I have a dumb question.  We have just bought one of those plastic green houses to grow tomatoes in.  How do the flowers get pollinated in a green house?  Do you need to get your paint brush out?

Erica, I buy the sliced packaged ham where you get two separate single serves in a pack. That way it never gets wasted.

It may not be that economical but then neither is using up left over ham because it's gone yukky.

Going back to the chicken question ... I was told that to put it in the fridge when it was hot might contaminate other foods already in the fridge ... I wait until it is warm to the touch.

Good hint on removing meat while the chicken is warm ... thanks, Kopenhagen 🙂

On sliced ham ... if you buy a big chunk of ham ... and wrap it in cotton which has been soaked in water and vinegar ... then it will last for a lot longer ... it depends on how much ham your family eats.

That's true.  You can usually buy ham leg bags around Christmas time.  I don't usually by a big leg of ham at Chrissy but when I did I used to store it in a pillow slip in the fridge.  Then I'd have to throw the pillow slip out because I couldn't imagine using it again.  The ham bags usually cost around $4 I think.

This is from the CSIRO

"place hot food directly in the refrigerator to cool. You may be reluctant to do this but modern refrigerators can cope with the load. Provided the dish is covered you will not frost up the refrigerator"


If the hot chicken is in a container with lid or the foil bag it comes in from the supermarket I can't see how iit would contaminate other food in fridge.

The chicken needs to be kept at a low temp. so bacteria doesn't grow in it. Cross contamination would only occur if two food products were in contact, e.g. Fresh meat dripping on other food in the fridge.

Joono, I just use a tea towel ... I buy very small chunks of ham (maybe a kilo?) for my son ... I really don't like Australian ham. Then it just goes in the washing machine.

Talking of my son ... what is it with teenagers and fruit and vegetables?

I just made burgers (mince, egg, flour), and chopped up tomato, cucumber, lettuce heart, beetroot, and cheddar. Then I cut slices from a baguette and added the meat and veges and cheese. I added sugar snap peas on the side.

So, the kid has been telling me for years that he doesn't like fruit and vegetables. They're icky, yucky, horrible, revolting etc.

He eats his burgers with meat.

THEN ... he eats all the leftover veges ... crunch crunch crunch on all of them and they're gone.

He always does this ... protests against the idea of eating vegetables and then munch munch munch.

Fruit ... I buy him fruit every week. It goes into his bedroom fridge ... and it gets eaten.

Do other parents have kids who protest about their green, red, yellow, pink, orange items, but eat them without much persuasion?

For kids : if you are hungry you will eat what is put in front of you or starve 🙂

My boys have always been good fruit and veg eaters Katy, or at least they used to be.  I was constantly refilling the fruit bowl every day because they were a couple of little fruit bats.  Now not so much but they enjoy all vegetables.

 

Does your son have a bedroom fridge?  Goodness!  Please don't tell my sons that!

am*3 ... my son's always been a good eater. He just SAYS he doesn't like fruit and veges ... then eats them all up 🙂

Joono 🙂 how old are your boys?

The fridge wasn't bought for him ... or his bedroom. We had two other fridges in my shop and one of them ended up in his room. The fridge in the kitchen is pretty small, so this was a special treat for him and his "stuff", but also a place to put things that wouldn't fit in the kitchen fridge.

He likes it generally.

But, remember ... with great power, comes great responsibility 😉

He has to deal with me storing stuff in it.

Oh, also ... having fruit actually in his room (in his fridge) is a great incentive to eating it ... not that I'd recommend a teen fridge to other parents ... there are other ways to get your kids to eat fruit.