Jinx
I don't cook much anymore. It's a rare thing these days, me in the kitchen creating actual meals with actual ingredients that require actual planning and actual food shopping to occur. I'm sure I'll get back to it. Someday. I'm just on hiatus for now. My last few grocery store trips have been all about the necesities: wine, toilet paper, limes, tonic and lip gloss. And ever since my can opener fell apart in my hand into 17 different pieces of circular metal bits, well... if it ain't twist off or screw top or frozen in a plastic bag or cardboard box, it's not getting consumed in this house.No more than 20 hours ago, I uttered these arrogant words to a coworker: "Oh, it is sooo easy to make sugared walnuts. So easy. You just melt sugar in water, toss the walnuts in it, and bake. The water evaporates, the sugar crystallizes, and voila, sugared nuts for your spinach salad."
About 5 minutes ago, it is confirmed that my smoke detector does in fact work and the scary sprinkler head in my living room that threatens to destroy everything I own is thankfully dulled to the acrid smokey cloud of burnt sugar and singed nuts and to my shrieks of 'Oh shit. Shit!'. I don't know what the fuck I am talking about - easy? simple? Fool. Sugar burns faster than you can say SMOKE IS POURING OUT OF MY OVEN. Sorry guys, that salad I was bring over for dinner tonight? Yeah. Um.
Hiatus? Still on, indefinitely.
posted by gracegow @ 6:37 PM
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