In article >,
"Steve B" > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Steve B" > wrote:
> >
> >> ending up with lots of things being thrown away. I had to make a deal
> >> with
> >> her about two years into the marriage that if she couldn't tell me the
> >> exact
> >> day on which the questionable leftover was made, I didn't have to eat it.
> >
> >> Steve
> >
> > Can you get her into the habit of slapping a piece of masking tape on
> > the cover, with the date marked? It's a pretty easy habit to get into,
> > as is marking cans and packages with the date they were purchased. I do
> > it all the time. >
>
> My short term memory was severely affected by a traumatic brain injury five
> years ago. Since then, I have recovered from a person who could not
> remember what two hole cards he folded in seven card stud to a person who
> can remember what was cooked two or three days ago. After that, if it
> becomes any question at all : I WON'T EAT IT.
>
> Period.
>
> End of discussion.
Apparently not.
> It's just a me thing. If I have to use tape to tell how old any cooked
> leftover is, I'm not interested in it. And, I have found foods in my
> refrigerator and cabinets that were three years out of date. The most
> recent, a bottle of beer bread mixture sealed in a beer bottle that, when
> opened, christened the whole kitchen ceiling, my face, arms, and countertops
> with pressurized flour bread mixture.
>
> The more things I find defective in my kitchen, the more adamant I am over
> gaining control over it, and just throwing out anything questionable, and
> surely anything out of date or just suspicious.
>
> Like Andy, this ain't yo mama's kitchen any more.
>
> Or SWMBO's, either.
>
> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
> claim to being a "cook".
>
> Steve
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
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