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Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first
thing you cooked, and about how old were you? I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I put in). I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very well. ;-) Dimitri |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message
. com... : Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first : thing you cooked, and about how old were you? : : I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( : after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I : put in). : : I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan : swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very : well. ;-) : : Dimitri : : ============= Hmmm. Let's see... Ages 3-5 I helped Mama make cookies, lots of brownies, and Jell-O. She always poured the hot water but I can remember being nervous stirring it because I was afraid of splashing the hot water... At age 8 or 9 I made a loaf of French Bread. I've only had 2 things turn out... ummm... bad (!). Age 12 - brownies - forgot to add the sugar. Ewwwwwwwww. Nasty. Age 14 - Oatmeal Cookies - no butter - so I used oil. The cookies tasted okay but were very, very thin and were spread out. A 6 inch cookie that was 1/8 th of an inch thick. Maybe after this thread is over - we should try a "What has been your favorite success?". -- Cyndi <Remove a "b" to reply> |
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Dimitri wrote:
> Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the > first thing you cooked, and about how old were you? (snippage) > Dimitri Rice, when I lived in Bangkok, at age 9. Used to make it for breakfast. A little butter, salt & pepper. No sugar like they tend to do here in the Southern U.S. Sometimes I still like rice for breakfast. Jill |
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Dimitri wrote:
> > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( > after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I > put in). > > I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan > swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very > well. ;-) > > Dimitri When I was about 8 I cooked Saturday lunch for my Dad. I had a children's cookbook that had recipes for things like oatmeal and cinnamon toast and lots of other fairly simple things. I wanted to make egg salad sandwiches. They turned out great except for the fact that I mistook teaspoon for tablespoon and added a tablespoon of salt. Ewww! As I recall my dad bravely swallowed every bite. Now, from a very young age my sister and I had been allowed to "assist" my mother with cooking and she taught us stuff as we went along. But the egg salad sandwiches were my first solo, unsupervised cooking experience. My second was when I was about 12. I made spaghetti for the family for dinner. It turned out great. Other than those two experiences going solo I can't recall any others. But I helped my mom cook all the times. I suppose I must have occasionally made my own lunch or something during the intervening years but I just don't recall. Kate -- Kate Connally “If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.” Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back, Until you bite their heads off.” What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about? |
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Dimitri > asked in message
. com... > [..] what was the first thing you cooked, and about how old > were you? [snip] Hmmm. Viewing back in time through Rosy-Glass Syndrome but... I always seemed to be hanging out in the kitchen -- either in the way or doing the whole Toddler "I wanna help!" -- so by the time I was 6 I felt cocky enough to attempt eggs and bacon. Boy was that a bad morning. None of the eggs didn't crack as easily as my dad made it seem, I was picking shell out of the bowl on every one. I also hit them so hard against the bowl that more whites ended up on the side and counter than inside the bowl. Bacon, no matter how thick, /can/ become cinder-like if you don't watch it. And "darkened" toast (the way both my parent-units preferred to eat it) can smoke up the entire house within seconds. (Got both parents and Little Brother out of bed, though.) The Ranger |
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On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:37:52 GMT, "Dimitri" >
