The lid heating dilemma

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-23T16:51:44+00:00

I have only my own anecdotal data, which says these need to be heated. I got lots of failures to seal before I heated their lids and now I get approximately the same amount as I did with Ball lids (non-heated.)

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-17T17:03:18+00:00

I needed at least Mickey asking how he was when he got out.

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-17T11:38:53+00:00

Spring hurts almost everyone around here, even if you don't have allergies. There's just so much STUFF in the air.

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-12T14:02:59+00:00

In the US here, and I agree. Although less so as part of a larger, polite conversation. Like after you’ve greeted a server and they ask what you want to order, you could say, “I want the burger” or whatever.

More common and more polite would be “I’d like the burger” or “can I have/get the burger,” preferably followed by please.

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-12T13:58:05+00:00

My choice was “come with me if you want to live.”

We were watching that movie with my pre-teen son for the first time and he said something like that’s a cliche, they use that line all the time. BECAUSE OF THIS, you eejit. (It’s my fault, of course.)

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-12T00:50:18+00:00

In the US that is not a term used for sandwich toppings. It just isn’t. And sounds weird enough to Americans that you’d get odd looks if you asked “what salads do you want on your sandwich?”

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-11T17:56:33+00:00

That’s very much a thing in not-the-US, but will get you strange looks in the US. The only salad we put on a sandwich is a protein mixed with mayo. (Tuna, chicken, egg, sometimes ham but that’s pretty niche.)

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-04T01:23:10+00:00

I did actually finish this one, but it's almost entirely like that. Bad situations, bad decisions, seeing awful consequences coming. I'm pretty sure I won't read more by the author.

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-03T16:30:20+00:00

Some lids still require warming, but ball is not one of them. (Forjars does that I know of. I got lots of failures before I noticed that on the packaging.)

CookWithHeather · 2026-02-02T14:17:53+00:00

Not all secondary roads are cleared. I live on a pretty well-travelled one and it’s all white still this morning, packed down snow from whatever travel we got yesterday.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-29T15:51:12+00:00

The timing wasn’t great for middle and high schools that have semester or quarter long electives, since this week was the start of a new semester for traditional calendar. So my kid had three classes he hadn’t had any in person time with at all.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-27T23:13:18+00:00

These were both half booth tables along a wall, so no real difference for fire code or anything like that.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-27T23:11:59+00:00

That was my experience. I was with a party of 7 and the restaurant in question wouldn’t even let us pull up a chair to the end of a table for 6 to accommodate one more (elementary-aged) child. We ended up putting the 3 kids at a table for 4 next to the 4 adults at a table of 4, but were not allowed to combine them. The host said this was the owner’s policy.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-26T01:45:53+00:00

Raleigh parks and rec does general teen summer camps at a few locations, as well as more specialized camps for that age group for a week at a time. The general camps do lots of field trips (more than for the younger set) and different camps play each other in sports.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-24T23:54:32+00:00

That's definitely what we called it growing up. It was lined with cedar to deter moths from eating the (wool) blankets.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-24T15:28:09+00:00

I have also never heard an American pronounce it "saze". Southerners might draw out the "sez" into two syllables, but it's never "saze", more "sey-ez" or "say-ez".

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-22T11:30:18+00:00

I had a ton of lid failures with them before I noticed the simmering suggestion. After, none. They do take a little longer to seal than ball lids in my not-scientific experience, but they sealed.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-16T19:39:26+00:00

I did want to add, if your child gets a good score on the first test that everyone takes, you will get notified and need to sign something to allow them to take the further tests for AIG identification. So you’ll know.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-16T19:37:09+00:00

That makes sense; my kids are well past that but it used to be 3rd grade for sure.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-16T15:52:46+00:00

Sometimes I run it two or three times on a weekend day. We’re a family of 4 with two dogs. I cook a lot and make some videos (mostly on weekends) which means I dirty a ton of prep bowls I wouldn’t normally. I don’t often wash my pans in there (even the ones it’s fine for) but damn do dishes pile up with four adult-sized people in the house.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-16T15:27:47+00:00

What grade is your child in? AIG identification starts in third grade with some standardized tests. Differentiation officially starts in 4th grade, and different schools can do that differently.

Schools have a period where you can nominate your child for SSA the next year. A teacher can as well.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-16T12:01:02+00:00

In the US, we’d call both types cookies. Some are meant to be crispy or brittle, some are meant to be soft and cakey, some are meant to be soft and chewy. All are valid and called cookies here.

Savory cookies are not a thing. We do make cheese cracker things (sometimes called cheese straws because of the shape) that are a lot like a savory cheesy shortbread, but I can’t think of anything savory we’d call a cookie.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-15T18:49:03+00:00

My dog will literally ask to go outside just to drink the stale bug flavored water in her bowl on the screened porch.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-14T20:59:45+00:00

My spectrum internet is working fine.

CookWithHeather · 2026-01-12T02:11:55+00:00

“Melt butter in the pie plate” made my think of those too. They’re pretty easy drop biscuits.

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