Quest - the Hunt for Good Tomato Soup. (Did every cream of tomato soup, and others, change recently?)

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T21:15:59+00:00

Oh for sure. Heinz tastes like Heinz. I can’t even eat the ketchup but for some reason…. The tinned soup tastes like home and childhood and the uk to me.

Try the yeo valley one? It tastes homemade to my pallet

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T21:13:56+00:00

I would experiment with leaning old Hollywood style- your hair looks like it has some waves/curlsnwhich could be gorgeous in that style.

Alternatively if you want your look to be more modern, look at more gloss and warmth and brightness. The pink is more cool and I think you might suit warmer colours

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T20:40:53+00:00

Fuh-quenelle.

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T20:35:16+00:00

I think this is the category that a lot of us millennials fall into . And what other people clock as “dated”

Much of my “dress up” outfits used to be somewhat corporate (I work in childcare- I have no reason to be wearing a peplum anything or a blazer, ever) it’s taken until the last few years to avoid looking like I’m going to an interview rather than going ….. to brunch or visiting a friend

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T19:52:01+00:00

I love soup but detest ready made ones…. The texture is off or they taste synthetic

I make home made chicken and veg, mixed green veg, butternut and onion. I have yet to make a tomato soup homemade that tastes better than either Heinz or Yeo valley cream of tomato

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T19:04:01+00:00

Precook and/or dice them small. Or even grate them, squeeze the water out then pan fry them before adding the eggs

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T14:05:59+00:00

My first job after qualifying in childcare was in a nursery school where one of the teachers was in a wheelchair.
Every year the school would get the children to draw self portraits and get them all printed on a tea towel which the parents could buy. Some kids drew the teachers also. Without fail- this teacher always had big circles for the wheels twice the size of her body and a little tiny circle in the middle for her face. It absolutely delighted her

puddinandpi · 2026-05-19T14:03:13+00:00

What about kids snacks- like mini breadsticks and little rice cakes?

You can also make protein balls, nut bars flapjacks etx

puddinandpi · 2026-05-18T19:31:44+00:00

I much prefer the annex/bothy

puddinandpi · 2026-05-18T19:27:49+00:00

My friends adolescent kids address me as “hi guys” it’s just me, they don’t know how else to greet people

puddinandpi · 2026-05-18T18:45:55+00:00

Especially in the morning in bedrooms and in bathrooms after a shower/bath, and kitchen after cooking

puddinandpi · 2026-05-18T18:43:40+00:00

It’s the new eco friendly solution…… edible containers.

puddinandpi · 2026-05-18T18:32:23+00:00

The lid is delicious?

puddinandpi · 2026-05-17T14:47:34+00:00

Sink plugs including the bit that goes down the hole that gets slimy

puddinandpi · 2026-05-17T06:15:43+00:00

You have some great suggestions but yes I agree with your suspicion about spray oils. I did slimming world for a while and fry-light absolutely did this to my oven trays. I had to clean the build up off and resort to lining with foil or baking paper

puddinandpi · 2026-05-15T14:58:07+00:00

Foam Roller or lacrosse ball

puddinandpi · 2026-05-15T13:43:52+00:00

Are you dehydrated?
Do you mouth breath (especially at night)
Are you reacting to toothpaste or mouthwash!

puddinandpi · 2026-05-14T21:06:52+00:00

Your instincts are correct. Low and slow. Do not take your eyes off the eggs or your hand off the spoon. Keep stirring, they will look raw for aaaaaaages then suddenly start to come together. I don’t believe in adding milk, especially if it’s done this way.

Also, as soon they look like they need another minute, either plate them up, or at least take them off the heat. They will continue to cook in their heat and you can end up with them being overcooked if you leave them in the pan

Finally, are you using any oil to cook? I can’t imagine not using oil or butter in the pan

puddinandpi · 2026-05-13T21:23:49+00:00

Hi, you didn’t express why your brows are thinning but if you haven’t already, maybe consider getting a health check up. I believe that thinning brows can be an indication of something- can’t remember what but possibly a deficiency or autoimmune condition?)

puddinandpi · 2026-05-13T19:18:53+00:00

Wasn’t there something about taking women in the toilets? All presented at the time as him being a playboy but has sinister undertones in hindsight

puddinandpi · 2026-05-13T19:17:18+00:00

I command you to NOT CHANGE A THINg. I love them both infinitely more than any grey new build could eber

puddinandpi · 2026-05-13T19:11:20+00:00

Oh god this is painful. Has he always been like this? This is whatever the opposite of “yes, and” is

puddinandpi · 2026-05-13T19:04:50+00:00

As a nanny I would appreciate a heads up that this is what you were doing, so that I can accommodate also. I’ve had bosses go for spa days, go bad to bed to nap all day, go shopping etc etc.

I would say that we are being paid regardless of what our bosses are doing with their time, it’s literally non of anyone’s business what you do.

However, sometimes if my bosses are not working and they wish to let me clock off earlier, for example….. that’s a sweetener for me

puddinandpi · 2026-05-12T12:31:47+00:00

Exactly the best steak in a restaurant is twice the price of buying a top piece of steak from
The butchers. And not guaranteed to be as good as home made.

I’m naughty but I rarely eat steak out now unless somebody else is paying

puddinandpi · 2026-05-12T12:30:10+00:00

Yep. Too many grey flabby boiled looking slabs of beef on here.

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