wrote: >Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first >thing you cooked, and about how old were you? I must have 'helped' with cookies because I knew how to crack and separate an egg by the time I began cooking breakfast for my parents. 10 or 11? I hated *eating* eggs of any sort, but I loved cooking them. My specialty was something to do with yolks on toast, then covered with the whipped whites and baked or broiled. On one festive occasion (opening day of the State Fair, as I recall), I thoughfully used food coloring to produce blue milk, pink sugar, and green something else. This was *not* as appreciated as I'd hoped. :-) |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message . com... > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( > after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I > put in). > > I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan > swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very > well. ;-) > > Dimitri > That would be peanut butter cookies, way back a million years in for home ec. Would have been fine, but I thought it would be easier to use vegetable oil, in the same amount as shortening. Can you say 'oil slick'?? They were the most horrid things in the world. My two brothers ate them anyways. My mother wasn't much on teaching us to cook, I picked it up as I got older. Learned how to read a recipe and then how to put things together w/out a recipe. When I was in my early 20s I got a job cooking in a La Jolla restaurant. Didn't have any experience, in fact I was applying for a waitress position. The owner asked me if I could follow a recipe, I said yes, and she hired me to cook, hire and fire staff, plan the menu and keep the place stocked. 12 hour days, 6 days a week, very hard work. I totally enjoyed it! Learned alot from the chef that was leaving and did okay. Then, I got fired for quiches that were burnt on my day off. That was enough of restaurant work for me! I still love to cook though there's not much time. Suzan |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message . com... > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > Hmmm... I guess my Christmas morning flambeed PopTarts are too close to the cinnamon toast family to count as cooking... As far as *real* cooking goes, I can remember helping my mom a lot in the kitchen, but the first thing I made independently was meatloaf. My mom wanted to try a new recipe, and she let me mix it up and put it into the pan. The meatloaf had Campbell's tomato soup in it, and it came out really tasty...or at least, I thought it was wonderful, and Mom praised it up and down. Now I realize that it was probably just ok, but not a culinary masterpiece,.... but if one of my kids wanted to get their hands goopy in my place, I'd be pretty effusive, too! I was probably about 11 or 12. Then there were the "diet" brownies I made as a teenager. I figured if I decreased the amount of chocolate, sugar and butter, the brownies would have fewer calories and I could eat the whole pan. But I slashed these ingredients in half without replacing them, so the brownies were simply horrid. Wishful thinking! Chris |
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> (Darrell Grainger)
>My parents were pretty cool with letting me try stuff on the stove. I'd >seen my three sister make pretty much every mistake you can think of. >Learning from their mistakes made it easy for me to get my parent's trust; >the time I stopped my third sister from throwing water on a grease fire >because I saw what happened when my first sister did that pretty much >showed my dad I knew how to cook with gas. Always keep a full jar of >flour or baking soda around. 8^) Baking soda is fine for smothering small grease fires but tossing flour on any fire is extremely dangerous... dincha know there is no smoking and open flame permitted at flour mills... the dust can ignite and explode. Best thing to do about a grease fire in a pan is to plop the lid on... for grease fires in ovens (very likely when baking bacon) is to quickly shut the oven door and turn off the oven... copious quantities of hot grease in an oven can ignite quite violently when the oven door is opened and a rush of cold oxygen rich air rushes in... never ever do bacon in a closed oven... if you're so pinheaded that your insist, use the stove's broiler but be sure to leave the door cracked and never ever leave th ekitchen while broiling... more people than you can imagine burn down their house from broiling with the oven door closed and walking away for two minutes to pee.. and we all know what a two minute pee turns into for a female. ---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- Sheldon ```````````` "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." |
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My parents put adequate plain meals on the table, usually broiled meats,
salads, good bread from the bakery, frozen vegetables. The food wasn't bad, and I grew up well-fed considering how fussy I was, but no one ever took joy in the cooking. The one recipe my mother made that could be considered from scratch was a tomato- meat sauce for pasta, and that's the first thing I remember making myself. I might have been in junior high. I also remember making cookies. This would have been high school. I had no one to teach me but also no standards to uphold. No one in my immediate family made cookies. (One grandmother visited once a year and made hamantaschen with me and my brother.) I must have liked the idea of exploring new territory on my own. I used recipes from Joy of Cooking which was one of 2 cookbooks in the house, a wedding gift to my parents. I got fancy with decorating the rolled cookies making each into a little work of art by cutting out different shapes and using colored sugars and twisting the dough different ways. I did this only when my parents weren't home. It was my own time to experiment without comment or criticism. I remember one night in particular when one of my brother's friends came over before going out with the guys. He would have been 3 years older and therefore someone for an impressionable girl to have a crush on. He admired the cookies. I was proud. Only later did I discover that I'd forgotten to grease the cookie sheet thus making each masterpiece inedibly stuck to the pan. They had to be soaked off. --Lia |
