Friday, December 11, 2009

Ovens, Cooking, And Could I get More Boring?

I''m slightly embarrassed to admit some things to you, the internet, but here goes.

* I haven't cleaned my oven in this house.
-We've lived here a year and a half.
-It has a self clean button.
-I can't figure out how to lock it to make the self clean function work.

* I've never actually cleaned an oven before.
-First apartment, my mom cleaned it before we moved out. In my defense, I was 8 months pregnant.
-I didn't ever clean the oven when we lived in my brother's basement.
-I half heartedly cleaned the oven when we moved from Connecticut. I'm pretty sure my mom had cleaned it a couple months earlier. Again, I was pregnant.
-Maybe I need my mom to come visit! Wait, she is! Next month. Do I have to have the pregnancy excuse for her to do it?

*I've made two of Pioneer Woman's recipes this week. And messed both of them up.
-I made the Best Lasagna Ever and forgot to layer the mozzarella.
-It gets better.
-I halved it and took it to a friend.
-And didn't realize it until I was eating it myself.
-I had made it 2 weeks ago too. Pride goes before destruction.
-Tonight, I made chili. (Cookbook only!) It calls for masa. And explains that it is in the Mexican food section of your grocery story.
-I bought masarepa and convinced myself that masa must be short for masarepa.
-I realized something was wrong when mine didn't look like the picture.
-I asked my Spanish minor of a husband. And he kindly pointed out that I bought corn meal and needed corn flour.
-Both things still tasted really good.

5 comments:

  1. I rarely clean our oven...in fact, the last time it was cleaned was over a year ago and Scott did it since I was pregnant. Now we put foil on the bottom to make clean up much easier.
    I had never cleaned a toilet before college. Now Scott does it.

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  2. I can't help but wonder - is there a subtle announcement in these past two posts or just a blatant request....

    Either way, I'm anxious to see you!

    And oh, what would we do, if we couldn't eat our mistakes....

    Love,
    Mom

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  3. Ovens are supposed to be cleaned??

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  4. If both things still tasted good, it's a testament to Ree and to you!

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  5. If not cleaning your ovens is wrong, then I don't want to be right!

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