PossumGirl Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Christine, I hate to tell you this, but I have now abandoned you and have joined forces with those who HAVE microwaves! After using 30 minutes or so of bottled gas to reheat some leftover macaroni and cheese, it seemed to be a logical thing to do.PG (feeling guilty at abandoning Christine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 The trouble with baked spuds done in the microwave is 'soggy skins' all a question of taste, but you can finish them off in the oven or cook them in the oven and reheat in the microwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Hmmm, so you have, have you. Did you get one with a grill?CA (feeling she may now have to get one, if only for the jacket potatoes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Oh no, not with soggy skins ! Now that changes everything. [:(](my previous post was in reply to Possum). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I have just changed my microwave and this one has a grill. At one stage I had a combination microwave, but hardly used its all singing dancing options.Next was a real cheapie, but that had a dial which wasn't very accurate. This one is mid range (but under a £100) it has options for Pizza etc. Fuel prices have gone up here and I am trying to discourage the family from always using the oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 [quote user="Mandrau"]The one thing noone has mentioned yet is microwaves do a great jacket potato.[/quote]Heaven forbid! They do a fast jacket potato but hardly a good one. Just about tolerable if you put them in a hot oven for half an hour afterwards, otherwise you might as well boil them for all the "jacket" they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumGirl Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 [quote user="Christine Animal"]Hmmm, so you have, have you. Did you get one with a grill?CA (feeling she may now have to get one, if only for the jacket potatoes). [/quote]I did indeed. I got a Whirlpool JT 355 from Discounteo for 234€ (I paid 2€ extra for a white one, which was more expensive than a black one for some odd reason) which includes tax and shipping. I liked it because it has a large capacity and the grill is 1300 watts, which strikes me as hot enough for most things.As to the jacket potatoes, the clay potato bakers we were talking about under the "buying online" forum still does the best ones (other than cooking them in the fireplace), but they do take lots longer. I wonder if nuking them then using the grill to crisp the skin would work?PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Thank you for the site, I shall have a look at other things on that as well. On their front page they say "Micro-ondes, Equipez-vous pour la rentrée!" [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumGirl Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I bought my freezer from them, Christine, and was very impressed with their service and the speed of delivery. I thought it would take at least two weeks to get here and we had it in about five days.PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 ... and the one you got is € 299 at Darty, so it looks as if Discounteo is good value :Darty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumGirl Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Yes, I've really found them to be excellent on the prices, Christine. I DO like to support local commerce, but when you can save almost 70€ on the same item, it's hard to turn that down.PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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