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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by Ozzidoc
(Post 8001125)
If you cook/bake a lot, buy plastic measuring jugs and spoons to use for your British recipes.
I'll get my parents to bring some over for me next time they come. I'm always trying to convert stuff and it's a pain. When I first came here, whenever i saw in a recipe for a cup of something. I would literally get a tea cup and use that. i didn't realise a cup was a specific measurement. Why the hell don't they weigh stuff over here? |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by chocchipcookie
(Post 8000204)
I would be wary of UK vaccinations: I had my son vaccinated in the UK only to find when I got here (Ohio) that those shots weren't 'acceptable' and I had to get some of them re-done. If I were you I would wait until I got here and go to my local county health dept and get them done for $5.00 each. That's the cost round here, anyway and you just walk in. Then you know they're OK.
$5 a shot ain't bad if you can get it....chickenpox jab without insurance is $350 and a tetanus is $280 down my way. |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by orangemirror
(Post 8001208)
Yeah! Great idea that.
I'll get my parents to bring some over for me next time they come. I'm always trying to convert stuff and it's a pain. When I first came here, whenever i saw in a recipe for a cup of something. I would literally get a tea cup and use that. i didn't realise a cup was a specific measurement. Why the hell don't they weigh stuff over here? I think that it was MsElui's idea originally. Brilliant one :) |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by orangemirror
(Post 8001208)
Yeah! Great idea that.
I'll get my parents to bring some over for me next time they come. I'm always trying to convert stuff and it's a pain. When I first came here, whenever i saw in a recipe for a cup of something. I would literally get a tea cup and use that. i didn't realise a cup was a specific measurement. Why the hell don't they weigh stuff over here? My baking is bad enough without adding this hassle to it:o |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by travelleruk
(Post 7997234)
So do you have a list of things that one shouldn't forget to do before leaving the UK ?
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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
If you look on the butter stick wrapper, the measures are marked. :)
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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by meauxna
(Post 8001292)
If you look on the butter stick wrapper, the measures are marked. :)
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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 8001329)
Yeah I'd noticed that, and thats fine when its a nice new block, not so much use after hubby and kids have mangled it.:frown:
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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 8001329)
Yeah I'd noticed that, and thats fine when its a nice new block, not so much use after hubby and kids have mangled it.:frown:
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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by meauxna
(Post 8001400)
Freeze one for reference? Save a wrapper til you get the hang of it? (hey, I'm *trying* here! :lol:)
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Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 8001508)
You're just too organized Meauxna. Plus, i'm not posh enough to use butter half the time, what do I do with margarine:huh:
butter/marg is often also measured in Tablespoons in recipes that I have seen. When I have a recipe that calls for more than a couple of Tblsp, I buy a stick, or look at one when I'm in the store. But seriously, how do I do it (I am NOT organized, don't bake or cook and only have butter on hand at Xmas season btw)? How do I manage? The same way I do almost everything now. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+much+is+1%2F2+cup+of+butter :lol: |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by meauxna
(Post 8001544)
The margarine sticks are also marked?
butter/marg is often also measured in Tablespoons in recipes that I have seen. When I have a recipe that calls for more than a couple of Tblsp, I buy a stick, or look at one when I'm in the store. But seriously, how do I do it (I am NOT organized, don't bake or cook and only have butter on hand at Xmas season btw)? How do I manage? The same way I do almost everything now. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+much+is+1%2F2+cup+of+butter :lol: How did we do ANYTHING before the internet:unsure: |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 8001566)
You see you are posh, I didn't even know you could get marge in sticks, it only comes in tubs in my house:lol:
How did we do ANYTHING before the internet:unsure: Marge comes in tubs in this house too, I just happen to know that it comes in stix too :o Like I said tho, it's mostly a moot point as far as I'm concerned. Why do you think I married a Brit? So HE could do all the cooking! :thumbsup: |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 8001566)
How did we do ANYTHING before the internet:unsure: |
Re: Things you should do before you emigrate ?
Originally Posted by Ozzidoc
(Post 8001250)
LOL - it's actually worse than that! A UK measuring cup is different to a US cup which is different again to an Oz cup :blink:
I think that it was MsElui's idea originally. Brilliant one :) |
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