#28

once caught the missus repeatedly pouring boiling water on them from a kettle and then after a couple of minutes, pouring the water away and repeating the process. what a faff

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#29

usually just chuck the peas into whatever else i’m cooking rather than cook them separate

#30

Haha. She microwaved everything (although she did inspire me to microwave a quorn fillet once when I cba waiting an extra 8 minutes for it to be ready. Both soggy and hard at the same time*)

*wahey

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#31

I’ve absolutely lost it at this, getting funny looks

#32

three minutes?
You could microwave a whole turkey in three minutes. Fuck knows how soft you neee your peas to be

#33

I spend a weird amount of time hanging out with my neighbours…almost like we’re friends or something.

How are your neighbours these days?
#34

Surely by then they’ve gone solid rather than soft.

#35

My wife’s grandmother famously did used to microwave a whole turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. It’s spoken of with disgusted reverence in their family.

#36

What?

Had she ever cooked peas before?

#37

What if you were having sausage mash and peas, or fish fingers chips and peas, or some other kids tea with peas, what then?

#38

They’re frozen…

#39

peas in the mash

peas in the microwave

#40

fucking hell

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#41

peas in the mash? So make the mash and then chuck the frozen peas in and let them cook in the residual heat of the potato? I respect it, but I do not endorse it

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#42

I hope not.

Her excuse was that it was only a tiny portion for our child but still, very strange.

#43

What the hell is wrong with people?

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#44

it’s all hypothetical as i’d never actually cook mash because it’s shite

#45

Oh no yeah good point :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

#46

well it is if you put peas in it

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#47

To compare sometimes i micro my baked beans and that’s a 1 min 30 session I think