The Bane of my Existence

AthlonTom

AthlonTom

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At the end of August I ditched the student life and stepped up into the world of luxury apartments, with this step came a novelty to me, film lids. Let me explain:

Now while being a student, I subsisted mainly on cold snacks and takeaways, toast was also a big part of my diet but alas that's where my culinary skills ended, this food based fiasco, was due mainly to my student lifestyle, which in turn consisted of doing; the square root of **** all everyday, for three years.

With my new and improved lifestyle came many things; hygienic living conditions, lots of money, and a usable kitchen and a bathroom (with a rug) – as well as the Ikea Nesting Instinct(TM). I work from home most days but I'm pretty busy, so I've heavily investigated the world of ready meals, trying many different types and varieties.

My problem is this; Everytime I go to peel back the film lid from one of these little pieces of heaven, it either;

A) Pulls off the top layer while leaving another layer below with no perceivable edge to start more peeling from.

or

B) Kind of shreds its self and leaves little pieces of plastic all over my carefully prepared culinary delight.


I know what your going to say; use a knife! But No! Why should I, I'll just mess up another knife, these things are meant to be convenient – and what if you haven't got a knife, huh?

So to the bunch of people I don't really know, but find amusing anyway, what's your solution?
 
Buy fresh food, it's not that difficult to cook hell I'm a student and I eat fresh meat, fruit and veg. Cheaper than ready meals too I think. Also I'm one of the laziest people you will ever know so don't say your too lazy :p
 
A different brand :)

I've had this with ready meals. it depends on the brand, will let you know if i have any problems with my next ready meal...
 
toy_soldier said:
And thats coming from a girl!!! :p
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What's wrong with that? I've had boyfriends who can cook far better than me. I didn't say anything about inequality ;)

The upside of it is that I can now cook. Not that I will, just that I can :p
 
AthlonTom said:
I know what your going to say; use a knife! But No! Why should I, I'll just mess up another knife, these things are meant to be convenient – and what if you haven't got a knife, huh?
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Punch it, loud boom, possible splattering, but the food is released from it's polythene prison.
 
crystaline said:
What's wrong with that? I've had boyfriends who can cook far better than me. I didn't say anything about inequality ;)

The upside of it is that I can now cook. Not that I will, just that I can :p
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as with a lot of things
the expectation of cooking makes the food taste all the better!q
 
crystaline said:
Get a girlfriend who can cook
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My girlfriend is the best primarily for this reason.

She makes the tastiest tiffin in LARGE quantities but she's still somehow slim as hell. Double the win!
 
Your time spent posting and reading this thread could seriously be spent better. A suggestion would be googling the internets for some simple recepies. I'm a first year student and this is the first time I've lived away from home. I haven't eaten a single ready-meal yet because I've bought some cooking books and learnt how to cook. Be a big boy!
 
crystaline said:
So who's cooking for you tonight ? :p
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alas tonight I cook for myself :( so its gonna be noodles again

tomorrow, who knows?
you offering? :p
VeNT - will travel for food!
 
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crystaline said:
Get a girlfriend who can cook
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Unfortunately I just can't bring myself to chop my girlfriend for a model who can cook - if I solve the "peely film" problem, then everthing is hunky dorey! Happy Days
 
My method =
1. Using the fork that you are going to use anyway (no more dishes), insert 1 spike(?) into a hole that you pierced before you put it into microwave.

2. Drag fork to edge of packet creating a long thin tear in the plastic

3. hold the plastic in place at the edge and drag the fork around the edge between the "bowl" and the lid.

:D sorted.
 
I just expereinced this and in my equal relectance to clean and then dirty a knife I ended up poking my index finger into the middle of my lasagne (or whatever it is) which needless to say, hasn't been cleaned in a while.. :rolleyes: :)
 
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