"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.

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refrigerator and cabinets that were three years out of date.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surely anything out of date or just suspicious.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

Steve B wrote:

> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
> claim to being a "cook".
>
> Steve

So are you saying the bag of fresh carrots I can use for a couple of
weeks in various ways aren't "cooking" ? Are they different because they
sit in my house for a week rather than sit in the store for a week?

Goomba > wrote:

>Steve B wrote:
>
>> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
>> claim to being a "cook".
>>
>> Steve
>
>So are you saying the bag of fresh carrots I can use for a couple of
>weeks in various ways aren't "cooking" ? Are they different because they
>sit in my house for a week rather than sit in the store for a week?

Well, you didn't grow them and pull them within the hour. LOL

"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
> Steve B wrote:
>
>> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
>> claim to being a "cook".
>>
>> Steve
>
> So are you saying the bag of fresh carrots I can use for a couple of weeks
> in various ways aren't "cooking" ? Are they different because they sit in
> my house for a week rather than sit in the store for a week?

No, in your case, you can use week old road kill, if you like.

Steve

Steve B wrote:

>
> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
> claim to being a "cook".
>
> Steve
>
>


I guess people who plan and buy a week or even a month's worth of
food should be listed on your "non-cooks" list, huh?

That's ridiculous. Pantries are full of ingredients for future meals.
If you are ever caught in a blizzard or hurricane that keeps you at home
for days, you'll wish you had those week-old-plus ingredients.

gloria p

>> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
>> claim to being a "cook".
>>
>> Steve

Should have said using week old leftovers.

There, is that better?

Did you get it that time?

No?

sigh ..........

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;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In article >,
"Steve B" > wrote:
> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
> claim to being a "cook".
>
> Steve

Bullshit.

--
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;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>> When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
>> claim to being a "cook".
>>
>> Steve
>
> Bullshit.
>

Yes, it is. I meant to say using week old leftovers.

Thank you.

Steve