Couple Cooking: A's Defense for Burning Shit
B wanted a meal for B's self, A decided to put together a small pizza, more or less from scratch, for A's self. A topped a prepared crust, all toppings fresh. Lots of cheese. LOTS.
After B ate, both A and B sat on the porch. A set the timer in the kitchen for 5 minutes. We left the front door open right next to B's ear, and B was supposed to alert A to go get the pizza.
Well, B turned on some Janis Joplin album, was rockin' out on "Cry Baby", when A decided to just go inside to the kitchen to just check the timer. A sensed Joplin sang more that 5 minutes, all said and done.
What welcomed A was smoke, the smell of burnt cheese from the oven. It went through the living room. The foyer. Open the front door wide, it went onto the front porch. Likely the damn front bedroom, too.
Well, burnt pizza crust added to the smell, too, which is likely permanent. A wants to just move. Maybe to a single person tent in the national forest. B can sleep under a tree, perhaps.
Now. Was B correct that A was tricking B into cooking for A? Was A simply asking for B to alert the timer sounding so A could finish A's meal WITHOUT COOKING ASSISTANCE?
The second tier of the discussion is A the chronic burner of shit, all by A's self, without any assistance from B?
You decide. (The burned roast, those scorched pork chops had NOTHING to do with B distracting A, right? Nothing at all.)
NOW, B is on the porch, listening Jimmy Buffet, something about if we couldn't laugh, we would both go insane.
Hell yeah.
(A salvaged enough to eat. The problem will be cleaning the oven. The discussion who does it will be decided by a flip of a coin.
Hell yeah.)
Comments
I love me some Janis Joplin!
Sorry about A's pizza, but not surprised about B's inattention. I live with a B.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
B pays tons of attention to music.
I My timer, not so much...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc. Blame is not as important as learning
and solving. Master timer in kitchen always gets set. Those intending to wander out of earshot also set and carry along on their person a portable timer set a minute or two early. The average cell phone can easily be used to perform this function. Alternatively cheap times taken to alternate location if alternate location is steady, such as outdoors by grill, in office or garage, etc. We have at least 4 timers plus two phones and hence burn shit far less often.
be well and have a good one
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I had timers at my office that burned up in the fire.
Now, I crack open the front door, listen for the timer in the kitchen, get to the oven in 10 seconds, and always set it for less than Betty Crocker Cookbook or the package says.
I have not needed a timer at home, but then, I have not ever had B to be the Timer Alert Person, either!
I think it is an insidious plan to take the cooking away from A, unless it is convenient for B to have A do it.
All I gotta say is, Couple Cooking is a hilarious distraction from awful current events and occasionally results in some smoke to show the fire that came before.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
That's a Pelosian Deflection right there, B.
Wowser.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
There is some citrus deodorizer
That will clear the bad smells from the house. It is called Pure Citrus, comes in orange or a combination of citrus. It is made from the moisture in the skin of citrus. It is the best stuff I’ve ever used. It works great on smoke smells.
They make some tiny digital timers with a clip, so that even without pockets, it is easy to keep with you when you are cooking, but out of the kitchen.
Amazingly, it cleared up so nicely!
We aired it out, opened doors, turned on ceiling fans, but I do want to get that citrus product to get ahead of that next time. There will be one, for sure.
My legal assistant heard both sides of the story today.
She came to the conclusion both A and B are just full of it.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981