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>Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first >thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > >I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( >after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I >put in). > >I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan >swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very >well. ;-) > >Dimitri I remember helping Mom in the kitchen about 8 or 9. At 10 and 11, my sister and I were allowed to try baking and other stuff by ourselves. My poor Father was the real guinea pig. He never complained about the overseasoned or other mistakes. Every day I thank my Mother for letting us try anything we wanted at a very young age. We were making yeast rolls, cakes, pies and lots of other goodies. The Joy of Cooking was one only a few cookbooks my Mother had. I started teaching my kids as soon as they showed an interest. If either one was too slow to show an interest, I insisted they learned the basics so they would never starve to death. They all survived. Florence |
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I clearly remember the appreciative thank-yous, but also the giggles
when I was about three and served my parents breakfast in bed. Being that young, of course I was not allowed to use the stove, so they each got a fresh picked apricot, a small bowl of Cheerios (with sugar and milk), and a small Gerkins pickle as their "apee-tiser." Bless my daddy! With first a conspiritorial whisper to me, he quickly distracted her, then snatched the pickle away from momma's serving so that just he and I could eat them together. Picky ~JA~ |
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I honestly can not remember the first thing I ever cooked. I do have an memory
of standing on a chair at the stove stirring a pot of soup while my dad stood next to me chopping up ingredients and throwing them in. I think I was about 4 or 5? I know I was able to cook canned soup and macaroni and cheese by the time I was 7. My mom owned a Dairy Queen and I grew up in the back of the place. I was flipping hamburgers and making chili dogs when I was 9. I was able to cook entire meals for my family of seven by the time I was 10. With both my parents working and my only sister having NO talent or desire to cook, I was the regular cook in the house all through my teens. Even now, I make all the holiday meals. It's just always been what I do. Sandra |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message . com... > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > I suppose from the time I was about 1, I was in the kitchen "helping" to some extent. The first item I ever remember making by myself was potato pancakes, from a mix, in the microwave on the browning grill. I was in 1st grade, and my parents were occupied at the moment with other things. I think my dad was out at the barn getting ready to milk and mom was just outside, doing some yard work. They turned out ok, as best as I can remember. My first real meal that I made by myself was spaghetti and green beans when I was 10. |
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Dimitri wrote:
> Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the > first thing you cooked, and about how old were you? I remember my first effort as the family ribbed me about it and I was very antsy :( I made a beef stew with orange dumplings, at about age 12/13 ? I followed the recipe, and towards the end, it said 1 tbs flour salt pepper Well, I thought about it a bit, and eventually decided that the recipe must mean 1tbs of each. Apparently the stew was really hot & peppery, but I thought it tasted fine *harumph* Stupid, ambiguous recipe ;) |
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My brother brought home a trout,,,and asked if I would cook it,,,,,I cut off
the head,,washed it,,,,wrapped it in foil,,,baked it in the over for an hour....then proudly placed it on the table......my Mom walked in,,,,,,took a slice,,,,and asked why didn't I clean it 1st? forgot to gut it.........Hey,,,,I was only 18... That's why I'm here! Cheers. "Dimitri" > wrote in message . com... > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( > after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I > put in). > > I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan > swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very > well. ;-) > > Dimitri > > |
