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I will never again . . . (Part 4)

Darienne

By Darienne
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heidih

heidih

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1 hour ago, Darienne said:

Don't count on it, my dear.  And I can quote you several variations on that theme....LOL.

 

As could any mom or wife ;)  "What were you thinking?" - totally ridiculous question. 

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chromedome

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Relationships are all about adjustments, right? :P

 

When my ex and I were first together, I dropped and broke a lot of jars because of those differences. Personally, when I put the lid on a jar, I tighten it immediately. My ex, OTOH, would *set* the lid on the jar, but had the reflexive habit of tightening the lid before picking it up. For those who've never had the experience, a loose cap often holds just enough of the jar's thread to lift it from the counter and set it in motion before letting go.
 

...much like our differing views on which stage of the clothes-laundering process was the correct time to check and empty pockets...

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Katie Meadow

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1 hour ago, chromedome said:

Relationships are all about adjustments, right? :P

 

When my ex and I were first together, I dropped and broke a lot of jars because of those differences. Personally, when I put the lid on a jar, I tighten it immediately. My ex, OTOH, would *set* the lid on the jar, but had the reflexive habit of tightening the lid before picking it up. For those who've never had the experience, a loose cap often holds just enough of the jar's thread to lift it from the counter and set it in motion before letting go.
 

...much like our differing views on which stage of the clothes-laundering process was the correct time to check and empty pockets...

I'm embarrassed to admit that I think I know what you are talking about. My husband has a tendency to "half-screw" the lid just enough so that I am going to grab said lid, a recipe for accidents. Now I ask him to simply leave the lid off and I'll put the jar away.

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AlexandraLynch

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I'm very glad to know I'm not the only person who's had a fingertip encounter with the slicer. It grew back, but the nerves in it are still a little wonky. 

I still have the scar up my forearm from the burnt caramel icing incident at 12, though the horizontal burns across my inner forearms from sheet pans faded finally. 

And my toe is still not happy about the pound of sausage that leapt from the freezer yesterday. I was just glad it wasn't anything larger. 

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kayb

kayb

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19 hours ago, AlexandraLynch said:

 

And my toe is still not happy about the pound of sausage that leapt from the freezer yesterday. I was just glad it wasn't anything larger. 

I'll see your pound of sausage and raise you a frozen chicken.

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JoNorvelleWalker

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I shall never again freeze solid three pounds of sour cream in the back of my refrigerator.

 

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JoNorvelleWalker

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I shall never again make ice cream in a hurricane.

 

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Katie Meadow

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54 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I shall never again make ice cream in a hurricane.

 

Either the door blew open and your ingredients went flying out.....or you lost power. Sounds like NJ got hit pretty hard. 

JoNorvelleWalker

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1 minute ago, Katie Meadow said:

Either the door blew open and your ingredients went flying out.....or you lost power. Sounds like NJ got hit pretty hard. 

 

Both actually.  I neglected to bolt the door.  Blast freezers don't do well without electricity.

 

I was not expecting the weather that we got.  But after the storm passed it was a lovely, clear, sunny summer evening...until the sun went down and I sat with a camp lantern reading The Economist.  Snuggling with a Party Size Pandemic Size bag of Cape Cod potato chips.

 

 

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kayb

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Am I to take it that it doesn't look like Kansas any more?

 

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Yiannos

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Maybe this isn't the right place, but I don't know WTF I was thinking when I told the contractor redoing our kitchen that he could use our bathroom while he's here. Now it feels like I have to call one of those crime scene/natural disaster clean-up services to make things right again.

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heidih

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16 minutes ago, Yiannos said:

Maybe this isn't the right place, but I don't know WTF I was thinking when I told the contractor redoing our kitchen that he could use our bathroom while he's here. Now it feels like I have to call one of those crime scene/natural disaster clean-up services to make things right again.

 

Wow. I spent most of my career in commercial construction in high end buildings and remodeled several of my own homes. In the commercial setting trust me the building engineers would have let me know. They would call me in the middle of the night when crews in occupied areas were working if something as trivial as a radio was on - really the accountants at RBZ are working at 2 am and ya could not ask the painters to turn it off?!?    That shocks me. Sorry for your trauma. 

heidih

heidih

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Bake bread at 10pm after sleepless nights and think I could lie down for 5 minutes. Not burned - but bricks were created. Running them under cold water for a bit and putting in toaster oven revived almost all but STOOPID idea. 

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Yiannos

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36 minutes ago, heidih said:

Sorry for your trauma.

 

Trauma is probably way too strong a word, especially in this time of COVID etc. This is more the wife complaining "I don't really want to use that gas station bathroom on this road trip", only we aren't driving anywhere and are now living in the gas station. Maybe I can put a lock on the door and attach the key to a hub cap or bowling ball or something to make getting in there more of a pain.

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JoNorvelleWalker

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I shall never again neglect to stir steel cut oats.

 

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chromedome

chromedome

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4 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I shall never again neglect to stir steel cut oats.

 

I tell myself that after approximately every second or third batch. ADD is the enemy of porridge, for sure.

Which reminds me, there's something I'm supposed to be doing this very minute...

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"Not knowing the scope of your own ignorance is part of the human condition...The first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don’t know you’re a member of the Dunning-Kruger club.” - psychologist David Dunning

 

JoNorvelleWalker

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4 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

Have you reinvented cement?  And is the pot save-able?

 

Everything cleaned up, thanks.  Not my finest oatmeal ever.

 

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kayb

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You know, @JoNorvelleWalker, I cringe when I see you post on this thread. I'm sorry your oatmeal didn't turn out, but happy this one doesn't involve a slash to the hand or fingers.

 

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ElsieD

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Hardly up to @JoNorvelleWalker  standards but next time I am making butterscotch caramel sauce I will not put the soy sauce/lime juice mixture destined for a sauce for fish into said caramel sauce.

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JoNorvelleWalker

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56 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

Hardly up to @JoNorvelleWalker  standards but next time I am making butterscotch caramel sauce I will not put the soy sauce/lime juice mixture destined for a sauce for fish into said caramel sauce.

 

This current thread might be helpful...

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/161513-caramel-made-from-syrup/

 

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Darienne

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With luck I will never again do this.   I'm not counting on it or its fellows.

 

Was making a confectionery treat using coconut oil which I melted in a small stainless bowl over a small pot of water.  Took the melted coconut oil off the pot, put it down on the counter and promptly poured the hot water into my waiting mixture.  Not good.  after stirring it in for a couple of seconds, I realized my mistake, poured the rest out, added the coconut oil and extra walnut pieces to make up for the water problem.  And crossed my fingers.  The results are now in the freezer and soon we shall see what we shall see.  

 

I could always remelt the entire mass and add more carob powder.  Yes, carob powder, coconut oil, stevia, salt, vanilla, walnut pieces.  Doesn't really sound delicious and while it's passable. it's not scrumptious. 

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Darienne

 

learn, learn, learn...

 

We live in hope. 

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JoNorvelleWalker

JoNorvelleWalker

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I shall never again stare at my timer* and have no idea whatsoever what it is I'm timing.

 

 

*traceable to NIST.

 

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