[Idiom] pierce and ping

[langue]

I heard a woman said, "stock up on pierce and ping ?" when I was watching The Lewis, I googled "pierce and ping" and some cooking articles are found. Through the articles, I understand that it means "ready made" but why ?

And is it common expression ?

Thank U

 

[emsr2d2]

I heard a woman [STRIKE]said[/STRIKE] say "Stock up on pierce and ping?" when I was watching The Lewis. I googled "pierce and ping" and I found some cooking articles. [STRIKE]are found.[/STRIKE] Through the articles, I understand that it means "ready made" but why?

And is it common expression?

Thank you.

I'd never heard it before but I can easily work out where it comes from. The kind of "ready meal" it's talking about is one that comes in a plastic tray, covered with a clear plastic film lid and which is designed to be cooked in the microwave. The instructions on those meals is that you "pierce" the thin plastic film lid before putting it in the microwave, switch the microwave on and wait for it to "ping", indicating that the cooking time is over and your (very lazy) meal is ready.

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[Tdol]

You live and learn- this was new to me.:up:

 

[langue]

Thank you so much for your reply, i would never have that clear explanation, I also greatly appreciate your correction of my writing . no English teacher here corrects grammar /writing.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you so much for your reply. I would never have worked that out myself. [STRIKE]clear explanation,[/STRIKE] I also greatly appreciate your correction of my writing. No English teacher here corrects grammar/writing.

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