Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[ebikeerwidnes]

I could never boil an egg

even had an argument about it at work

5 people told me it was easy and how could I be so dumb as to not be able to do it (N.B. I can cook most things)

so I demanded the method - and got 5 different ways - each of which was the only possible way!!!

Anyway - my wife has specified the correct manner which always works

First - put egg into cold water
start hob up
wait until properly boiling (the definition of which can vary the time by up to 1 minute!)
then leave for 5 minutes
take out on a slotted spoon and watch carefully - the water should evaporate in 5 seconds
any less and it need to go back in - I find 1 extra minute for every second over the 5 is slightly too much

I have never seen any other way of checking if it is hot enough at the end but this works for hard boiled but only just
I presume soft boiled would be about 3 seconds

as I don;t really like eggs like this I never do it for myself - hence not knowing the correct way to cook them

 

[Gwylan]

I fancied soft to almost runny boiled eggs on crispbread for my lunch. Lately, no matter how I try I get firm to almost hard boiled, not soft eggs. Yes, I could put less water in my egg boiling device, so the eggs are boiled for less time, but then they might end up too runny.🤔 I mean look at it! It's so hard I can stand a spoon up in it!🧐

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Google Michael Roux, eggs. Will try and post a scan of the relevant page.

 

[Gwylan]

I fancied soft to almost runny boiled eggs on crispbread for my lunch. Lately, no matter how I try I get firm to almost hard boiled, not soft eggs. Yes, I could put less water in my egg boiling device, so the eggs are boiled for less time, but then they might end up too runny.🤔 I mean look at it! It's so hard I can stand a spoon up in it!🧐

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[Ming the Merciless]

I could never boil an egg

even had an argument about it at work

5 people told me it was easy and how could I be so dumb as to not be able to do it (N.B. I can cook most things)

so I demanded the method - and got 5 different ways - each of which was the only possible way!!!

Anyway - my wife has specified the correct manner which always works

First - put egg into cold water
start hob up
wait until properly boiling (the definition of which can vary the time by up to 1 minute!)
then leave for 5 minutes
take out on a slotted spoon and watch carefully - the water should evaporate in 5 seconds
any less and it need to go back in - I find 1 extra minute for every second over the 5 is slightly too much

I have never seen any other way of checking if it is hot enough at the end but this works for hard boiled but only just
I presume soft boiled would be about 3 seconds

as I don;t really like eggs like this I never do it for myself - hence not knowing the correct way to cook them

And what type of boiled eggs does this produce?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yapping dogs early in the morning when trying to sleep. Neighbours , please don’t put your yapping dog out in your garden so effing early.

 

[Gwylan]

Yapping dogs early in the morning when trying to sleep. Neighbours , please don’t put your yapping dog out in your garden so effing early.

Get "the noise app", record and register the recordings with your local authority. All in the instructions.

Worked for us, well stopped the 0430 chorus.

Works even better if you know the address of the worst dog. They, the dog owners, will get a communication from the LA.
If you can persuade a nearby neighbour to also complain then it seems to progress quite quickly.

 

[Tribansman]

Use Delia's method. Put the eggs in a pan of already boiling water, boil for one minute, then switch off the heat and put the lid on.
Time exactly 6 more minutes in the water for a perfect soft boiled egg with a liquid yolk.
Time only 5 minutes from turning off the heat if you like it really soft / runny.
I only learned this trick a few years ago, it's worked every time I've done it.

Cracking tip that (you'd make an eggcelent life poach). I'll try it sooner rather than laider, maybe Fryday 👍

 

[Accy cyclist]

One nasty, nosy old git around here has been kicking off about people like me who put bread and seeds out for the birds, saying it attracts very big rats. One he allegedly saw was 3 foot long.....he said. He walks his dog around the grassed area, looking for bread etc then kicks off, yet yesterday I saw a half eaten wood pigeon killed by what, I don't know. Today it's been eaten a bit more and it's now turned brown/red and is attracting flies. So you'd expect Mr self appointed warden for these flats to remove it asap, so that rats don't appear. Nope, the git hasn't moved it. I've even seen him stride over it! So let me get this right! Bread and bird seed attracts rats, but decomposing birds are ok!🤔 🧐

 

[Accy cyclist]

I put my plastic watering can in my brown, waste cardboard and paper recycling bin, to keep it out of sight of potential thieves. Last night I forgot to take it out before the bin was emptied this morning. My watering can will now be in some recycling centre!!🧐

 

[Ian H]

Morning newspaper transformed into a mourning newspaper for nearly a week now.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Having put my mobile through the washing machine I need a new one, which is humiliating enough. So I go on a website and order one, all well and good, but my card provider won't authorise payment without sending me a code via text, which I can't receive as I need a new phone, chiz, chiz.

I got round it by digging out an old phone (last used seven years ago) and putting my SIM card in that. (And deep down I know the card company are only trying to stop fraud). Good job I only have a cheapo phone though.

 

[ColinJ]

One nasty, nosy old git around here has been kicking off about people like me who put bread and seeds out for the birds, saying it attracts very big rats. One he allegedly saw was 3 foot long.....he said. He walks his dog around the grassed area, looking for bread etc then kicks off, yet yesterday I saw a half eaten wood pigeon killed by what, I don't know.

Apparently, giant rats can kill pigeons, and eat about half a bird in one sitting!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Apparently, giant rats can kill pigeons, and eat about half a bird in one sitting!

Yes, It could've been a rat, but three foot long I ask?! Maybe he should cut back on the LSD!!

 

[Accy cyclist]

My mutt keeps turning his nose up at different to his usual treats/chews. The shelves are bare, I haven't been able to buy them for weeks. Yes, I know he doesn't know that, but he keeps looking at me as if to say "what the feck are these things"!!!🧐

 

[classic33]

Yes, It could've been a rat, but three foot long I ask?! Maybe he should cut back on the LSD!!