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Dimitri wrote in message ... >Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first >thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > >I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( >after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I >put in). > >I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan >swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very >well. ;-) when i was about 9 or so i made peanut butter cookies, mistaking teaspoons of baking soda for cups. when you bit into them, you foamed at the mouth :) i wasn't allowed in the kitchen for a while after that. -- Saerah TANSTAAFL "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony." |
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"Saerah" > wrote in message
... : : Dimitri wrote in message ... : >Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first : >thing you cooked, and about how old were you? : > : >I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( : >after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes : I : >put in). : > : >I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan : >swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very : >well. ;-) : : when i was about 9 or so i made peanut butter cookies, mistaking teaspoons : of baking soda for cups. when you bit into them, you foamed at the mouth :) : i wasn't allowed in the kitchen for a while after that. : : -- : Saerah :=============== Awwwwwwwww! That's cute. <giggle> Cyndi <Remove a "b" to reply> |
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lea b wrote:
> Dimitri wrote: >> Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the >> first thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I followed the recipe, and towards the end, it said > > 1 tbs flour > salt > pepper > > Well, I thought about it a bit, and eventually decided that the > recipe must mean 1tbs of each. > Apparently the stew was really hot & peppery, but I thought it tasted > fine *harumph* > > Stupid, ambiguous recipe ;) ROFL! That's too funny! I suppose that's why I write my recipes "salt & pepper to taste", although, to a 12 year old that could probably mean you need a lot to make it taste good. Jill |
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I was about 7 when I decided to make a pot of Maypo, a sort of cream
of wheat cereal. I read the directions and put in the correct amount of water and maypo but decided that it was WAY too thin, so I added more maypo to thicken it up. Then more water when it started to get REALLY thick, then more maypo. Learned my first lesson about following directions. Bob C "Dimitri" > wrote in message .com>... > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( > after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I > put in). > > I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan > swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very > well. ;-) > > Dimitri |
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Dimitri -
>Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first >thing you cooked, and about how old were you? Like many other respondents to this thread I can't recall my *first* cooking experience exactly. Helping with cookies, etc, yes, grilled cheese sandwiches yes, but the first real meal I remember cooking was this: 1 can Campbell's condensed tomato soup 1/2 can water 2 eggs 2 slices of toast 1 tsp of "herb mixture" - some Mccormick blend mom had hanging around In a pan mix the tomato soup and 1/2 can of water and bring to a simmer, stirring. Add the herb mixture (I think it was "fine herbes" or some such truck) and give it another stir. Poach the eggs in tomato base, basting with a spoon. Toast the bread. Plate the bread, top with the poached eggs and pour the sauce over the eggs. IIRC I was about 12. I thought it was good and so did my younger brother who demanded it every time my parents went out for the evening. I think I got the recipe out of "Boys' Life" magazine, not that I was a Scout or anything. Mom wasn't really much of a cook, feeling as she did that food's function began when it hit the stomach rather than the plate. But some of her comfort food was quite good. I also fondly recall family work days, usually a Saturday or a Sunday. Usually in fall/spring the family unit would tackle yard chores, raking, sweeping, digging. About 11 a.m. Mom would go start lunch, which invariably consist of corn soup and sardine sandwiches. Wolfe Family Workday Menu: Corn soup: 2 cans cream style corn 2 cans milk Combine and cook. My brother and I would put slices of cheddar into our bowls and ladle the soup over it. Stir until you get looong, gooey strings of cheddar throughout. Sardine Sandwiches (make your own) 1 tin of large sardines (big oval can, Eatwell brand by preference) in tomato sauce sliced bermuda onion lettuce sliced dill pickles sliced radishes "Good" bread (according to mom): Variety of pumpernickel, rye, schwartzbrot and Romano's Italian bread (for my brother whose taste in bread lay towards the softer end of the spectrum). Good times. The only part of being lactose intolerant I regret is cream soups, may have to try Lactaid one of these days. Best, Marc |
