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Jul. 29, 2009
Something's Fishy
We have Shakespeare camp this week--which is fun. But, it means I have to get up around 7:00 or 7:15 (of course, I’m not the only one, so does everyone else). And for some reason, I've been unable to fall asleep for the past three nights until sometime near 12:30 or 1 AM. So I'm tired. When I'm tired, and I try to bake and/or cook, I usually end up messing up the recipe. (You know, putting in 1 tablespoon of salt instead of 1 teaspoon, or using baking powder instead of baking soda or vice versa.) But, then again, confusing T. and t. or baking powder/soda is understandable. Yesterday while I was helping Mom with dinner, I almost made a really bizarre and completely not understandable cooking mistake.
I was making the sauce for some fish we were having for dinner. The recipe called for 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard. For some reason, when I read that, my mind leapt from Dijon mustard to ground mustard. Instead of searching the fridge for some mustard, I walked over to the spice rack.
The first spice container I saw was for paprika. So, my exhausted mind instantly switched from ground mustard to paprika. There I was, preparing to pour a tablespoon of paprika into the fish sauce. Except that the paprika smelled weird. I glanced at the name on the spice container which read, “Smoked Paprika.” (Apparently, we needed paprika and the store was all out of the normal stuff, so we had to get the smoked kind.) Then I wondered if the smoked paprika would work in the fish sauce or if it would just make it taste odd. So I double-checked the amount in the recipe, and realized that what I needed was not smoked paprika, regular paprika, or even ground mustard; it was Dijon mustard. Mom walked into the kitchen just in time to hear my exclamation. Since she knows my tendency to mess up a recipe if I’m cooking while tired, she yelled, “Oh, no! What did you do?” I explained that I hadn’t actually put the paprika in yet, so it was OK. Seriously, though, I never would have thought it possible to mistake Dijon mustard for smoked paprika. It must be a talent… |
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Jul. 30, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Natalie