Is this the 1950's again?

[monster]

Originally Posted by Brianna

AND! You live in Michigan! How depressing it that? (I kid, I kid!)

Pretty darn depressing right now, with Pfizer deciding to leave Ann Arbor.

thanks. what a misery guts I am.

Now, I agree that the Saran Wrap is hard to get off the roll, but once it is, I can't get it to cling to anything other than itself, and even that's a bit hit and miss -as soon as I try to stretch it tight, it slips. The supermarket brand was awful. So I have my MIL bring Sainsbury's cheapo brand when she comes over. Perhaps I just had a bad batch. Or two? Thinking about it, it's not something I've heard other expats moan about, so it must be my and my weird needs.

You need an awful lot of cling film for a Mazola party and you need to be sure it's going to seal.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by monster

Now, I agree that the Saran Wrap is hard to get off the roll, but once it is, I can't get it to cling to anything other than itself, and even that's a bit hit and miss -as soon as I try to stretch it tight, it slips. The supermarket brand was awful. So I have my MIL bring Sainsbury's cheapo brand when she comes over. Perhaps I just had a bad batch. Or two?

I think some of the brands that used to stick pretty well were reformulated because they contained a chemical that mimics estrogen and they were thought to possibly cause health problems in some small percentage of the population. So I don't know of any cling wrap in the US that works anymore. Maybe the UK wrap still contains the chemicals that let the cling wrap cling.

[monster]

Originally Posted by glatt

I think some of the brands that used to stick pretty well were reformulated because they contained a chemical that mimics estrogen and they were thought to possibly cause health problems in some small percentage of the population. So I don't know of any cling wrap in the US that works anymore. Maybe the UK wrap still contains the chemicals that let the cling wrap cling.

I remember some changes to cling film in the UK several years ago for health reasons, but it got clingier then, if anything. I don't like it next to food, so I like to stretch it taut over bowls etc, so it doesn't sag into the food. I also use it to control the moisture content of my ceramic pieces in progress. I wonder if the health concern was ingestion or just contact?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by monster

I wonder if the health concern was ingestion or just contact?

I don't think it's a problem unless it's heated, like in a microwave oven, and leaches chemicals into the food. Actually the wrap doesn't heat as much as the hot food, especially grease, gets hot and heats the wrap.
Cold contact shouldn't be a problem, but I wouldn't eat it.

Sorry you're affected by the Pfizer massacre.

And never heard septic used in that context, interesting.

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Sorry you're affected by the Pfizer massacre.

thanks, although the effect on us personally is indirect -it affects our friends, schools, community......

beest work in the automotive industry ...which isn't exactly a stroll in the park right now, either

You find "septic" used a lot on expat bulletin boards -often in intros (Hi, i'm John, just moved here, wife's a septic....) and tongue-in-cheek sweeping generalizations (like mine). People who move here and find themselves with septic tanks instead of regular sewers also seem particularly enamored of the phrase ...can't think why (pretty much all UK homes have city sewers, perhaps it seems a little foreign)

And then there are those who spell it sceptic......