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MrAoD wrote:
> Dimitri - > > >>Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first >>thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > Interesting thread Dimitri. Let me start by saying that I am, and always have been a "fussy eater". As George Carlin says, that's a euphanism for "big pain in the ass!" He's probably accurate too. ;-) I was about 6 or 7 when my Mother made me over easy eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast one morning. I complained that the bacon wasn't done and that the egg whites were runny around the yolk and wouldn't eat it. She just calmly said "well then, from now on do it yourself" and the next morning I did. -- Steve Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it. |
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Steve Calvin wrote:
> Let me start by saying that I am, and always have been a "fussy eater". > As George Carlin says, that's a euphanism for "big pain in the ass!" > He's probably accurate too. ;-) That's it for me too. The one who cooks get to make everything exactly the way she likes. I buy broccolrabe, not beets, potato chips, not twinkies. No one ever complains when I bring the picnic lunch. --Lia |
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Dimitri wrote:
> > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? I remember my first cooking experience. My mother was in the hospital having my baby brother and my father was there with her, so I had the kitchen to myself. I was not permitted to cook, so I wasn't going to pass that opportunity up! What to make, brownies from a box, of course! What else would any self respecting 11 year old make? Well, we lived in an apartment that had an oven where you had to light the pilot light. I turned on the gas, waited, then lit a match. WHOOOOOOOOOSHHHH! Nice little explosion and the smell of burning hair. I was lucky it wasn't worse. I don't remember how the brownies turned out. nancy |
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Nancy Young > wrote in message
... > I remember my first cooking experience. [snip] > What to make, brownies from a box, of course! What else > would any self respecting 11 year old make? Well, we > lived in an apartment that had an oven where you had to > light the pilot light. I turned on the gas, waited, then lit a > match. WHOOOOOOOOOSHHHH! Nice little explosion > and the smell of burning hair. I was lucky it wasn't worse. ROTFLOL! *THAT* would've been a Kodak Moment®! > I don't remember how the brownies turned out. Is that from the shock of the gas explosion or the aftershocks from your parents' explosions? However did you explain your knew facial and 'doo? The "A Flame-out Survivor Too" Ranger |
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The Ranger wrote:
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message > > light the pilot light. I turned on the gas, waited, then lit a > > match. WHOOOOOOOOOSHHHH! Nice little explosion > > and the smell of burning hair. I was lucky it wasn't worse. > > ROTFLOL! *THAT* would've been a Kodak Moment®! > > > I don't remember how the brownies turned out. > > Is that from the shock of the gas explosion or the aftershocks from your > parents' explosions? However did you explain your knew facial and 'doo? Oh, it was from the explosion, I got real shook up. Apparently not shaken up enough to learn my lesson. When I was maybe 21, I turned on the gas on a grill, then lit it. Notice no mention of opening the lid. Let's just say I did not need to open the lid after the explosion blew it upwards. nancy (not allowed to have matches) |
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Nancy Young > sheepishly admitted in message
... > The Ranger wrote: > > > > Nancy Young > wrote in message > > > > light the pilot light. I turned on the gas, waited, then lit a > > > match. WHOOOOOOOOOSHHHH! Nice little explosion > > > and the smell of burning hair. I was lucky it wasn't worse. > > > > ROTFLOL! *THAT* would've been a Kodak Moment®! > > > > > I don't remember how the brownies turned out. > > > > Is that from the shock of the gas explosion or the aftershocks > > from your parents' explosions? However did you explain your > > knew facial and 'doo? > > > Oh, it was from the explosion, I got real shook up. Apparently > not shaken up enough to learn my lesson. When I was maybe 21, > I turned on the gas on a grill, then lit it. Notice no mention of > opening the lid. Let's just say I did not need to open the lid after > the explosion blew it upwards. > Yep... My lone flamekiss was with a gas grill, too. The electronic igniter wasn't providing a heavy-enough spark to pop the gas so I flipped off the valve to let the vapors dissipate. It was a hot, breezeless day. I apparently didn't let them dissipate enough before I put a lit match in. I remember "FWOOM!" and one of Little Brother's less-intelligent associates doin' a Ted-impression, "Whoa! Dude... <snork> That was totally awesome." As I turned to glare at the kid, Little Brother asked, "Where are your eyebrows?" It was a painful (emotional and physical) Life Experience(tm) that I don't recommend anyone try. The Gahdz have a cruel sense of humor for those with blond hair and fair skin foolish enough to play with fire. <G> The Ranger |
