Delica - the next challenge - help please me re weight issues

trevskoda said:
ASDA paper plates,turf after use.
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Paper plates work especially well with messy food you don't fancy cleaning up afterwards :) use a 'proper' plate underneath for support and can't tell the difference.

Shame you can't get paper saucepans and pots to do the same with (or can you?!)
 
delicagirl said:
I know Channa - a 35 page thread - its been so moving to have had such a lot of help, as i said before, it has been a roller coaster of a journey, and at one point i was considering selling the van, but thank goodness the forum's support helped me arrive at proper data to make decisions on.

I want to finish this thread on a positive note, and so wont publish the figures till everything is weighed and the spreadsheet is complete and checked by my chum who is Head of sums !! Then, if anyone on here wants the spreadsheet for their own use i will be more than happy to send it out for their use, although such things are available on the internet.

I am as keen as everyoe else to know the result... i will let you know as soon as i have completed the weighing.
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Tut, your such a tease.........................I read the 36 pages last night and feel there's some pages at the end of the book missing.
 
wildebus said:
Paper plates work especially well with messy food you don't fancy cleaning up afterwards :) use a 'proper' plate underneath for support and can't tell the difference.

Shame you can't get paper saucepans and pots to do the same with (or can you?!)
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Dono but can you fly to spain on a paper plane.
 
wildebus said:
Paper plates work especially well with messy food you don't fancy cleaning up afterwards :) use a 'proper' plate underneath for support and can't tell the difference.

Shame you can't get paper saucepans and pots to do the same with (or can you?!)
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Did you not do that in science at school. Make a deep tray shape with paper and paper clips. Half fill with water and put it on a gas flame, you can boil the water so you could in theory cook like that.

Richard
 
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Tbear said:
Did you not do that in science at school. Make a deep tray shape with paper and paper clips. Half fill with water and put it on a gas flame, you can boil the water so you could in theory you can cook like that.

Richard
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Sounds good Richard.

I'll make a paper pie dish for my oven.
 
yeoblade said:
Tut, your such a tease.........................I read the 36 pages last night and feel there's some pages at the end of the book missing.
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I don't know what the end is yet !!!! as soon as I do - next week hopefully - I will reveal all - honest.

I got new tyres today ..... hi:dance:nt .....
 
Tbear said:
Did you not do that in science at school. Make a deep tray shape with paper and paper clips. Half fill with water and put it on a gas flame, you can boil the water so you could in theory cook like that.

Richard
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Boil water in a paper tray ? :danger: How does that work ?
 
I found some decent new melaware plates in my local hardware shop today, thanks David - they are masses lighter than normal plates.
 
Pity you didn't live local I have some that we don't need anymore as we have some
 
delicagirl said:
Boil water in a paper tray ? :danger: How does that work ?
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It's simple really. The water soaks into the paper to prevent it from burning. Wet paper conducts heat well so the water it the tray heats quickly. You have to play around with the dimensions of the tray a bit and size does matter so don't be too ambitious. From memory (not very reliable and it was a long time ago) a sheet of printing paper formed into about a 4 inch square worked well :) Pouring the water out was the difficult bit so please be careful.

Richard
 
Tbear said:
It's simple really. The water soaks into the paper to prevent it from burning. Wet paper conducts heat well so the water it the tray heats quickly. You have to play around with the dimensions of the tray a bit and size does matter so don't be too ambitious. From memory (not very reliable and it was a long time ago) a sheet of printing paper formed into about a 4 inch square worked well :) Pouring the water out was the difficult bit so please be careful.

Richard
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Interesting. A pan after boiling water is not too messy to clean though :). How about if you made a pot of chilli say?
 
wildebus said:
Interesting. A pan after boiling water is not too messy to clean though :). How about if you made a pot of chilli say?
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A paper pan has a life expectancy of minutes but that does not prevent you from doing research to improve it. Who knows we may be onto a whole new generation of cookware? Chilli however may be a bit of a messy way to start it :)

Richard
 
Tbear said:
A paper pan has a life expectancy of minutes but that does not prevent you from doing research to improve it. Who knows we may be onto a whole new generation of cookware? Chilli however may be a bit of a messy way to start it :)

Richard
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What might actually work is greaseproof paper rather then just plain paper?
I might do a search for "pan liners" .... Could be a great way to save the hassle of washing mucky pans with limited water.
 
wildebus said:
What might actually work is greaseproof paper rather then just plain paper?
I might do a search for "pan liners" .... Could be a great way to save the hassle of washing mucky pans with limited water.
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It has to be porous for the water to readily soak through to prevent burning but I like the idea of pan liner. Maybe you could have a mesh pan? Extremely lightweight and no washing up. Are we onto making our first million :) Wild Camping Pots inc

Richard
 
Tbear said:
It has to be porous for the water to readily soak through to prevent burning but I like the idea of pan liner. Maybe you could have a mesh pan? Extremely lightweight and no washing up. Are we onto making our first million :) Wild Camping Pots inc

Richard
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Would it work with the paper as you say and one of those mesh things you get to do chips in the oven? Or is that me just been blonde again!!:rolleyes2::rolleyes2:
 
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