Gosh, I Am Getting So Forgetful !

@SIMPLYD (90717)
Philippines
February 18, 2019 3:57am CST
Last weekend, I was at my parents’ house. It was there when on two occasions that I forgot what I was cooking. The first one was cooking all the gathered seeds from eating the big ripe jackfruit. I was boiling it so we can eat it for snacks. I just went into my mother’s room and forgot about it. However, my sister after about half an hour told me when she entered my mother’s bedroom , that the seeds got burned instead. Then the other one was that I was reheating the left-over chicken adobo in a pan. However, this time it wasn’t burnt yet, when I remembered it, since I also went inside my mother’s bedroom and forgot about it. But it was already so dry meaning all the juices have dried , that those in the bottom part have burned already. Good thing the whistling kettle was invented. You will hear it whistle when it’s already boiling. Have you ever experienced forgetting that you are reheating or cooking something? Note: Picture if from google
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@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
18 Feb 19
When we are stressed we tend to forget. I bring with me a timer, so I cannot forget.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
I was so relaxed that i won't forget it, that's why. We got so engrossed with what we are watching on TV. But usually I do use the timer of my phone.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@LadyDuck I think it is understandable that your phone is never near you when you are at home, because your hubby is always there with you at home.
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@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
18 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD My phone is never near me when I am at home, the timer is very noisy, I cannot miss it.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
Yeah, same experience. I think I am worst because even the lighter was already in my hand I am still finding it...
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
Well, this being forgetful is a sign that we are ageing. Do you agree?
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@simplfred Today, I research on the net on what ways we we can keep our mind sharp and healthy. One of those is keeping our minds occupied with crossword puzzles and the like. But I strongly believe, socializing here and making posts here can really help us a lot in keeping our minds healthy and sharp. Do you agree? Well, exercise is a strongly recommended way also as it adds oxygen into the brain.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD Yeah, I don't worry much though next month I will turn 40. And they used to say Life start again there... Haha...
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
yes, a kettle of water kept boiling until empty. i suddenly remembered it when i smelled something burning (the bottom of the empty kettle)
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Really! Well, I have never experienced that. Imagine , boiling water until it's empty. The gas might have been depleted well too.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD i was first scared that the empty kettle would melt and have a hole underneath, or explode or hit the ceiling! hahaha! i only thought about all the wasted gas afterwards.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
I happened to me. I was frying and forgot about it completely. Good thing my brother was around.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
Oh my! If I am frying I don't go far. But because boiling will take some time, that when I go somewhere and forget it.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Did you forget me too?
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Of course not. I am not that forgetful yet.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD Thanks if that's the case hahaha!
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@Sheali (7461)
• India
18 Feb 19
Yes, once I had kept chicken on the gas and it was on low flame.. I thought of cheking my mails and completely forgot about it.. My mom saw that..
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
Oh you are so young to be forgetful already. Sometimes when we get engrossed with thing like that, or watching TV which was the case with me , we tend to forget what we are cooking.
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@Sheali (7461)
• India
18 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD I understand
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
19 Feb 19
Nothing unusual It happens to most of us I have a big collection of milk vessels that cannot be used any more (lol)
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD I burnt them beyond repair (lol)
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
What do you mean please by having a big collection of mil vessels that cannot be used anymore?
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• China
18 Feb 19
You are not alone in forgetting things,especially when our attention is called off by something.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
That is true. I shouldn't have watched TV with my mother, at her bedroom. I should have watched it from afar, on the big TV at the receiving room where I can see it from the kitchen/ dining room.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@changjiangzhibin89 Not yet. It's already one year and 2 months since her stroke. The doctor said it will take a long time before she can recover because she's already old. She's 80.
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• China
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD Has your mother recovered from the stroke ?
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@sofssu (23660)
11 Mar 19
I usually work in the dinning area close to the kitchen , so I don't forget what i an reheating or cooking. But I guess when you get busy taking care of your mom you tend to forget.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
Yes, that is true. Although her bedroom is adjacent the kitchen, and with a screened door, so one can see from the bedroom who is in the kitchen sink and near the ref but not the part where the cooking is done. So, one will forget what she is cooking when she is inside the room.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
@sofssu Yes, every phase of our lives has its upside.
