Weekend Six....

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sallybr

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1. Dropped a bottle of olive oil on the floor. Did not break, but the mess was very tough to clean. Profanity was heard in three languages.

2. Made for the first time a gluten free bread from Peter Reinhart's new book, which was given to me by a friend. It calls for pecan flour, flaxseed meal, xanthan gum etc etc. Ok not great. Good experience, expensive bread. Pecan flour is not cheap

3. Made the Middle Eastern Eggplant posted by Richard - awesome, leftovers were enjoyed today with a squirt of lemon juice that brightened up the flavors. A keeper.

4. Attempted to make a caramelized broccoli soup. The worst thing I've ever prepared in 54 years, 10 months, and 27 days of my life. Not sure if the smell was worse than the taste. One teaspoon was enough to make me almost gag. It involved a pressure cooker. Profanity was heard in three languages

5. Making zucchinisagna for our dinner, hoping to redeem the boo=boo of the broccoli soup that the garbage disposal swallowed.

6. Had the best run of the year, in shorts and t-shirts - I can feel Spring coming!

 
#4 cracked me up. I read the first sentence, paused and tried to taste it. Sounded pretty good,

until I read your second sentence, and third, and forth and fifth!

I can see why you would try it, it sounded good! Sorry it did not work out!!!

 
Sally, when we spilled oil at the restaurant, we immediately grabbed salt and poured it liberally

over the spill. It absorbs the oil, allowing you to sweep it up. And it's also a bit of an abrasive and if the spill was in a high traffic area (it seemed like it always was), the salt provided a bit of traction on the slick floor. I would sweep up the mess, then add another dose of salt, and sweep again. At that point, any remaining residue is easily cleaned up with a spray cleaner like Windex or something on that order.

 
I remember my mom dropped an entire bottle of blackberry vinegar and it broke

and it was right after my surgery and I was using the scooter. She tried to mop but wasn't really up to it and I almost fell off trying to use a sponge, so I paid a gal to mop for me. She had to mop my entire apartment because the scooter's wheels tracked the sticky everywhere, but she used some sort of other cleaner, not the swiffer pads I asked her to use, and it left a sticky residue. At least she pulled the mop out of my closet so I was able to remop it myself using the swiffer, then wash my scooter wheels. what a mess!! LOL

 
High Fructose Corn Syrup Spill

Back in 1990/1991 my dad worked for a tanker trucking company and one of the things he hauled fairly regularly was the syrup for soda companies. There was always extra left in the tank so he and mom saved their milk containers and he would keep several around to use in making sweet tea. So they gave me some. I had it sitting on a shelf in my pantry.

I heard a noise in the kitchen while watching a movie with a date so I went into the kitchen to see what had happened. The pantry was immediately on the left as you walked into the kitchen. I didn't see a thing but the next thing I knew I was sliding across the kitchen floor and 'stuck' to it, long hair and all and of course I was wearing a skirt and blouse that didn't tuck in. The skirt was stuck firmly to my rear end and the shirt was stuck half way up my back. Not exactly the graceful impression I wanted to make. But cleaning it up was a nightmare. I think the floor was still sticky months later when I married that date and moved out.

 
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