Yup, gas ovens are more common here. I wouldn't know how to even turn on an electric oven, let alone cook with one...
Electric ovens are easy. There's one knob, and it has degrees on it from 200 to 500 (F) or so, and you just turn it to the one you want, pop your dish in, and cook for the recommended time. Voila. No scary ignition switch and open flame. (The open flame is really, really freaking me out, like beyond normal respect for fire. Ugh.)
Yes, our keyboards are different - I think we have the @ symbol in a different place than you guys, and probably a few others that I can't remember offhand...
*mumble* I had to ask Chandra where the @ was on your keyboards...
The Spar is nice - it's like a huge chain of wee corner shops all throughout Northern Europe, and is very handy if you can't be bothered walking more than five minutes to get to a proper shop.
Um, try ten minutes for me. Argh. I keep telling myself that I'm gonna lose so much weight this year between all the walking and everything being so expensive. But anyway, I heart Spar's TV dinner-things.
You ate fish and chips? Yay! Did you have mushy peas or regular peas? It has to be mushy peas for maximum cred, yo.
Aw, I don't get maximum cred. They tasted like frozen peas that had been heated up (which is great...I like peas with a little crunch to them). But still, fish and chips! I tried vinegar on the fries/chips, but I just couldn't do it. Plain salt for me, thanks.
Also, milk in tea is a British thing. We all do it, I think. (I used to, but then I found out I was allergic to milk so I don't anymore.) And we're hardy Brits - we like our tea bitter, dammit. =)
Gah, bitter tea. I'm beginning to see the appeal of milk in hot, non-herbal, non-fruit-flavored tea, as it cuts the bitterness in a way that sugar doesn't.
Mom's sending me some kind of bubblewrap thing that I can stuff blankets in and tape up in my window to block out all sound. Just hope there's no fire inspection... ;)
Because we are now inhabiting the same land mass! And the universe hasn't imploded yet!
Aaaaah! And I was so sure the universe would go kaput when my plane touched down...
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Date: 2004-10-01 11:07 pm (UTC)Electric ovens are easy. There's one knob, and it has degrees on it from 200 to 500 (F) or so, and you just turn it to the one you want, pop your dish in, and cook for the recommended time. Voila. No scary ignition switch and open flame. (The open flame is really, really freaking me out, like beyond normal respect for fire. Ugh.)
Yes, our keyboards are different - I think we have the @ symbol in a different place than you guys, and probably a few others that I can't remember offhand...
*mumble* I had to ask Chandra where the @ was on your keyboards...
The Spar is nice - it's like a huge chain of wee corner shops all throughout Northern Europe, and is very handy if you can't be bothered walking more than five minutes to get to a proper shop.
Um, try ten minutes for me. Argh. I keep telling myself that I'm gonna lose so much weight this year between all the walking and everything being so expensive. But anyway, I heart Spar's TV dinner-things.
You ate fish and chips? Yay! Did you have mushy peas or regular peas? It has to be mushy peas for maximum cred, yo.
Aw, I don't get maximum cred. They tasted like frozen peas that had been heated up (which is great...I like peas with a little crunch to them). But still, fish and chips! I tried vinegar on the fries/chips, but I just couldn't do it. Plain salt for me, thanks.
Also, milk in tea is a British thing. We all do it, I think. (I used to, but then I found out I was allergic to milk so I don't anymore.) And we're hardy Brits - we like our tea bitter, dammit. =)
Gah, bitter tea. I'm beginning to see the appeal of milk in hot, non-herbal, non-fruit-flavored tea, as it cuts the bitterness in a way that sugar doesn't.
Mom's sending me some kind of bubblewrap thing that I can stuff blankets in and tape up in my window to block out all sound. Just hope there's no fire inspection... ;)
Because we are now inhabiting the same land mass! And the universe hasn't imploded yet!
Aaaaah! And I was so sure the universe would go kaput when my plane touched down...