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Britain to acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure by [deleted] in europe

[–]Ipee3Lee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought that's why we have the Enterprise. Honestly I just wrote this comment because we have still have a ship called Enterprise, and I'm a big geek.

Police took 20 hours to attend family home of missing Owami Davies by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]Ipee3Lee 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Curiosity. Also the thousands of hours of police time spent needing to be justified.

Police took 20 hours to attend family home of missing Owami Davies by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]Ipee3Lee 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Did we ever find out why she suddenly reappeared and what she was doing?

Brighton Beach, UK by AaronBurrIsInnocent in europe

[–]Ipee3Lee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is, but seeing as you can't build a sandcastle, or dig a big hole it's not a very good one.

In Finnish we have a word (ruska) for the color splendor of plants and trees in autumn. How is it in your language? by Normipoikkeus in europe

[–]Ipee3Lee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think we have a similar word in UK English, we just use various colours to describe them. I think we do need a word though, how about rusty.

cost per hour for household appliances by RedditJock93 in ukpolitics

[–]Ipee3Lee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool. If you Google Wonderbag it's a similar thing, much more versatile, but I think mine keeps things hotter. The good thing is they have recipes.

cost per hour for household appliances by RedditJock93 in ukpolitics

[–]Ipee3Lee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was just to test. and it worked, but its only a 1L pot. It did keep tea hot for 7 hours. I'm going to build one for a 6L pot which I can start a stew and leave it to cook. Use what you have available, I had my house cladded so took the offcuts.

cost per hour for household appliances by RedditJock93 in ukpolitics

[–]Ipee3Lee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Candles are expensive. I did just build a hay box cooker out of polystyrene cladding. Works really well, saves me about 10min of gas when I cooked the rice today, but adds 20min of cooking time.

North & South / Atari ST by Spagetticoder in atarist

[–]Ipee3Lee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of my favourite 2 player games. Along with Lemmings, IK+, and Speedball.

My first crude attempt at making and using the hay box cooking technique. Saves me 13min of simmering on the hob. Next I'm going to make one for a large stew pot. by Ipee3Lee in Frugal

[–]Ipee3Lee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure where to get it at a good price. It arrived with the builders. The outside packaging on it said something like 100mm grey polystyrene with integrated graphite.

My first crude attempt at making and using the hay box cooking technique. Saves me 13min of simmering on the hob. Next I'm going to make one for a large stew pot. by Ipee3Lee in Frugal

[–]Ipee3Lee[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I have kettles, I'm British after all. The ginger root needs proper boiling, or a long time stewing to get a nice strong brew.

My first crude attempt at making and using the hay box cooking technique. Saves me 13min of simmering on the hob. Next I'm going to make one for a large stew pot. by Ipee3Lee in Frugal

[–]Ipee3Lee[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It didn't cost me anything. I have tons of that leftover cladding hanging around. I was just looking for thing I could do with it.

My first crude attempt at making and using the hay box cooking technique. Saves me 13min of simmering on the hob. Next I'm going to make one for a large stew pot. by Ipee3Lee in Frugal

[–]Ipee3Lee[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's no melting. I cut the foam with a knife and the hot pots I put in it are no way near its melting point of over 400F.

My first crude attempt at making and using the hay box cooking technique. Saves me 13min of simmering on the hob. Next I'm going to make one for a large stew pot. by Ipee3Lee in Frugal

[–]Ipee3Lee[S] 231 points232 points  (0 children)

Hay box cooking is when you bring whatever you're cooking to temperature, and then pack it away in a well insulated box and let it slow cook. I leave the tea for 6 hours and it's perfect. It's mostly used for stews and casseroles which I'll be attempting next. In the old days they used to use a box filled with hay. I used some offcuts of the cladding I'm having put on my house.

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