"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>
>> And don't tell me you never set an alarm for a caserole, went outdoors,
>> clicked the alarm off and then became distracted so that you totally
>> forgot
>> about the casserole even after coming back into the house and for the
>> next
>> two hours until the smoke alarm went off... everyone who cooks has done
>> that
>> a few times, some do it often.
>
> Just because you are easily distracted and cannot prioritize does not
> mean the rest of us are.
>
> Usenet messages (even partially typed ones) are not going to go anywhere
> when my timer goes off and I need to attend to my cooking. They will
> patiently wait until I get back.
>
> Not so any items on my stove or in my oven, or worse, items outside on
> the grill!
>
> Priorities Sheldon!
>

But this being such serious writing I don't want to lose my train of
thought.

I never use a timer when grilling outdoors, don't need to because I never
leave the grill unattended with something cooking... same as I never go
outdoors with somehing cooking in the kitchen. Even with a turkey in the
oven that I know will need many hours, especially with a turkey cooking, I
never leave the house, in fact I'd stick pretty close to the kitchen. And
when cooking a large roast for a holiday dinner there wouldn't be time to
leave the kitchen. And I'm usually cooking severl things at once, all
needing attentive care... one I begin the kitchen becomes my living room.