I Did It Again....Drives me Mad..!!
By nupats
@nupats (3564)
India
June 11, 2008 5:00am CST
Today my hubby has a half day so i was preparing his Favourite prawns curry and fish fry with steamed rice..i forgot and absentmindedley put salt twice in the curry..i m so mad at myself ...how can i b so stupid..i had to reprepare the gravy wt waste of effort and time..are u forgetful? do u have accidents in the kitchen bcoz of any of your carelessness? wt wud u do if u put too much salt...
5 responses
@madlees (1377)
• India
11 Jun 08
Hi Nupats,
My plan always works. What I do is to get all the things ready for the curry or any dish I am preparing. After adding them into the curry, I keep everything back as I use them. So all my things are available easily as and when I need it and I also don't use it twice. So if the masala or salt is missing then I'll know that I have put it in.
I never let this double addition happen to me. It had happened many times before, so I started using this method. After starting on this method I have not had to prepare twice.
For correction, add tomato puree if it is a tomato based dish or add coconut paste or rice flour..
You can also put in a cut potato and simmer till the potato takes the extra salt off. Then throw away the potato or use it in someother dish. All the best
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@madlees (1377)
• India
12 Jun 08
Dear Nupats,
Not only you, all of us are victims. We keep doing this but we never will find a way to get out of this habit.
I tried this idea and I could get along with it easily, even when I have somebody in the kitchen talking to me, I will not get distracted.
So try to follow a rule which is acceptable to you. It is easy and soon it becomes a habit.
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@nupats (3564)
• India
12 Jun 08
thank u so much..u seem to b really very organised..i like the way u work..i think i shud also adopt tht method it seems very safe and no such disasters will take place in the kitchen sometimes i end up putting chilly powder also twice by mistake tht is also very bad...thanx for ur advce ..have a nice day..
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
15 Jun 08
Oh, that happens to me lots.
I forget and get busy and happy
and go to town on the spices.
I put too much hot sauce on the noodles
tonight. I don't even know why I used
hot sauce. The recipe didn't need it.
I just did it without thinking.
It happens. It's OK!
I'm sure the rice was fine.
You're doing fine.
There will be other dishes. I promise!
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@ultipost (63)
• Grenada
11 Jun 08
Such mistakes happen and it's just human. Rather than worrying too much, think about how to solve it.
One approach is to make some more curry without salt -if you do not have more prawns use veggies-, mix 'm up, put one half in the freezer for a next meal.
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