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I asked to cook when I was 5. Mom said nobody could cook unless they
could read. Taught myself to read. Mom made me prove it by reading the directions on the Jello package. Made Jello. When I was 9 I made my first family meal: Venison Swiss Steak, frozen green beans, baked potatoes & butterscotch pudding (box). My daughter is 22. Can't boil water. Refuses to learn. Lynn from Fargo |
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Nancy Young > wrote in
: > Oh, it was from the explosion, I got real shook up. Apparently not > shaken up enough to learn my lesson. When I was maybe 21, I turned > on the gas on a grill, then lit it. Notice no mention of opening > the lid. Let's just say I did not need to open the lid after the > explosion blew it upwards. > > nancy (not allowed to have matches) > > When I was 10 (I was a Latch key kid) and home for lunch. I decided on pop corn, not the sandwiches left for me. Just as I was carrying the hot pot to the bowl, the phone rang, (mom checking on me). I paniced and put the pot on a vinly chair, to allow me to run and answer the phone. -- Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. -------- FIELDS, W. C. |
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In article >, hahabogus
> wrote: > When I was 10 (I was a Latch key kid) and home for lunch. I decided > on pop corn, not the sandwiches left for me. Just as I was carrying > the hot pot to the bowl, the phone rang, (mom checking on me). I > paniced and put the pot on a vinly chair, to allow me to run and > answer the phone. That's a tough one to cover up. You get thrashed? -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 3-5-04. Rec.food.cooking's Preserved Fruit Administrator (I've got the button to prove it!) "Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle." |
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hahabogus wrote:
> Nancy Young > wrote in > : > >> Oh, it was from the explosion, I got real shook up. >> nancy (not allowed to have matches) >> > When I was 10 (I was a Latch key kid) and home for lunch. I decided > on pop corn, not the sandwiches left for me. Just as I was carrying > the hot pot to the bowl, the phone rang, (mom checking on me). I > paniced and put the pot on a vinly chair, to allow me to run and > answer the phone. Never *ever* answer the phone when you're a kid and home alone! Didn't your mother teach you anything? ;-) |
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jmcquown wrote:
> lea b wrote: >> >> I followed the recipe, and towards the end, it said >> >> 1 tbs flour >> salt >> pepper >> >> Well, I thought about it a bit, and eventually decided that the >> recipe must mean 1tbs of each. >> Apparently the stew was really hot & peppery, but I thought it tasted >> fine *harumph* >> >> Stupid, ambiguous recipe ;) > > ROFL! That's too funny! I suppose that's why I write my recipes > "salt & pepper to taste", although, to a 12 year old that could > probably mean you need a lot to make it taste good. I've still got the book ( mum gave it to me when she was chucking out stuff before moving to another country ), and i'm *still* resentful of the wording - to me, it still seems plausible that the recipe called for a tbs of each :) What's wrong with a "pinch" or "to taste", yes .... *that* I would have understood ... :) |
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On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:37:52 GMT, "Dimitri" >
wrote: >Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first >thing you cooked, and about how old were you? French (excuse the term) toast in boy's cookery in junior high school. 1942...age 12 |
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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, PENMART01 wrote:
> > (Darrell Grainger) > > >My parents were pretty cool with letting me try stuff on the stove. I'd > >seen my three sister make pretty much every mistake you can think of. > >Learning from their mistakes made it easy for me to get my parent's trust; > >the time I stopped my third sister from throwing water on a grease fire > >because I saw what happened when my first sister did that pretty much > >showed my dad I knew how to cook with gas. Always keep a full jar of > >flour or baking soda around. 