UKMT Summer 2022 - The Pipes, The Pipes Are Empty

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smellmycheese: Feb 1, 2016

Spangly A posted:

I just use beans, a cheap hand grinder, and a �20 press. If I'm feeling fancy I'll crush a cardomon pod or two in there.

If you already like caffeine and the smell of nice coffee then you learn to enjoy the little ritual really fast, freshly ground beans smell amazing to me. You can get 3-4 mugs out of a standard cafetierre and you get a fair few cafetierre's worth if you use an electric grinder so it's not like you need to faff about for every cup

Honestly decent fresh ground beans and a standard drip coffee machine make an extremely delicious pot of hot fresh coffee for the morning with zero effort.

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# ? May 26, 2024 22:42

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Angepain posted:

i never really got into peas. broccoli i can handle but peas? no. get away. no peas. also uh uk politics uh boy those tories eh? still bad

Tories and falafel are both types of pea dough.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:49

killerwhat: May 13, 2010

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

If you don't like turkish delight, you probably won't like this.
It's gross.
I tried a tub after a friend wrote a scathing review of it. Sickly sweet and overpowering taste of rose water.
Save your ��s.

The honey is probably where they went wrong here.

My favourite ice cream flavour of all time is Turkish delight with chocolate chips. Weirdly it seems to be only Welsh ice cream companies that make it.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:52

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Guavanaut posted:

Tories and falafel are both types of pea dough.

Courgette is fine in ratatouille and completely inexplicable out of it.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:56

1965917: Oct 4, 2005

Had a weird one today,

Boomer couple in front of me in the checkouts. They were buying three papers, the mail, the Sunday times and (I think) the sun.
The couple were complaining to the checkout girl about how expensive everything was now and they didn't understand why.
When they left, got chatting to checkout girl, turns out this is her second job.

Lot to unpack there, but the thing that sticks with me the most is that they were buying three papers and still didn't have the first clue what was happening around them. Would have been better informed reading the back of a packet of cat litter.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:57

feedmegin: Jul 30, 2008

smellmycheese posted:

Honestly decent fresh ground beans and a standard drip coffee machine make an extremely delicious pot of hot fresh coffee for the morning with zero effort.

I've got a burr grinder and I'm Team Moka Pot. Being fake espresso I can control the strength of my americano and leave the remainder in the pot for another coffee later.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:00

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Bobstar posted:

My go-to setup would be

Baratza Encore electric grinder (or an equivalent quality hand grinder for less money)

Clever Dripper OR Aeropress

Digital scale

Also agreeing with Spangly that the ritual can be nice, and it's nowhere near home espresso levels of crazy. You can go from entering the kitchen to sipping a cup in well under 10 minutes, inc cleanup.

I had an Aeropress before and it was even worse for me ending up with a barely�warm cup.

I think this kind of setup is why I can�t get into �good� coffee, though; in my head I�m comparing it with tea but the amount of gear and variables is closer to cooking a meal. I absolutely despise cooking, I always gently caress it up, no two people can agree on the rules, and I think this is why trying to make proper coffee always stresses me out and leaves me with a depressing lukewarm mug that�s not as good as what a machine spits out.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:01

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

1965917 posted:

Had a weird one today,

Boomer couple in front of me in the checkouts. They were buying three papers, the mail, the Sunday times and (I think) the sun.
The couple were complaining to the checkout girl about how expensive everything was now and they didn't understand why.
When they left, got chatting to checkout girl, turns out this is her second job.

Lot to unpack there, but the thing that sticks with me the most is that they were buying three papers and still didn't have the first clue what was happening around them. Would have been better informed reading the back of a packet of cat litter.

The ironic thing is the Sunday Times while still partisan does have good journalists on board, so them reading that and still not being aware of the inflation crisis is incredible.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:04

Oscar Romeo Romeo: Apr 16, 2010

1965917 posted:

the thing that sticks with me the most is that they were buying three papers and still didn't have the first clue what was happening around them.

1965917 posted:

the mail, the Sunday times and (I think) the sun.

Answered your own question.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:08

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Kegluneq posted:

Courgette is fine in ratatouille and completely inexplicable out of it.

The wife made a vegan Cabonara with corgette and Tofu instead of meat.

It was really nice. I'm also fully aware that in Italy it almost certainly couldn't be called a Cabonara because it changed the "traditional" recipe or something.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:16

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

TACD posted:

I would quite like to get into 'proper' coffee but all the ways to do it seem to involve spending a huge amount of money on gear and then lots of time grinding beans and other faff. I'm not interested in "the ritual", I just want my coffee!

Just a bag of ground coffee and a cafetiere will do you fine, the only issue is that ground coffee loses its flavour quite quickly, which is why you might want a grinder.

