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So, this has happened...again.
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Hm. I burned tofu a couple days ago, forgot to turn down the temps to simmer, too, but I can't blame TC. I just forgot to turn down the temps. What you were making sounds pretty good, too.
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AND NOT CHIMING IN! Eight of you. Shame, shame. Come on! Let's kill the late afternoon GR dead zone with some pot burnin' commiseratin'! (hehheeh - I said "pot burnin').
they should invent some kind of timing device you could activate to alert you when something has cooked long enough
This never happens to me. I just cut the end of my finger off instead.
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Where's Bun? I bet she doesn't use timers either.
Whew. Glad I got my post up! Now I can nod at Sally and say "you tell them, Sally, I would never do that to you!":)
I think pregnancy is a wonderful experience. Absent mindedness is just a minor side effect. (Which sticks around a bit longer than you might expect, I'm still using the excuse 12 years later.)
A friend of mine told me that the placenta is made up of 80% of your brain cells. When you lose it you don't get them back.
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And I'm aware of one RHPS reference in here, where is the other? Kitchen timer? finger slicing? cross dressing? Kevin! Take off the dress.
Sorry to ask a dumb question, but what is an RHPS?
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***pats head***
I knew it was a dumb question. I should have picked up on that.
I forgot to turn down my green beans last night, and they steamed at full boil almost the whole time. They were awfully tough, too, after all that.
about half my intended sneaky jokes get caught and the other half are not funny anyway
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***reevaluates Kevin's measuring system***
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I get lost with fractions. Gail we need your help over here.
If you can't work that out you are in deep do do.
oh, sort of back on topic, my wife caught the rolls on fire today while warming them in the microwave. the wire in the bread tie deal sparked and caught the paper on fire and that evolved into a full blown flame spinning beautifully around behind the glass.'hey hey HEYHEYHEY..." puff puff puff
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btw - friggin sooooo-reeeeeeee my lame irregular computer doesn't have a shift key
I'm with Gail, pregnancy, absent-mindedness being one of the issues as well as lack of sleep, is training for the rest of your life! Welcome to the world Baby Nolan!
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No he said his computer is shiftless. Or shifty. I don't know.
How are you vindicated? I don't see BunWat posting about burning pans. Just curious.
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Hmmmm. Well, some people don't need to use timers and some *coughSallycough* do, I guess.
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I'll own up to burning pans! Two different pans within two days. One was filled with oatmeal too. At least you have the excuse of being pregnant, Sally. I'm just easily distracted.
I admit to using a timer to cook pasta. I can't go no mushy angel hair. If it's not al dente it's down the disposal.I burned the hell out of a pan once when I put broccoli in a steamer rack and forgot to put water in it.
Seriously, best remedy for cleaning a pot or pan that's been "burnt" - boil a boxful of baking soda. The black gunk will flake off and float up to the top of the water... and whatever doesn't flake off will soften so you can scrape it off. When I do this, I typically put about a quarter of the box in first... refresh the water, add another quarter of the box, and repeat until it's clean.
My stepgrandmother taught me that trick several years ago... and I've noticed that baking soda's pretty much a miracle worker since then... cleans just about EVERYTHING without toxic fumes, and seems to be fairly gentle. I even do baking soda rinses in my hair every few months.Oh, btw, I got my hair chopped short again. Now it's in a chin length, chunky layered pageboy. :)
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Sally, if you were to do a baking soda rinse in your hair, all you'd need is a nickel sized amount, mixed in with your shampoo... rinse it out, then shampoo as you normally would and condition. I swear, it strips all the gunk off your hair and leaves it SOOO soft and heavenly. :)
p.s. Please post pics of the hair cut, Sally. :)
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:( But Sally, you're pregnant! Pregnant women are always beautiful!!! AND you're SALLY!
Burnt pan.
Today I made noodles, rinsed beans, drained noodles in colander with beans. Put sauce in pan, dumped noodles and beans back in, added spinach. This is a typical hungry Sal needs to eat right now sort of meal I normally can make in my sleep.
Apparently pregnancy is stronger than sleep because I again forgot to turn the burner down to simmer the sauce and steam the spinach. Guess what had happened in the twenty minutes it took me to write and chuckle at the "what don't you like" thread. Mmmm-hmm, that's right.
Burnt pan.
Dammit Janet!