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Reply 1
My ready meals always turn out a terrible mess. They're always "ready", but whether they're "meals" is another question.
Reply 2
ZigZag
My ready meals always turn out a terrible mess. They're always "ready", but whether they're "meals" is another question.


They are fine, it's just when you get the cheap ones that they turn out a terrible mess :p:
Reply 3
they are ok if they involve no meat i get paranoid and think that the maker of ready meals is trying to poison me!
Liver? ^o) Ew!
Reply 5
Feefifofum
Liver? ^o) Ew!


Thats what I used to think, but that aroma it makes tempted me to start eating it... Now I can't get enough of it, and at £1.79 for M&S liver, bacon and mashed potato, you can't go wrong!! :biggrin:
Reply 6
I got some cheap ones recently and not only were they rank, but I felt really uncomfortable with microwaving the meat (did i say meat? I meant reformed rubbery stuff).

I think I'd rather have a jacket potato if I'm in a microwavey mood.
Beekeeper
Thats what I used to think, but that aroma it makes tempted me to start eating it... Now I can't get enough of it, and at £1.79 for M&S liver, bacon and mashed potato, you can't go wrong!! :biggrin:
Ew! No way! Eurgh, just the thought of it..... no.
Reply 8
ciara
I got some cheap ones recently and not only were they rank, but I felt really uncomfortable with microwaving the meat (did i say meat? I meant reformed rubbery stuff).

I think I'd rather have a jacket potato if I'm in a microwavey mood.


lol, how cheap?

I remember getting cheap Tesco shepherds pies before and they were disgusting...

Theres HUGE difference between cheap ready meals and M&S ready meals! :wink:
Reply 9
ciara
I got some cheap ones recently and not only were they rank, but I felt really uncomfortable with microwaving the meat (did i say meat? I meant reformed rubbery stuff).


Oh they're meat alright. Badger meat.
Reply 10
Feefifofum
Ew! No way! Eurgh, just the thought of it..... no.


How about a Cottage Pie? Got some of those in the fridge, only £0.99!!! Not only are they affordable but they are soooo tasty.
Beekeeper
How about a Cottage Pie? Got some of those in the fridge, only £0.99!!! Not only are they affordable but they are soooo tasty.
Ah, NOW you're talking :p:
Reply 12
Feefifofum
Ah, NOW you're talking :p:


hehe the only problem is that they make a bit of a mess...

They annoyingly pack cottage pies in foil trays, which of course you have to remove for the microwave, and so you've got to put it in another container of 'similar dimensions', and all i have its plates and bowls, so i put it on a dessert plate thingy...
Then when it started to cook the meat filling started to pour out of the bottom and the microwave started electrocuting it lol... so you've got to put several layers of cling film over the top, and it ends up a a very disfigured cottage pie indeed...
Beekeeper
hehe the only problem is that they make a bit of a mess...

They annoyingly pack cottage pies in foil trays, which of course you have to remove for the microwave, and so you've got to put it in another container of 'similar dimensions', and all i have its plates and bowls, so i put it on a dessert plate thingy...
Then when it started to cook the meat filling started to pour out of the bottom and the microwave started electrocuting it lol... so you've got to put several layers of cling film over the top...
Take a small sized casserole dish with you next time, that's what I use to do them.
Reply 14
Feefifofum
Take a small sized casserole dish with you next time, that's what I use to do them.


Well, being in catered I haven't really bothered with things like that as I rarely attempt to cook/use the microwave...
Beekeeper
Well, being in catered I haven't really bothered with things like that as I rarely attempt to cook/use the microwave...
Yeah I know the feeling. We're not catered at the weekend though, so I've got used to cooking in the microwave. It's alright, but bloody annoying sometimes, when you have to do things like pasta; it takes about half an hour 'cause it keeps boiling over.
ready meals are coolif you can not cook just yet or you get home late and you can not really be really aresd cooking at all then it good to have a ready meal in the house or at uni or college :biggrin:
Reply 18
Sorry but i hate them right now... i just remembered the last time i had one... it did not agree with my stomach and ended up looking like something my dog puked up but it was i who did the deed!
Beekeeper
They are taking over :eek:

Just been in M&S and 90% of their stock is ready meals, they are taking over!

Mmmnm just had liver, bacon and mashed potato though, (out of the microwave) and it was yummy :biggrin:

ready meals urgh! when i have ready pies! i dont no wats in them is it meat or something else and the pastry is never cooked :eek: