Thread: Show us your impulse buy

Originally Posted by PAG

Literally just delivered! A pressure cooker ordered from Ikea (thought it a safer bet than those probable Chinese versions on Lazada). Never used one before, and the primary reason is inspired by the pulled pork threads.



I'm busy reading the instructions, and M'Sahib, being something of a smart ass, showed me a YouTube video of the unboxing and operation of the very item just received!

Look forward to seeing the results

Originally Posted by PAG

So I believe, which is going to be it's primary life. I use a Le Creuset casserole pot for things like beef bourguinon with its carrots and onions.

Exactly what I use. Preferred by me over a pressure cooker. Slow and long seems to develop the flavors I look for more.

Originally Posted by aging one

Exactly what I use. Preferred by me over a pressure cooker. Slow and long seems to develop the flavors I look for more.

Indeed, though in the oven rather than stove top. At the moment though, I'm cognisant of the high price of electricity, so 5 or 6 hours in an oven is not without cost, hence for some dishes (again thinking of pulled pork etc), a pressure cooker on the gas stove top makes sense.

^ I wish you had told me PAG. You could have had ours... only been used the one time.

The wife ain't happy with the astronomical cost of sitting in aircon all day watching daytime TV so has found a new outlet for expenditure... buying absolute crap from Facebook.

You could have had our 'Pressure Cooker' which couldn't hold more pressure than Reg Dingle would produce after a night of that gassy Italian shite he likes to drink. But it's a nice colour!

The wife's also not happy about me writing obscenities in the dust around the house... WTF?



Or how about this... I have a set of six condiment jars with a flimsy plastic spoon set in the top... which doesn't even reach the bottom anyway and isn't strong enough to lift a portion of salt without snapping.

Oh, and the tops don't seal so everything is solid with moisture after two days.

But apart from that...

Originally Posted by Mendip

The wife ain't happy with the astronomical cost of sitting in aircon all day watching daytime TV so has found a new outlet for expenditure... buying absolute crap from Facebook.

You could have had our 'Pressure Cooker' which couldn't hold more pressure than Reg Dingle would produce after a night of that gassy Italian shite he likes to drink. But it's a nice colour!

Originally Posted by Mendip

The wife ain't happy with the astronomical cost of sitting in aircon all day watching daytime TV so has found a new outlet for expenditure... buying absolute crap from Facebook.

Too much free + Mendys open bank acct = FB and Lazada crap delivered.

Does she watch all those retarded Thai auction shows?

My wife doesn't have any high tech kitchen tools except an air fryer which she uses quite frequently cooking meals for her Dad.

How well does an air fryer dry/cook chillies ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

How well does an air fryer dry/cook chillies ?

Perfectly!

Make sure you shut the windows and doors and monitor the progress Close up.

Herod I the Great. Bronze Prutah

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I want to start judging people by the toss of a coin - life or death. I'll start with a couple of disliked work colleagues then move onto the wife's family if I feel especially brave...

Adding to posts above: an air fryer is great - bought one a few years back and love it; very versatile.

Originally Posted by PAG

Literally just delivered! A pressure cooker ordered from Ikea (thought it a safer bet than those probable Chinese versions on Lazada).

IKEA is packed with stuff from China, PAG.

Decathlon is using a similar model. They make videos of dishy types in the French alps wearing lab coats developing their products - but they are virtually all made in China.

^ true but with ikea their chunky made stuff will have been quality checked and have a specification. They won't risk their reputation.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ true but with ikea their chunky made stuff will have been quality checked and have a specification. They won't risk their reputation.

Indeed, though some time ago I bought a potato ricer from them which broke on its first use so Cy isn't wrong. However, on this occasion for the pressure cooker, their specification met my expectation and budget.

Great!

Where's it made?

Your absolutely correct Cy, China! Wasn't aware until I just checked the base of the cooker, though I did research on-line reviews.

Surely (most) goods that are made in China by reputable Euro companies with (presumably) stringent Euro QC on site, are made in China due to the low cost of labour, factories and added financial incentives, and the quality is barely affected, if at all. Not like the Made in China by Chinese Coonts using the cheapest, most useless shit they can steal.

Got me some Amazon delivery....



Made in China...

A great number of products are made in China but as ol Edmundo noted, they are made to controlled standards of the company having them made. They don't just send them components and let them make them and slap their name on it. Only quality issues are products designed or copied then manufactured by Chinese companies. They are usually total crap.

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything made in China...

Originally Posted by Edmond

Surely (most) goods that are made in China by reputable Euro companies with (presumably) stringent Euro QC on site, are made in China due to the low cost of labour, factories and added financial incentives, and the quality is barely affected, if at all. Not like the Made in China by Chinese Coonts using the cheapest, most useless shit they can steal.

Quite right.

The whole process has to be overseen by a white man.

As each day goes by we find we're relied upon more and more for our insistence on fair play, in every sense of the word.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything made in China...

Where the chuck do you think 90% of the parts in yer Honda City were manufactured? Osaka?

It might have been put together by Somchai of Chonburi, but would bet more than half it came out of factories in Zhejiangsha.

Originally Posted by Stumpy

A great number of products are made in China but as ol Edmundo noted, they are made to controlled standards of the company having them made. They don't just send them components and let them make them and slap their name on it. Only quality issues are products designed or copied then manufactured by Chinese companies. They are usually total crap.

Indeed, Apple's iPhones as an example. Anyway, back to 'Impulse Buys'. Again just arrived, some of the recipes that I've been looking at recently require 'hot smoked paprika'. I've always got paprika in the house though couldn't tell you if it was hot smoked or not. So, looked specifically for said item, thankfullly made in Spain and not China.

Aye, they sell that stuff at Makro.

Good quality.

Spanish operation, but quality control is doubtless by Aryans.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Where the chuck do you think 90% of the parts in yer Honda City were manufactured? Osaka?

It might have been put together by Somchai of Chonburi, but would bet more than half it came out of factories in Zhejiangsha.

Nonsense.

That is a quality bit of kit, I'd buy one again (it's still going strong despite the abuse the wife has given it), 100% hand crafted in Thailand by Somchai and Somsak.