Saturday, July 24, 2010

Differences found in the UK vs.USA

Instead of having a garbage disposal we have to use these pails to put our leftovers in. In the small one we put the food scraps and then wrap them once a week in newspaper and then put these wrapped items in the large pail and set it out to be picked up, emptied and disposed of or used for compose. There are two types of dryers used here, one is a condenser type that pulls the liquid out and we empty the water out or the vented type which we have here and with this type they usually just put the hose out the window. In the lower right hand picture is what they call an "Aga Cooker". When members have seen this in our house they love it because it can do everything so they say. It functions as the water heater, the central heating system and a cooker and can slow cook beautifully. Since I spend minimal time in the kitchen, I haven't enjoyed it's many functions. I thought it would be fun to share some of the differences we have found here
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4 comments:

Marilyn said...

Wow! So interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous said...

I'm from the UK, but thats actually a Rayburn cooker, not an AGA. They are both made in the same factory though. Rayburns can do central heathing and hot water as well as cooking where an AGA is cooking only. And boy can they slow and fast cook, I've never seen a stirfry cooked so fast. When I moved to NJ I bought an AGA www.aga-ranges.com

linda crandall said...

We used one of those dryers when we visited the laundry mat in Scotland. They are interesting.