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To worry that i may not have best equipped my DD for the big wide world

54 replies

Lucyellensmumma · 24/02/2010 16:05

She is 19 and lives wiht her boyfriend

Just recieved this face book message:-

You smell-What does it mean to preheat an oven!!!

what have i done???

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MorrisZapp · 24/02/2010 16:07

I know people my own age (38) who think that preheating ovens is a waste of time.

Also have a 38 year old DP who thinks that you should fry eggs over a very low heat.

I hate it! I hate seeing an egg fall into a pan and not sizzle. It just sits there, raw.

lifeas3plus1 · 24/02/2010 16:10

Don't worry I was 21 when I found that out.

I always found learning through experience better because whatever mum told me couldn't be right could it. After all I was a teenager. I knew everything. lol.

And for what it's worth, As long as the oil is hot first the best way to fry an egg is over a low heat

Remotew · 24/02/2010 16:12

Out of desperation DD decided to learn to cook at home for her DofE skill. It's great, I sit back once a week, she get a recipe and makes cheap, wholesome meals from scratch. Think/hope she knows to preheat the oven, something to do with bacteria if you don't.

Whoamireally · 24/02/2010 16:13

I don't preheat my oven - isn't it just a pointless waste of power when my food can be cooking while it warms up?

aleene · 24/02/2010 16:16

'You smell' ?? Is this a family name/joke/ what the yoof of today are calling their mothers?
Don't really preheat my oven either

Whoamireally · 24/02/2010 16:17

Agree with aleene - would be more worried about my dd telling me I smelt than the lack of a preheated oven...

Ledodgy · 24/02/2010 16:20

I thought the idea of pre heating the oven was so the oven heats to the right temperature to cook the food. To those of you that don't pre heat do you just leave the food in for longer?

Lucyellensmumma · 24/02/2010 16:20

nah aleene, i think its just me!! its a term of endearment, at least thats what i tell myself

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SloanyPony · 24/02/2010 16:20

The thing with preheating your oven is that if you dont, food is hovering through the "danger zone" (i.e anything between 5 degrees and 75 degrees) where bacteria multiplies at its most rapid.

If its a raw potato you've put in there that will become a jacket spud, you'll almost definitely survive it.

If its little Tarquin's organic chicken nuggets straight out of the freezer however, not so good.

diddl · 24/02/2010 16:21

I don´t preheat-unless I put the oven on before what I am preparing is ready to go in it-but I do know what it means-as does my 12yr old!

Remotew · 24/02/2010 16:21

Just googled and it isn't always necessary but recipes are timed on a hot oven. I thought it was dangerous not to if the food was frozen.

Did wonder what 'You smell' was all about. Sounds very immature to me.

Lucyellensmumma · 24/02/2010 16:22

The idea of pre-heating the oven is so that the food cooks evenly and doesn't give bacteria ideal conditions in which to multiply.

Saying that, goodfellows pizza speifically say dont preheat

confuddled

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BitOfFun · 24/02/2010 16:22

Gosh, I had no idea you were old enough to have a 19 year old daughter

Lucyellensmumma · 24/02/2010 16:24

O-M-G!!! I cannot believe people are being all about the you smell comment. Its just what we say to each other on face book, you know, for a joke - some jokes are immature too!

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BunnyLebowski · 24/02/2010 16:24

My very intelligent and successful (but not very worldly wise at the time) sister rang my mum after starting her first job out of uni to ask her how one went about 'cashing' your payslip.

Lucyellensmumma · 24/02/2010 16:25

BOF, im not i was a gymslip mum, um, ok, well 19!

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TrillianAstra · 24/02/2010 16:29

at Bunny's friend.

TrillianAstra · 24/02/2010 16:29

friend sister

ReneRusso · 24/02/2010 17:43

When I was 18 I didn't know what to do with a prescription from the GP

crankytwanky · 24/02/2010 17:53

Stinky;
DH just got all serious and a little bit shouty when I asked if it was truly necessary. Is is, apparently. Something to do with bacteria, spores and cooking times.

I was quite clued up at that age, but I remember my sister consulting a recipe book in her 20s for instructions on how to make a cheese omelette!

SPBInDisguise · 24/02/2010 18:01

I am 30 and just used a recipe to make a victoria sponge
don't need to any more though - hadn't rfealised it was quiteo easy

nickschick · 24/02/2010 18:06

My ds when making a pot noodle at his friends house (i dont buy them) rang me to ask how long the sauce packet took to dissolve.

kitcat1977 · 24/02/2010 18:30

TBH I'd be more concerned at her misuse of the exclamation mark

kitcat1977 · 24/02/2010 18:31

But then I am a pain-in-the-arse pedant.

MaureenMLove · 24/02/2010 18:33

Love it! My DB phoned me once and asked if I could ring him and record step by step details on how to make macaroni cheese! He was already married by this time!

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