February 19th, 2008
I Burned Dinner
Liquid fabric softener helps remove burned food from
a pan. If it’s glass, you can also use bleach, but wear
an old tee or you’ll make spots on your clothes like I did.
“One person cooking at home cannot pay attention to too many
things. If a woman makes three dishes, she will get nervous on
the first, the second will suffer and the third will be a disaster.”
Quotation from chef Michael Demarest “Tips from the Toquesâ€
(in Time Magazine)
A funny cooking blog: Julie Tilsner’s Bad Home Cooking
February 19th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Fill pan 3/4 full with water and place it on the stove. Stir in a bit of Dawn, and remove from fire just before a boil, Rinse and dry. Pop back up stouffer’s frozen lasagna in the microwave for 10 min, and pretend it never happened.
I have it down to a routine.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Jenny. I love how you have a routine. But how do you
expain to people after you’ve burned the Dawn too?
February 19th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Get yourself a househusband/wife (whichever way you swing) and not worry about it. It’s what worked for me, I can’t remember the last time I was forced to put someone through my cleaning skills.
I’m actually a fairly adept cook, but a problematic lack of energy for anything other than my day job and my comic make that difficult.
February 19th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Ouf!
February 19th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Hey, you cook like I do! BUt you have much more beautiful fingernails (if those are yours). My kids gave me a cookbook for my birthday last August. The pictures are fantastic, but I haven’t actually gotten to using it to cook yet…
February 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Oh gosh, this has happened to me way too many times. If it gets left in the oven, I am for sure going to be onto something else and forget all about it. I also leave my clothes in the basement dryer of my apartment building if I don’t set the timer. Sometimes it days before I remember that I was doing laundry. are those your nails in the pic on your blog? I love the striped polish job!
February 19th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I am amazed. truly.
February 19th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Great one! I like to cook, but I never have time to do it, I don’t want to cook in a rush, it would be a disaster!
February 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I made *Spartan* a lovely dessert once. We were staying at a very posh hotel for a romantic getaway. I packed a little picnic - brie and fruit, some wine. THEN dessert. My famous worms in dirt.
He… uh… never requested that I make it again. No idea why. LOL
(gummi worms and oreo crumbs mixed with chocolate pudding *wink wink*)
February 19th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hah! This made me laugh so hard. You’re hilarious. I’ve ruined several meals over the years…
February 19th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to try that!
February 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
really informative post today. I really hate dealing with bleach coz i always mess up my clothes. Wonderful post. I think i will stick to fast food.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Alex. Usually if it’s burnt, we still eat it. That’s the hilarious part.
Carolina. I’m the opposite, the shorter the cooking time, the better.
CountryGirl. No, they’re not my nails.
Funny Girl. LOVE the worms in dirt recipe. It’s real!
Gary. No, they’re not my nails.
Jenny. I love your routine (& that one can’t work a microwave without a timer).
Rags. Fast food rocks… and sometimes feels like it too.
R.T. You’re lazy when you’re not working on something.
Callie, Esteban, Jen. Hugs and thank you all for your comments. Ouf.
February 20th, 2008 at 12:11 am
quel humour cette Sera ;o)
je suis désolée de ne pouvoir passer plus souvent sur ton blog, mais en ce moment je suis pas mal occupée, j’espère pouvoir prendre le temps de venir plus souvent !
merci de tes commentaires réguliers, je suis toujours très contente de te lire !
Kissssxxxxxx
February 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Ce ne sont pas seulement les femmes, elles sont plus mieux en faire plusieures choses à la fois que les hommes. Quand on prépare le repas ça demande toute l’attention, les enfants et le téléphone sont très dangereux quand on cuit. J’ai de l’expérience :)!
February 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
BTW Is it “burnt” or “burned”?