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Bins & Eggs (light hearted)

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Callistemon Wed 10-Mar-21 19:52:19

For instance, we don't have food recycling facilities - you are supposed to bang it in with the garden stuff.
We used to have separate containers for food and garden waste then realised they were going in together!
However, we now have very large garden waste bins and the food waste goes separately to a recycling centre to be turned into energy.

Can't help you with eggs, sorry, either you like them or you don't.
I do

Grannynannywanny Wed 10-Mar-21 19:19:38

4 bins here. Food waste collected weekly, garden waste can also go in this one. General non recyclable waste bin, paper and cardboard bin and plastics and tins bin collected 3 weekly.

I really enjoy eggs as long as I don’t eat them too often. Omelettes, fried, soft boiled etc. I had a hard boiled today mashed in a little mayo in a sandwich.

Pancakes ?

Grandmabatty Wed 10-Mar-21 19:18:24

Garden refuse(brown) bin
General household waste(green) bin
Paper and cardboard (burgundy) bin
Plastic, tin and foil (blue) bin
Bottles and glass (black box)
They are collected every four weeks, although the garden refuse one is being questioned at the moment.
Food caddy ( grey) Collected every week.
I love poached eggs on sourdough bread with chili jam. And french toast and proper egg custard. I dislike omelette as it's too eggy.

FannyCornforth Wed 10-Mar-21 19:14:24

I do realise that I have used the 'word'
disclude which, as anyone knows, is not actually a word. Apologies.

Casdon Wed 10-Mar-21 19:13:45

Fanny even bins and eggs are more interesting.
You’ve hit on a topic with bins where we Welsh can be proud, our recycling rates are the best!
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I like eggs, so I can’t help there, other than to suggest that the best way to disguise an egg is to use it to make a cake.

Elegran Wed 10-Mar-21 19:13:03

Fanny I hate eggs too, unless they are cooked with enough other ingredients to conceal them. I have made a delicious recipe by Yotan Ottolenghi for a savoury aubergine cheesecake (nothing like a dessert cheesecake) which might make them acceptable to you. It is a bit long to put on the thread, so I will add it to the recipe section at www.gransnet.com/recipes/type/vegetarian. Give me a few minutes to add it.

Witzend Wed 10-Mar-21 19:11:54

4 bins here, landfill (collected every 2 weeks), paper and card, ditto, alternate weeks, glass/metal/recyclable plastic, ditto.
Food waste, collected weekly.

As for eggs, OK with me as long as the white is cooked. I cannot bear fried eggs with bright yellow/orange yolks and a layer of slimy white, or boiled eggs with runny white. How come so many people don’t know how to cook them properly, i.e. the way I like them? wink
Dh thinks I’m fussy. I think he’s just weird to like revolting runny egg white.

FannyCornforth Wed 10-Mar-21 19:04:52

Egg sellant punning, but no, not a joke!

Grannynannywanny Wed 10-Mar-21 18:59:40

Fanny I’ve bin wondering if you seriously eggspect me to discuss my recycling bins or is this all a yolk?

FannyCornforth Wed 10-Mar-21 18:56:27

Apologies - I don't wish to disclude posters from outside the UK.
It would be genuinely fascinating (for me) to hear about your bin set-up.

FannyCornforth Wed 10-Mar-21 18:52:43

Ooh Grandmajet thank you for getting the egg rolling, as it were.
I'm glad that I'm not the only egg averse one.
But what about your bin situation?
Are you satisfied with it?
How many different types of bin do you have?

grandmajet Wed 10-Mar-21 18:48:03

Sorry I can’t help much, as I dislike eggs too, especially runny, sloppy, snotty ones. Ugh! I can eat mashed hard boiled eggs with mayo, sometimes, especially with the addition of anchovies. Also I enjoy frittata as long as it’s quite solid.

Eggs hidden in cake and pancakes are fine by me!

FannyCornforth Wed 10-Mar-21 18:41:49

Hello Everyone smile
Inspired today by a couple of threads.

I have decided to combine two Thread Topics into One, in order to free up much needed space for threads about the Duke & Duchess of Sussex.

The first topic being one inspired by Infoman's thread regarding the high winds and the havoc that they cause with bins.
I was delighted (no, really) to see others chipping in to share their different bin days and the contents of said bins. I find it genuinely fascinating the difference in bin collections throughout the UK.
For instance, we don't have food recycling facilities - you are supposed to bang it in with the garden stuff.
I'm not passing judgement on this at this juncture, as it would just be too exciting.

My second topic is one inspired by a thread about disliked food.
I have a very strong aversion to eggs.
I'm not happy about this. I really would like to enjoy them, for various reasons that I will disclose later.
(Media savvy eh? smile)
Do any of you wonderful women have an 'egg gateway' recipe for me?
I'd really appreciate it.

Anyway. So there we have it. Bins and Eggs

Thank you! thanks