Clever food wrapping

[raleighnut]

As Laura Ingalls Wilder's Ma always said, "Hunger is the best sauce".

Title of a great song by Rory McLeod, might be on you-tube

 

[Ganymede]

When I was at school, all the poorer kids used to use them and we got ridiculed for it.

Kids can be so cruel....

There there.

 

[Ganymede]

Title of a great song by Rory McLeod, might be on you-tube

I LOVE Rory McLeod. *googles*

 

[MisterStan]

There there.

Scarred for life....

 

[rich p]

Ice-cream containers are a bit too deep for a sandwich, so you run the risk of disintegration. The little plastic containers that Chinese takeaways come in squash a two-slice sandwich just enough to preserve its integrity I find.

Unfortunately it involves eating crappy, salty, msg Chinese grub first.

 

[rich p]

Is cling film frowned upon? The amount used for a sandwich rolls up into a tiny ball afterwards

 

[MisterStan]

Is cling film frowned upon? The amount used for a sandwich rolls up into a tiny ball afterwards

I guess it's the wastage that's the issue - these solutions are all reusable...

 

[rich p]

I guess it's the wastage that's the issue - these solutions are all reusable...

Yeah I know Stan but it's a tiny tiny ball

 

[raleighnut]

Ice-cream containers are a bit too deep for a sandwich, so you run the risk of disintegration. The little plastic containers that Chinese takeaways come in squash a two-slice sandwich just enough to preserve its integrity I find.

That's only the great big uns, As for the takeaway tubs if they are trademarked ' Pink Apple' on the bottom then they were made in Leicester, possibly by me.

 

[raleighnut]

I LOVE Rory McLeod. *googles*

Great guy as well, I've sat round many a campfire at festivals with him, or in the bar at the 'Off The Tracks' festival folk 'sessions' (one of the organisers was his agent til quite recently, Andy Cooper)

 

[Ganymede]

Great guy as well, I've sat round many a campfire at festivals with him, or in the bar at the 'Off The Tracks' festival folk 'sessions' (one of the organisers was his agent til quite recently, Andy Cooper)

I used to go to folky stuff a lot, Mr G plays in a band that does some of the big festivals et Sidmouth. I kinda stopped when my own career got going and I just got so fed up of being a band widow at these occasions. The hours hanging around didn't seem worth it but I guess I've missed some good music.

I remember chatting to Rory really early in his career and he made a huge impression on me, he was such a humane and inclusive person.

 

[tadpole]

This is where you are going wrong, you need to buy bread that fits the containers you already have.

That's where you're going wrong, don't mix up plastic box with plastic* bread. Make your own bread to fit the boxes you have. 30 minutes work spread over three hours and you've enough good/ home made bread to last a week.

*Plastic bread is like Chinese food, 30 minutes after you've eaten it you're hungry again.

 

[Ganymede]

That's where you're going wrong, don't mix up plastic box with plastic* bread. Make your own bread to fit the boxes you have. 30 minutes work spread over three hours and you've enough good/ home made bread to last a week.

*Plastic bread is like Chinese food, 30 minutes after you've eaten it you're hungry again.

Do you know, I would love to be able to do this, but bread is the one thing that I have never, ever been able to make well. I am so envious of people who can. I can make pastry, cake, biscuits, crumble, pies, scones, choux, everything except bread. Infuriating. I keep meaning to try again (it's probably proving time and lack of patience) but I hate throwing the result out to the chickens every bleddy time. Also, our local baker's bread is very good (not plastic at all) so I am under-motivated.

 

[Crackle]

Do you know, I would love to be able to do this, but bread is the one thing that I have never, ever been able to make well. I am so envious of people who can. I can make pastry, cake, biscuits, crumble, pies, scones, choux, everything except bread. Infuriating. I keep meaning to try again (it's probably proving time and lack of patience) but I hate throwing the result out to the chickens every bleddy time. Also, our local baker's bread is very good (not plastic at all) so I am under-motivated.

Breadmaker. Even I can make nice bread. I don't but I could if I could be bothered to dig it out from behind the slicer and the George Foreman grill and possibly a waffle machine.

 

[Ganymede]

Breadmaker. Even I can make nice bread. I don't but I could if I could be bothered to dig it out from behind the slicer and the George Foreman grill and possibly a waffle machine.

I have thought about it but you've hit the nail immediately on the head there...