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Aug. 12, 2009
3 x Fajitas
Well, I made a cooking error today, and I wasn't even tired. Of course, I guess I do make quite a few mistakes even when I'm not tired. I mean, both times that I set the stove on fire I was well-rested. (That's probably why I had the sense to squeal at Luke, who came and doused the burners with water.) And when I lit that potholder on fire, I wasn't the least bit tired either. Oh well, I guess my excuse wasn't very valid.
Anyway, today I was making the marinade for our fajitas. Mom told me that we needed to double the recipe. That was going well until I got to the part about the 3 garlic cloves. For some reason, at that point I forgot about the doubling thing. I just put in 3 garlic cloves. And when I went on to the next ingredient, I had the number "3" stuck in my mind. So, I tripled the whole rest of the recipe. Then I got to the end, and suddenly realized I'd been tripling everything since the garlic, but that everything before the garlic was only doubled, and the garlic wasn't even doubled at all. So I went back and fixed all the proportions, making a triple batch.
Then I called Mom, who was gone running errands with Dad, to explain and said, "Hey Mom, I accidentally made a triple batch of that marinade. Is that OK?"
And she said, "Oh, well, that's fine, we'll just have extra."
It turns out that I was a subject of amusement for Dad and Mom as they drove home. Dad said, "We were wondering how it was possible for someone to start making a double batch and end up accidentally making a triple batch. But then, we remembered it was you we were talking about. No one but you could do something like that." Hmm...I not sure whether that's a compliment or an insult. But, hey, at least I got the proportions right, so the dinner tasted fine. |
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Aug. 15, 2009 - Untitled Comment
(I must hide this from my mom -- just kidding!)
Well, anyways, I'm glad to hear that your fajitas suffered no serious harm.
Kori