Why I Don't Cook
It has been a long-standing tradition in my family to prepare most of our food the day before Thanksgiving. Mom enlisted my help today, though I dare say she is sorry she did.
My assignment: southern home-style grits. My mission: to successfully cook them.
Hurried and impatient, I quickly glanced over the recipe. "Preheat oven to 350 F." Simple enough. However simple, I forgot to check the oven for ONBT (obejcts not belonging there). "Boil grits in 6 cups of water." Oh look, there's already a pot boiling for me. Mom must have done it. How nice. I dumped the grits in and retrieved the remaining ingredients.
*SNIFF* What's that smell? My brother, Jeremy, whirled around and uttered a "@%$%^$^" as he flew to the smoking oven. Oops. Apparently Dad had left the pumpkin-cranberry bread in the oven. Mom returned from her five-minute absence to bewail the loss of our breakfast and gave me a lecture (for the 100th time) about checking the oven before turning it on. I returned to the grits with my tail tucked between my legs.
"Is the water for my sweet potatoes boiling yet?" Mom questioned. Oops again.
"That water?" I pointed sheepishly to my boiling grits. Mom rolled her eyes. "I'll clean the pot for you," I offered.
The grits were done and I added the remaining ingredients.
"Wait! Which cheese is that?" Mom asked as I dumped 1 pound of cheddar into the pot. "That's the wrong cheese! You were supposed to use the processed cheese." Oops again and again.
Mom helped me finish for fear I should burn something, or use something I wasn't supposed to, or add the wrong ingredient.
"Can I help cook anything else?" I asked, trying to make amends.
"No!" Mom, Dad, and Jer shouted in unison.
posted by Carey @ 11/23/2005 09:45:00 PM
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11 Comments:
Were the grits for breakfast?
Rough day huh.
I spent that day sleeping.
BTW Congrats on your Citation.
I didn't see you after church though.
Where'd you go?
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Woops. Im still figuring this out!
:) oh yes, this is Julia from church just fyi
Bummer. I can sympathize with cooking troubles. I can't really cook anything well from scratch, with the exception of macaroni 'n cheese. One would think that dumping ingredients into a pan and heating it in some way or another successfully would be a cinch, but it isn't.
Carey! I need to send you something in email.. whats the address?
My e-mail is clnofziger@yahoo.com
Jason - I went home. I looked for you, but my tribe wanted to go home and eat. It's kinda hard to find people afterward. How come you were there? You sorta startled me (but that was because I never expected to see you).
Robert - no, the grits weren't for breakfast. They were a side dish.
Hey! How'd you know my name????
Jason was here for thanksgiving, and he was EVERYWHERE. He came to robotics, then was at laserquest for his brothers party, and then showed us lego video's on his laptop. I never have seen that much lego blood in a video before. :D
TIP: Don't make Mac'n'Chese while making Tapicoa pudding. It is WAY to easy to put the tapica into the noodles.
I have my sources... and I also know your last name (Wood) and where you live and... *laughs* Just kidding. I know your name becuase Hannah told me.
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