One of these days I will make sure I actually have all of the ingredients necessary for a recipe before I start cooking. I make assumptions that I have certain ingredients before going grocery shopping and never double-check to make sure my assumption was correct and then the next thing you know I have a hot stove and a recipe started with missing ingredients.
Sometimes I get lucky and it's something as simple as milk or an egg and my wonderful neighbors are there to help me out. Tonight, however, I need 1/4 cup of Teriyaki sauce. Not something that the neighbors are likely to have on hand and/or want to share 1/4 a cup of. I would just skip it or try to substitute it with something else but it's a pretty major ingredient in this recipe which is titled, "Orange Teriyaki Beef." There are only three major ingredients and I'm missing one of them. You would have thought a three-ingredient recipe would have warranted a double-check that I actually have all three ingredients but never make assumptions with me. I'm as unpredictable as a loose cannon.
Pat is on his way to the grocery store. Thank goodness! Maybe a good rule of thumb would be to always assume I DON'T have an ingredient and just buy it no matter what. I like to a full-stocked pantry anyway so what would it hurt? Obviously a better plan would be to just double-check but it's clear I'm not capable.
One of these days I might also be able to cook an entire meal without making our smoke detector go off. In the winter it isn't nearly as embarrassing because your windows are closed and no one can really hear it, I don't think. But it is pretty darn loud. But now that it's getting nice out (and by "nice" I mean a storm with torrential winds, rain and hail just rolled through), our windows are open a lot more often and anyone walking down the street will definitely know when I'm cooking.
They say that practice makes perfect and as my two-year wedding anniversary approaches (one week from today), I have officially been "practicing" quite seriously for two years. When, exactly, will the "perfection" kick in?!?!
Oh, good. Pat is back with the sauce. Now if I can avoid screwing up this recipe, we will finally be able to have our dinner.
Sometimes I get lucky and it's something as simple as milk or an egg and my wonderful neighbors are there to help me out. Tonight, however, I need 1/4 cup of Teriyaki sauce. Not something that the neighbors are likely to have on hand and/or want to share 1/4 a cup of. I would just skip it or try to substitute it with something else but it's a pretty major ingredient in this recipe which is titled, "Orange Teriyaki Beef." There are only three major ingredients and I'm missing one of them. You would have thought a three-ingredient recipe would have warranted a double-check that I actually have all three ingredients but never make assumptions with me. I'm as unpredictable as a loose cannon.
Pat is on his way to the grocery store. Thank goodness! Maybe a good rule of thumb would be to always assume I DON'T have an ingredient and just buy it no matter what. I like to a full-stocked pantry anyway so what would it hurt? Obviously a better plan would be to just double-check but it's clear I'm not capable.
One of these days I might also be able to cook an entire meal without making our smoke detector go off. In the winter it isn't nearly as embarrassing because your windows are closed and no one can really hear it, I don't think. But it is pretty darn loud. But now that it's getting nice out (and by "nice" I mean a storm with torrential winds, rain and hail just rolled through), our windows are open a lot more often and anyone walking down the street will definitely know when I'm cooking.
They say that practice makes perfect and as my two-year wedding anniversary approaches (one week from today), I have officially been "practicing" quite seriously for two years. When, exactly, will the "perfection" kick in?!?!
Oh, good. Pat is back with the sauce. Now if I can avoid screwing up this recipe, we will finally be able to have our dinner.
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