8^) > > Baking soda is fine for smothering small grease fires but tossing flour > on any fire is extremely dangerous... dincha know there is no smoking > and open flame permitted at flour mills... the dust can ignite and > explode. Best thing to do about a grease fire in a pan is to plop the > lid on... True to a certain extent. The dust is explosive. If you are goint to use flour to put out a grease fire you want to be sure there is enough to completely drown the fire in one shot. Thinking about it, keep a fire extinguisher around. When I first started cooking it was rare to find a fire extinguish you could buy for the home. Today you can buy one for $10. Just make sure it can handle all the circumstances (A, B and C type fires). > for grease fires in ovens (very likely when baking bacon) is > to quickly shut the oven door and turn off the oven... copious > quantities of hot grease in an oven can ignite quite violently when the > oven door is opened and a rush of cold oxygen rich air rushes in... > never ever do bacon in a closed oven... if you're so pinheaded that your > insist, use the stove's broiler but be sure to leave the door cracked > and never ever leave th ekitchen while broiling... more people than you > can imagine burn down their house from broiling with the oven door > closed and walking away for two minutes to pee.. Good advice for anything involving a flame... candles, fire in the hearth, broiling, etc. > and we all know what a two minute pee turns into for a female. Same thing as a two minute pee for a male? -- Send e-mail to: darrell at cs dot toronto dot edu Don't send e-mail to |
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, hahabogus wrote:
> Nancy Young > wrote in > : > > > Oh, it was from the explosion, I got real shook up. Apparently not > > shaken up enough to learn my lesson. When I was maybe 21, I turned > > on the gas on a grill, then lit it. Notice no mention of opening > > the lid. Let's just say I did not need to open the lid after the > > explosion blew it upwards. > > > > nancy (not allowed to have matches) > > When I was 10 (I was a Latch key kid) and home for lunch. I decided on pop > corn, not the sandwiches left for me. Just as I was carrying the hot pot > to the bowl, the phone rang, (mom checking on me). I paniced and put the > pot on a vinly chair, to allow me to run and answer the phone. This reminded me of one Spring when the snow had melted my mother found one of her pots in the back yard. Turns out someone (no it was not me) burnt something in the pot and threw it in the snow in the back yard during the winter. -- Send e-mail to: darrell at cs dot toronto dot edu Don't send e-mail to |
Dimitri wrote: > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( > after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I > put in). > > I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan > swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very > well. ;-) > > Dimitri Clam pasta, 1950s style... This dish brings back soulful memories. 1 cube butter chopped garlic 1 small can chopped clams 1/4 cup chopped parsley salt and pepper Melt butter in a sauce pan. Gently sautee/simmer garlic for 3 or 4 minutes - don't burn. Add the clams juice. Simmer very gently to reduce. Add the clams and parsley, simmer gently until the clams are heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over boiled spaghetti. |
Dimitri wrote: > Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the first > thing you cooked, and about how old were you? > > I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about 11 ( > after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the tomatoes I > put in). > > I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron pan > swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out very > well. ;-) > > Dimitri Clam pasta, 1950s style... This dish brings back soulful memories. 1 cube butter chopped garlic 1 small can chopped clams 1/4 cup chopped parsley salt and pepper Melt butter in a sauce pan. Gently sautee/simmer garlic for 3 or 4 minutes - don't burn. Add the clams juice. Simmer very gently to reduce. Add the clams and parsley, simmer gently until the clams are heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over boiled spaghetti. |
On Wed 12 Jan 2005 10:50:26p, roxmarie tittered and giggled, and giggled
and tittered, and finally blurted out... > > Dimitri wrote: >> Other than cinnamon toast and cold cereal or a sandwich what was the >> first thing you cooked, and about how old were you? >> >> I distinctly trying my hand at scrambled eggs Mexican style at about >> 11 ( after they cooked I needed to drain off the extra liquid from the >> tomatoes I put in). >> >> I second attempt was a pineapple upside-down cake in an old cast iron >> pan swerved with whipped cream about 3 yeas later. That one turned out >> very well. ;-) >> >> Dimitri > > Clam pasta, 1950s style... This dish brings back soulful memories. > > 1 cube butter > chopped garlic > 1 small can chopped clams > 1/4 cup chopped parsley > salt and pepper > > Melt butter in a sauce pan. Gently sautee/simmer garlic for 3 or 4 > minutes - don't burn. Add the clams juice. Simmer very gently to > reduce. Add the clams and parsley, simmer gently until the clams are > heated through. Season with salt and pepper. > Serve over boiled spaghetti. Mom had debilitating migraines when I was very young. She taught me how to scramble eggs and make toast, and how to open a can of soup and heat it when I was about five, in case she was unable to make something for me. Following a recipe? I remember making Apple Snow from The Good Housekeeping Cookbook when I was 9. Wayne |
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