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Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 14 May 2017

Diane in Indiana
14/05/2017 07:10

HAPPY NEW WEEK!

So nice to have OG back on the thread!

I hope this is an easier week globally. Everyone have a peaceful, safe week!

Tri-Colored Heron, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida USA
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  • 15/05/2017 00:17 in reply to Lindybird

    Hello all and thank you, DIANE.

    I'm going to have to investigate this soup maker thin gummy. I just use a saucepan and if the soup needs to be liquidized I use a hand held blitzer.

  • 15/05/2017 00:22 in reply to Lindybird

    Lindy: If you're using a newer operating system, it should update itself automatically (with Windows Update) and you should be just fine. If you're using an old operating system that is no longer receiving updates from Microsoft, then you are probably vulnerable.

  • 15/05/2017 00:25 in reply to Diane in Indiana

    I'm using Windows 10, DIANE and never open emails/attachments that I don't recognise. Hope all will be OK...

  • 15/05/2017 00:42 in reply to HeatherB

    Heather: If you're using Windows 10, you should be fine. Windows 10 delivers automatic updates (security patches, etc.) from Microsoft. In March, Microsoft issued a patch for the vulnerability that the ransomware is exploiting. They also issued a new patch on Friday. Just in an abundance of caution, you may want to go to settings (under Update & Security) and click "check for updates."

    The people who are really vulnerable are the ones who are using older operating systems (such as Windows XP), especially if they don't have a good anti-malware program that automatically updates their computers.

  • 15/05/2017 00:55 in reply to HeatherB

    Thanks Diane. It's reasonably new so maybe it's OK. 

    Heather -  I've got mixed feelings about our soup maker. I bought the cheapest one I could find in case I found it all a bit of a chore in itself, but have got on alright with it. However, it will only make enough soup for two large bowlfuls and as my OH likes to have seconds, or an extra bowlful the next day, I ended up making a separate pan with veg in, then amalgamating the two products and heating them together to make a quantity of soup! I thought of spending on a new soup maker, with a larger capacity but then realised that as most of what it does relates to the blades being able to chop up the veg, I could do the same with a very expensive hand held whizzer which I already have and don't use half as much as I should. (A Bamix).

    The only advantage is that the soup maker can be left to get on with the job, instead of being tended as you do with a panful on the stove. Also, my method described above, enables the soup to be a mixture of blended ingredients, together with satisfying chunks of veg floating in it, as the soup maker will only do "smooth" or "chunky".

  • 15/05/2017 01:01 in reply to Lindybird

    AQ - Like the pics of the aqueduct. Quite a construction!

  • 15/05/2017 01:01 in reply to Lindybird

    Morning all:  Sister in UK called this a.m.; sounding very bright and chirpy.  I'm still planning a trip there and waiting for the green light!

    Diane:  Thanks for the info. I just check Microsoft's web site and my computer and seem to be automatically updated - last security check was this a.m. Hope you're feeling better and that you're done with the first part of your freelance project. I have everything backed up on a separate little hard drive.

    OG/Lindybird:  Soupmakers?  I've never heard of them.  I'm devastated. I thought everyone made soups from scratch and had been feeling very inadequate!

    AQ: Still have to catch up with that one-day trip (other than the sweet little post office).

    Off to prep dinner (BBQ chicken - how unusual!); chop veggies, etc...

  • 15/05/2017 01:13 in reply to Annette in SoCal

    LINDY- Well, I've never made soup in any other way than the traditional and although I've seen adverts for automakers, I've not investigated. When I make soup it is for more than one meal. I always think that when left for a day, the flavours develop. To be honest,I have rarely eaten soup immediately after it has been cooked. Perhaps it is just the old fashioned way. The same with a stew, much better the next day!!

  • 15/05/2017 01:30 in reply to HeatherB

    Annette - You still have to do the prep - peel & cut veg into manageable sizes, etc. And you have to make the stock first or else use a cube etc. So it's not entirely automatic! The machine chops, or whizzes, all your ingredients to blend them then heats them for about 25 mins and beeps to say it's done.

    Good that your sister is on top form.