But you don't need any other fancy gear, just a basic glass jug with a plunger and some method of getting fresh ground coffee into it. The fresh ground is really the main thing IMO, that's what makes fancy coffee taste really good.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:21

feedmegin: Jul 30, 2008

Gort posted:

I also disliked olives for decades before trying them again on a whim and discovering they're good now.

Tastes just change as you age, is all.

Same but also trying actual good olives not the slices in the can mum used to get.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:22

sebzilla: Mar 17, 2009; Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.

I use pre-ground coffee and a cafetiere and it's good enough for my one cup per day habit.

If I spent a bunch of money on fancy gear I'd feel compelled to drink much more coffee and I don't really want that.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:29

smellmycheese: Feb 1, 2016

OwlFancier posted:

Just a bag of ground coffee and a cafetiere will do you fine, the only issue is that ground coffee loses its flavour quite quickly, which is why you might want a grinder.

But you don't need any other fancy gear, just a basic glass jug with a plunger and some method of getting fresh ground coffee into it. The fresh ground is really the main thing IMO, that's what makes fancy coffee taste really good.

Absolutely. Fresh ground beans are what matter more than anything.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:46

Jeherrin: Jun 7, 2012

I got a fifty-odd-quid DeLonghi burr grinder from Argos, it works a treat. Not sure why you'd spend �150 quid on the one upthread.

I grind beans on almost the coursest grind, tip it into a cafeti�re, and pour on nearly-boiling water. It works well every morning. If I want to be fancy I grind the almost-finest grind and put some of that in my Bialetti, but mostly that comes out for dinner parties and then I use decaf because Monmouth will sell you good decaf and I'm An Old Man who can't drink coffee after about 5pm.

For water temp, just pull the kettle off its base when you start to hear it tipping over into the rumbly boiling noise.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:47

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Jeherrin posted:

For water temp, just pull the kettle off its base when you start to hear it tipping over into the rumbly boiling noise.

I tend to add some 1/3 cold water instead, it works out okay.

But then I don't have a snobby espresso maker either.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:50

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

sebzilla posted:

I use pre-ground coffee and a cafetiere and it's good enough for my one cup per day habit.

If I spent a bunch of money on fancy gear I'd feel compelled to drink much more coffee and I don't really want that.

The problem with catetieres is cleaning the fuckers afterwards.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:56

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

smellmycheese posted:

Honestly decent fresh ground beans and a standard drip coffee machine make an extremely delicious pot of hot fresh coffee for the morning with zero effort.

Yep, we got a Russell Hobbs Grind and Brew drip coffee machine for about a hundred euro and it automatically grinds the beans in the morning and makes a banging pot of coffee thats waiting for you when you come into the kitchen. All you need is good beans, and rinsing out the grinder when you add the new beans takes two seconds

Guavanaut posted:

Looking at the spec sheet you have a few options:

That's pretty similar to mine, when my thermostat ate poo poo a few years ago I did diagram C but with a light switch instead of a thermostat. Switch go on, boiler go hot.

It looks as though yours can do OpenTherm too though, so you could wire in a low voltage thermostat like a google nest or what have you

Also while I'm recommending appliances - crispix absolutely get a Nest, it's a game changer for constant comfiness and lower heating bills

Failed Imagineer fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jul 24, 2022

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:57

Mebh: May 10, 2010

I'll honestly take food chat over the hell spiral we live in that pretends to call itself a nation.

Its me. I am the coffee snob. Import my beans from ethiopia via ebay, fresh grind my beans in a fancy grinder with a ui complex enough to play skyrim, have 6 different coffee machines depending on Italian espresso, cold brew, mocha, arabic, turkish or vietnamese styles. Thermometers, different special milk foaming cups. Etc. Etc.

And now my medication means I can't drink more than half an espresso in a day and only after lunch.

Serves me right.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 17:57

feedmegin: Jul 30, 2008

Guavanaut posted:

Most food becomes poo, but only wine and cider becomes vinegar.

Err. Malt vinegar? Hand in your British card and report to the re-education camps, citizen.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:08

Jeherrin: Jun 7, 2012

Pablo Bluth posted:

The problem with catetieres is cleaning the fuckers afterwards.

Pull off lid, shove the sieve under the running tap, scrub it a bit with the brush, shove it on the draining board. I confess I only disassemble the drat thing about once a month and it's in daily use. It's... seasoning it?

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:09

Angepain: Jul 13, 2012; what keeps happening to my clothes

feedmegin posted:

Err. Malt vinegar? Hand in your British card and report to the re-education camps, citizen.

Don't forget film! yum

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:11

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

There is always the bripe

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:12

fuctifino: Jun 11, 2001

To the surprise of absolutely nobody https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1551251856579502085

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:16

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Jeherrin posted:

Pull off lid, shove the sieve under the running tap, scrub it a bit with the brush, shove it on the draining board. I confess I only disassemble the drat thing about once a month and it's in daily use. It's... seasoning it?

The problem is coffee grinds can block sinks. I'm sure the small amount let over after the rest goes in the bin falls below the critical mass required but I always have the compulsion to get every last grind out before washing. My method now is to fill it up and chuck the water in the garden.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:19

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fuctifino posted:

To the surprise of absolutely nobody https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1551251856579502085

"The transition into a privatized health system happened so gradually we barely noticed!"

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:19

RockyB: Mar 8, 2007; Dog Therapy: Shockingly Good

Drinkslinger posted:

Caramac is dogshit.

There are no words to express my utter disdain.

Also the best use for courgette is to bake it into cupcakes.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:20

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

feedmegin posted:

Err. Malt vinegar? Hand in your British card and report to the re-education camps, citizen.

True, although they do that straight from grain rather than taking some portion of wine or cider that would otherwise be for drinking. I bet the pre-vinegar malt liquor isn't very nice.

OwlFancier posted:

There is always the bripe

"You can't bripe in metric" is why brexit happened.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:21

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Angepain posted:

i never really got into peas.

Can't imagine a life without peas.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:22

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Give peas a chance`

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:24

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Visualize whirled peas

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:38

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fuctifino posted:

To the surprise of absolutely nobody https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1551251856579502085

quote:

Rising public dissatisfaction with the health service and patients’ unprecedented waits for GP care, ambulances and routine operations mean ministers need to urgently instigate a review of how the NHS is funded, which should include the creation of “co-payments” for some services.

Smith, the former chair of the East Kent acute hospital trust, has set out his ideas in a new book published by the thinktank RadixUK. Its trustees include the ex-Conservative health secretary Andrew Lansley and the Labour MP Stephen Kinnock.

Just cool guys with good ideas all the way down.

Copay is an absolute nightmare word for anyone who's had US health insurance experience.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:43

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TACD posted:

I had an Aeropress before and it was even worse for me ending up with a barely�warm cup.

I think this kind of setup is why I can�t get into �good� coffee, though; in my head I�m comparing it with tea but the amount of gear and variables is closer to cooking a meal. I absolutely despise cooking, I always gently caress it up, no two people can agree on the rules, and I think this is why trying to make proper coffee always stresses me out and leaves me with a depressing lukewarm mug that�s not as good as what a machine spits out.

Just bung it in the microwave if it goes cold.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:48

Renfield: Feb 29, 2008

crispix posted:

i just need to know if it needs a thermostat. i've bought a place and it has boiler but no thermostat

gas heating is new to me

It doesn't *need* a thermostat, it'll just work constantly on it's own stat with no regard to how hot the house is if it hasn't got one.
It's relatively simple to wire one in - go for a wireless, programmable room stat. On the main board, there will be a place to wire this in, it'll currently have a metal "U" piece bridging it out - take this out and wire in the in and out to the new stat. Anything other than a dumb 'stat will also need power, which you can take from the Live and Neutral terminals on the same main board.

If you want proper advice, I have DMs (I was a breakdown guy for British Gas, and had the same boiler-with-no-roomstat thing when I moved into my current place)

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:50

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TACD posted:

I had an Aeropress before and it was even worse for me ending up with a barely–warm cup.

Something was going wrong there then, with an Aeropress you're drinking the coffee a couple minutes after pouring the hot water. It should still be plenty hot.

Dead Goon posted:

I don't particularly care for courgette.

You can make a pretty nice cake with courgette! I don't like them that much normally but I've had an amazing courgette chocolate cake.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 18:52

Z the IVth: Jan 28, 2009; The trouble with your "expendable machines"; Fun Shoe

smellmycheese posted:

Honestly decent fresh ground beans and a standard drip coffee machine make an extremely delicious pot of hot fresh coffee for the morning with zero effort.

2 spoons of options hot chocolate and mixing the coffee with 70% milk will make even instant coffee delicious.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 19:02

happyhippy: Feb 21, 2005; Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup; Pillbug

fuctifino posted:

To the surprise of absolutely nobody https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1551251856579502085

Here in Ireland we are charged 800 euros a day if you are in a public ward, 1000 euros in a private room.
Which our health insurance takes care of.
So good luck with that.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 19:02

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

I found this graphic while looking to see which countries call baby marrows courgettes and which call them zucchinis.

I want to print a bunch off and hand them out to the JWs and other people that persist in giving me vague flyers.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 19:04

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

Don't worry it won't be that bad by the time it gets turned into policy.

Pensioners will be exempt from hospital fees

# ? Jul 24, 2022 19:05

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Chubby Henparty: Aug 13, 2007

My friend has the repulsed-by-cucumbers gene which is apparently a known thing and will also protect them from being surprised by American brown snakes?

Aeropresses rule

# ? Jul 24, 2022 19:07

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