blake murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:58:20 -0700, isw > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> blake murphy > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:00:58 -0700 (PDT), aem >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jun 3, 9:27 am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>>>> [snip[
>>>>> So what kind of cook are you? The 'clean up as you go along' type or the
>>>>> 'do it all in one go when you're finished' type? Or somewhere in between?
>>>>> Just wonderin'.
>>>>>
>>>> I'd like to clean up as I go but I'm not compulsive about it. Except
>>>> that I always clean and put away the cleaver or knife as soon as I'm
>>>> through using it, and always clean the wok as soon as it's empty.
>>>> Otherwise, I clean as necessary because the kitchen and work surfaces
>>>> are small, and as possible in the time(s) available during the
>>>> prepping and cooking. If the dish that the meat was marinating in
>>>> before a stirfry is still sitting next to the stove at the end of the
>>>> meal, that's okay. -aem
>>> i was thinking about stir-fries since the top of the thread. there
>>> just isn't time to clean as you go. i think i'm doing good if i clean
>>> up after the meal.
>> But that's the *perfect* dish for doing all the prep ahead of time; then
>> take just a minute more and clean all the cutting tools and surfaces,
>> while the oil is heating.
>>
>> Isaac
>
> but many times the ingredients to be cooked are in little bowls.
>
> your pal,
> blake


Always. I have quite an assortment of little bowls just for that
purpose. I have gone from flapping about the kitchen forgetting stuff to
OCD, but it works for me. I'm more than a little ADD so what appears to
be multi-tasking is really confusion. I am too easily distracted.

At some point in my 40's I had to get organized in order to keep my job.
A friend made it clear when she gave me the gift of a little sign that
said: "I finally got it all together and now I can't remember where I
put it"

BTW, I misplaced the sign.

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Janet Wilder
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