I hate it when this happens. I just remembered (8 am on Sunday) the chicken fried steak...

[michael-in-phoenix]

...I left in the oven on the warming rack last night.

We RARELY deep fry anything. Heck, we rarely SHALLOW fry anything! I made CI's chicken fried steak last night for dinner along with baked potatoes and cut corn. Had the extra pieces sitting on a warming rack in a slow oven. I turned the oven off but forgot to take the steaks out.

Remembered it this morning. Dagnabbit.

Michael

 

[dawn_mo]

See my Sunday Six Michael. Thank you!

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

At least your meal is still edible. Mine could be deadly, if eaten. I must say I considered...

...nuking it in the microwave and then into the toaster oven to re-crisp the outside, but, hey, why risk death over a couple of tortured cube steaks, right?

Michael

 

[luisa_calif]

Rememer bacteria produce toxins which CANNOT be destroyed by cooking

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

Thanks Luisa. I failed to remember that you can kill the bacteria, but not their toxins.

 

[lisainla]

I hate when that happens! DS is upset with me because we forgot to take out the leftover waffles

from yesterday morning, so he had to have eggs this morning.

 

[curious1]

Oh Michael, I've done that. I don't have a warming oven, so I leave the oven light on now to remind

 

[joe]

I've done it too. With all sorts of things. It's so disheartening.

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

I'm glad I'm not alone. It's like Joe says, 'disheartening'. Cooking takes effort...

...and waste is just wrong.

Forgetfulness is maddening!

Michael

 

[mistral]

You can destroy SOME toxins (but not all) by boiling. . .

something like crazy, but who wants boiled chicken fried steak.

As the saying goes, when in doubt THROW it out! Maybe you could have a frisbee contest throwing the pieces of steak into a trash can outdoors. You could do this indoors, but the oil is hard to clean up without detergents! smileys/smile.gif

 

[mistral]

When I make chicken fried steak . . .

I just stack the stuff on a small rack on a warmed dinner plate. But we don't eat it smothered in gravy and I feel it the stuff is properly cooked it is good a room temperature, just like chicken fried chicken.

I have forgotten stuff in the oven too, what a waste and PITA. I now leave a special kitchen light on in the kitchen so that I remember to put hot things into the fridge. If something sets out all night on the counter or in the oven, I don't even feed it to my chickens--that's a DOUBLE waste!