*snickers*

[conuly]

You brits...

How do you boil water? I'm reminded of the classic complaint "he doesn't even know how to boil water". *grins some more at the silliness*

Although, honestly, I hope youse guys never lose power over there. You'd be helpless. Apparently.

Edit: Actually, this reminds me of the time I slept over at Lizziey's and made pancakes. All the time, Kassondra (whose name I never can spell) was going on and on about not having pancake mix and I was just grabbing the flour and salt and baking soda and whatnot.

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[marveen.livejournal.com]

I remember a particularly stupid commercial showing the kids making the parents breakfast in bed, including orange juice and blueberry pancakes, and just as the father is about to eat some, the mother whispers, "Uh, honey...we don't have the stuff for pancakes."

How do you not have the stuff for pancakes? They're milk, eggs, flour, leavening. I happen to prefer buttermilk, which we do run out of from time to time, but jeez.

And I boil water by putting it in a teakettle and lighting the burner on my stove. (I did once spend $40 on an electric teakettle and it lasted for a couple months before dying. Primitive, my aunt Fanny.)

[conuly]

If you don't bake much, you might not have flour or baking soda.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

That's what has me puzzled about the stupidity of the commercial--she said "stuff" like they possessed NONE of the ingredients. I can see saying "Psst, we're out of flour" or whatever the hell.

[conuly]

Well, I tend to think that she meant mix, and is an idiot, but that's beside the point. I'm just arguing for fun now.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Well, at least for me:

I don't drink milk, so any milk in the house is a) purchased by my roommate, or b) purchased specifically for cooking.

I don't usually eat eggs, so ditto the above.

I don't cook all that much, so having flour and/or leavening is going to be rare (although I suspect I have both at the moment).