canny lassy's Profile

I do six dozen muffins and six dozen pancakes in a go, open-freeze them and then bag them up. On a non-porridge day, I either defrost them the night before or give them 3 minutes in the microwave to have breakfast for the whole family on the table in under 5 minutes.

My mum has always had electric. Other things- don't turn the heat way up high to begin with. You can bring water to the boil at a 4 instead of a six. Use aluminium-based pans, which respond quickly to changes in temperature- or copper or stainless steel.

I've never had a problem with grease wafting onto clothes, let along into the washing machine. It's pretty common here in the UK to keep your washing machine in the kitchen, unless you have a utility room- sometimes, even then.

I use mine to make life simpler- if I make a batch of pancakes and freeze them in advance, I'll use the microwave to defrost and heat them when we're pushed for time in the morning. Same with muffins.

I also use it a lot for heating convenience foods- like baked beans (I'm a brit.) It's so much more environmentally friendly than turning the hob on. I start my baked potatoes in there too- 15 minutes in the microwave and then 20 in the oven.
Oh, and a steamed pudding from scratch, in the microwave- 7 minutes for the ultimate comfort food.

Megly, I'd be mortified to learn that a veg*n had put their principles aside rather than tell me they have dietary preferences. Absolutely humiliated, that they assume that I wouldn't take a teeny bit of extra trouble for my guests.
By your reasoning, the eggs have been laid that will be hatched, raised and in the supermarkets as processed nuggets in July. Those birds will have died in vain if we suddenly stop eating chicken, so nobody should ever make a change in their diet.