unreasonable IMO but if they've just moved or I'm working out of a hotel I'm not going to create about the fact they don't have one.

And my homemade chicken nuggets are perfectly nice and healthy in moderation.

Who are these employers? I mean who lives in a house with no sofa? And who doesn't have any food in the house for nanny to prepare as and when she wants?

The nanny eats the same quality of food I eat. I make mine. She makes hers.

Nanny has a sofa in her bedroom. It is exactly like the one we all sit on in the living room.

I have no idea when or where she puts her feet up... possibly at the gym, possibly elsewhere. But, I certainly don't send her out to the street when she wants to sit down.

I don't know anyone who treats their nanny in the manner in which you suggest.

Strix is not about any threads , is about what happens in real life!This is how some employers are and if you have doubts about providing you nanny with a sofa and some nice food what kind of person are you(referring to the op)?the internet,magazines and Tv are a plus, but obviously nannies like any other workers needs to put her feet up for 10 minutes.

Take a chill pill, NNL. Where do you see those words on this thread? Or are you talking about some othr thread which some of us know nothing about?

if you dont let your nanny to stay on the sofa, where is she gonna sit? on the floor? I really dont get some off you... no common sense at all and you ask yourself why the nanny doesnt stay in your family for long time.All you expect is that probably she will stay on her feet everyday, work and work , eat your shit chicken nuggets sort out your laundry, ironing and cooking plus make sure the kids are ok.. wtf?

It's a thread about a thread from another site that stirred up lots of trouble and resulted in people being banned from said other site...

betty+frakk-same here lol

strix, trust me it is not live in, its a thread about a thread from another site - and yes i need to proof read,but never do just as others dont ,as there is no edit button

But she said 'during the work day' which is odd phrasing for a live in nanny having a sofa etc in her bedroom. To me that means during working hours does the nanny have access to XYZ.

"she lives by" was meant to say "she asks for" Really should proof read.

I think OP was asking employers if their live-in nanny has a sofa in her bedroom, and not whether or not employers let her sit on the sofa in the living room.

And I think the food question was about whether you buy her whatever she wants or tell her get by on Tesco Value (yuck! shiver... can't imagine!) I don't buy the nanny every convenience item she lives by, but I do make the same budgetary sacrifices I expect her to make.

I think not being allowed to sit on a sofa is quite weird, food is pretty essential (but then I tend to eat with the children), magazines I only read if they're lying around and I have time because the children are asleep but I wouldn't expect them to be there, ditto internet and TV.

Betty.....ditto.

well obviously all would be nice

what would i rate top of list

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

sofa,food,mags, internet,tv