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Yeah, this anti-timer sentiment confuses me...but like Lori, I sometimes forget to turn it on...
i don't trust timers, i think they're either faster or slower than the real time so i use the real time instead of a timer.
so you have a time-machine timer? can you go back to 1950 and buy the ingredients cheaper, back to the present and make the recipe then forward in time to see if it comes out and good and then back to now and decide if you even want to do it at all?
Interesting concept, Kevin.Annagje I have to think about that a while. I don't know, maybe 10 minutes or so.
Timers are essential for things like pasta, that you can't tell by smell if it's done. I hate overcooked pasta.
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And popcorn, as I cook it in a pan with oil, needs no timer. You just cook it till it doesn't fit in the pan any more.
I can never do microwave right. It seems like the 2:35 or whatever the package asks for is not enough/too much time always.
I just punch the button labeled "popcorn." Perfect every time.
Sure, I make popcorn in my popper, no timer necessary, just listen to the pops.But I'm right there, making the popcorn, not off possibly getting distracted, and not coming back for half an hour to a burnt pan, either.
I'm just saying, let the timer help you, Sally! You have other, more important, things going on, to have to worry about timing things mentally.*hugs*
oh good. hot oil in a pan left unattendedyou can listen for the pops sure but that means you have to stand right there beside the micro (which sterilizes you i have heard). why not just wait behind the lead curtain until the timer goes off?
I don't leave my popper unattended, Kevin. I have to crank the handle.
crank the handle? like an old fashion ice cream maker>(and i was roughing sally up for cooking with oil in a pan after admitting she forgets about things on the stove)
btw - worst popcorn is hot air corn. taste like styrofoam peanuts
Yes, sort of like an ice cream maker, Kevin. This isn't me, but it could be:
wow, cool. so the crank stirs the kernels so they don't burn up and all get popped?
Yes, it stirs a little metal arm on the bottom of the pot, getting the popped kernels out of the way of the unpopped ones.
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "what, like you yell FIRE! and everyone runs around crazy until you explain it is only dinner time? Does Sweeter rely on the smoke alarm to call him in from working outside to eat?...so you have a time-machine timer? can you go back to 1950 and buy the ingredients cheaper, back to the present and make the recipe then forward in time to see if it comes out and good and then back to now and decide if you even want to do it at all? "
AAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Hilarious!
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It's like golf (or so they tell me). Every once in a while you hit a good shot.
Heidi wrote: "Seriously, best remedy for cleaning a pot or pan that's been "burnt" - boil a boxful of baking soda."I tried boiling a boxful of baking soda once, but after a few minutes in the water the box started falling apart and it was like baking soda soup.
BA-DUM-BUM! Thank you, I'm here all week. Try the veal.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Yes, sort of like an ice cream maker, Kevin. This isn't me, but it could be:
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That looks like fun. At our house we make popcorn two ways. The quickest is the air popper; low-calorie and fun to munch on, if a bit plain. The fun way is the theater-style popper. The neighborhood kids are always asking me to make popcorn for them.
Kay, a bunch of things.1) baking soda is a miracle. It does everything. I use it to clean my sterling silver. takes tarnish off better than anything else. you just line a bowl with aluminum foil, put in your sliver, cover with baking soda, then boiling water. voila!
2) Microwave popcorn is done by standing there waiting until you get a whole second between pops, then take it out. never burns.
3) Sally, just use a timer! Once you get to use your brain the way you want to again, you can 86 the timer. You should take any little helps you can get.
4) Can you ladies please post pictures of your new haircuts?? I'm so sick of my hair right now.
yeah, can you?gretchen - me too. let's get drunk and shave our heads
I don't think I have the right head shape to do "bald"
No pictures of haircuts, ladies? :( But why?
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She made it way too blonde, and the layers are all weird and choppy.
I want something NEW. It's SPRING! Unless I read something wrong, Sally and Heidi BOTH got new haircuts here recently.
Sally wrote: "I don't really like it, or my face. No pictures.She made it way too blonde, and the layers are all weird and choppy."
I was a bridesmaid 10 days before I was due with my second. I'm going to try to find that picture because it will make you feel GREAT, Sally.
I'm not fond of any of the pictures taken of me near the end of my pregnancy either. Puffy=yuck!
i looked great at the end of our pregnancy i am told
Belated thanks for the baking soda tip!! Was worried over killing a roommate's pot, but that worked like a charm. And I am ALSO getting my hair chopped off in the morning. This is sorta like a cool TIME WARP thing. Hopefully the cut will be somewhat more successful than my last. The current score with Berkeley hair salons within my budget, though... not so good.
Will YOU post pictures of your new hair, Nools??
I have never burt a pan. My family uses Swiss Diamond, and I have set some oil on fire while cooking, but I have never burt a pan. Food, however, is a different matter. I simply cannot cook grilled cheese sandwiches! Three layer cakes, yes. Chocolat mousse, yes. But grilled cheese? nooooooooo, of course not!
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This would have been fun. I'm sorry I missed out on the DW phenomenon.
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Oh, and the haircut turned out not so good. Lame highlights and she put color all over my head so now I'll have roots soon. Bitch.
Bitch. Do you have bangs? I kind of want to cut bangs but I'm SCARED!
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Gretchen, I had to read your post over and over and one more time for good measure because I read it as "Bitch, do you have bangs!" instead of "Bitch. Do you have bangs?" There IS a difference, even if it is a subtle one.
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Not really, I knew she was helpfully hating on the stupid hairstylist with me.
But they do call me bitch. Me and everyone.
Has anyone ever seen that "hey, Bitches!" guy on youtube?
what, like you yell FIRE! and everyone runs around crazy until you explain it is only dinner time? Does Sweeter rely on the smoke alarm to call him in from working outside to eat?