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@sofssu (23660)
11 Mar 19
@SIMPLYD ITs okay we are getting older and wiser.. it has its own upside too.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
18 Feb 19
It just proves that we should eat out all the time! I've done it so many times, but now I set a timer to remind me. My mind can't be trusted to remember a thing!
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Good for you, you can eat out all the time without hurting the pocket. Well, i have read that it is most likely to happen if we are doing two things at the same time. For me the other one was watching tv , that's why.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD You are hilarious!!!!!!
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
18 Feb 19
I agree with Anna stress will do that to you. I have forget things but not while I was cooking. My fiance does it quite often.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
20 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe It will if we don't do some interventions like eating the right foods and other ways, such as taking a supplement and exercising at least 30 minutes a day.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Yes, I have read about that when I researched today. It isn't actually part of ageing , it says.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD so it is only going to get worse then :(
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• Agra, India
19 Feb 19
Hahaa..once in a month for surw
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Really! As for me, it happened just lately. I ran out of supply since 3 months ago. Because of those forgetfulness now, I ordered online a big bottle of 500 soft gels of Vitamin E 400 I.U.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
20 Feb 19
@amitkokiladitya And i suppose you are multitasking?
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• Agra, India
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD haha...like just today after reading your post, I had put potatoes to boil and forgot. Thankfully they were spared from getting burnt
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@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
18 Feb 19
It happens and I hope that you are not stressed
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
I just let it go, although I am worried it might get worse , so I am researching how to fight it.
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@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD Hoping that it does not get worse
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7 Mar 19
I've left the pot on the stove burn because it ran out of water. Thank goodness for the stinkie alarm.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
8 Mar 19
Thank God for whistling kettle then for you too.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
10 Mar 19
@mynameiskate I just pour water and let it boil. Then I srcub it with a scouring pad. If it can't be taken out already, i buy a new one .ha ha ha
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8 Mar 19
@SIMPLYD I use a simple pot, my life is simple i suppose. Don't ask what I drink. What do you use to clean your burnt offerings?
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Feb 19
My first thought was don't go into your mother's bedroom when you are cooking . Oh yes, I've done that quite a few times. Most of the time it happens with the toaster oven (somehow our timer on it does not work) so I have to make a conscious effort to keep checking on it. I've burned a few bagels or toast and the other week it was with rice cakes .
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD I have to remember to not myLot while I'm cooking (the computer is in another room away from the kitchen) or else I might forget what I'm cooking too .
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
20 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
That is so true. I should have gone to my mother's bedroom and watch TV with her. I should have contented myself from just watching it from the receiving room's big TV which can be seen from the kitchen. So, you too experienced this.
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@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
19 Feb 19
No when I am cooking a meal I stay in the kitchen.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
That's good then. Your cooking will not get burned at all. Because in my case I went to the bedroom of my mother to watch TV while I cooked the seed of the jackfruit.
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@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Feb 19
@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Feb 19
There are times I have forgotten food I was cooking and yes, I remembered when the burning smell began. The tea kettle in the photo looks just like the one I have and it sure whistles loud. I wonder if they could make whistling pots and pans.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
So you too. Welcome to the club. Did you forget it because you were multitasking with another chore? I have researched that we tend to be like that when we multitask.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD I usually forget about food on the stove when I am engrossed online and working.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
Just like our friend who sped off with his motorcycle after our meeting at home, forgetting that his wife was not on the backseat LOL!
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
My forgetfulness isn't as worse as that. I have read that we have the tendency to forget the other task if we are multitasking.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD Hehehe!
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@Janet357 (75638)
19 Feb 19
Yes, it did happen to me a lot of times. Usually it happens when i am in front of the pc. Perhaps you were sitting at your pc that was why you forgot about it.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
I went inside the bedroom of my mother which is just adjacent to the kitchen. I got interested in what was being aired on TV, I forgot about what I am cooking.
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@Janet357 (75638)
19 Feb 19
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• Philippines
20 Feb 19
Yes, I am forgetful, too. Last time I forgot that I have to reheat our leftover food that my mom asked me to do. lol
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
21 Feb 19
At least you didn't forget that you were reheating it and it got burned. You are so young to be forgetful. Or maybe because you were in your fb?
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• Philippines
21 Feb 19
@SIMPLYD hahaha. I tend to forget things. signs of aging. lol