Don't Know Why I Bothered Cooking Today

Yesterday because it was Shrove Tuesday I decided to make pancakes. The pancakes stuck to the pan even though it was non-stick and I used oil and butter on it. I takes out my nonstick lifter and it breaks. I had to use a wooden lifter to put it on my plate, but the wooden lifters are rather thick it is a wonder they can turn anything. Good thing I was invited out for supper. Oh and not only that the day before I decided to make burrittos but I let them heat too long and the filling feel out on the floor. Been there done that.

I know the feeling. I can sometimes cook something that looks very unapetizing. But I usually try to stick with meals I'm sure I can prepare. And I am proud to announce that I can: - make an instant noodles, - boil an egg, - make a sandwich, - order a pizza (this is my favorite!) Are you amazed already at my skills?

hi Janey! like everything we do, often there are bad days, and bad samples. too bad though when it comes to cooking it would be too late when we discover and we could no longer correct it. I have had such an experience and well i did not noticed that my mom bought spicy ketchup. it was the same bottle, only with a little "spicy" word in it. so i used it and used it all in my spaghetti sauce! So yeah i tried it out and oh no it was too damn hot of a spaghetti sauce! =( i had to correct and just put in a few tablespoons of sugar. i think it did help but the sauce had a little kick in it! ha ha

I wouldn't call my cooking anything special, but I can normally rescue the disasters because none knew what it was supposed to be in the first place :) The exception is burning stuff, and I have a really bad habit of burning the volunteers' porridge in the morning because I'm trying to do 15 different things at once.

Hope you've done better since this disaster day. I don't have many bad cooking days anymore. I've learned what works and what doesn't over the years. I still try new things and the first time, I make the recipe exactly as written. That way I know how I may tweak it the next time, etc. I made a new cake recipe this weekend. It has cardamom as an ingredient and I'd never used that before. But the cake is delicious. I'm still eating on it and I even gave a few slices to my neighbor.

I have days like that as well. Most of the time I love to cook and truly enjoy being in the kitchen, on the rare occasion I have absolutely no desire to be in the kitchen and my food never turns out very good when I am in that type of mood. My husband has actually commented once that he can always tell when I am not in the mood to cook and I should just let him know and he would take over for me!

You get days like that my friend, I think we all have days where we wished we stayed in bed. Oh and don't forget to save me a sausage roll, if they are hand-made they sound delicious. I find that I cannot eat a single shop bought mince pie, the only mince pies I will eat are my mum's home made ones. I am sure she won't mind me saying so but she gets days where her cooking doesn't go right at all for her. You just have to be diplomatic and enjoy whatever is put in front of you at the end of the day which I am sure John did!

Sausage rolls turne out good? I hope! Yes bad cooking day also does happen to me sometimes but if there are bad cooking days there are also good cooking days. Yesterday I made the best 'biko' ever. It is a native delicacy made of gluten rice, coconut milk and sugar. My husband who is my number one critic and fan gave me a thumbs up for this cooking last night and that made me happy. And not only him but even my son who is so hard to please was delighted as well with that homemade native delicacy. I felt really great for having perfected this at last. This is my 3rd attempt to perfect this delicacy. My husband loves this food so much so I tried hard to perfect this to please him. The first try was too soft. The second lacked sugar. The 3rd turned out perfect in taste and texture. Hurray! We do not need to call my elder sister to cook biko for him. I can now do it for him.

Hello Janey I hope you are fine. It´s true somedays it happens. It seems we have to be inspired. Here at my country we have a say: If you cook angry you´ll cook spicy. Fortunatly you wasn´t cooking for an important guest.Good luck tomorrow! Blessings Janey... dainy