I made a decent cream of cauliflower soup, came out pretty good for mostly winging it. Hard to mess it up.
That is, unless you have a big bowl of it completely forgeting you left the pot on the stove on low. Grrrr. Concentrate of cream of cauliflower soup.
It was done, why on earth did I leave it on. Geez.
nancy
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
On Sat 27 Aug 2005 07:26:56a, Curly Sue wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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Nancy Young said:
I made a decent cream of cauliflower soup, came out pretty good for mostly winging it. Hard to mess it up.
That is, unless you have a big bowl of it completely forgeting you left the pot on the stove on low. Grrrr. Concentrate of cream of cauliflower soup.
It was done, why on earth did I leave it on. Geez.
nancy
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
OMG! I would have cursed a blue streak! I did something similar (but worse) years ago when making borscht. In this particular case I wanted clear borscht, so was straining the potful through cheesecloth in a colander. The worst part was that my colander was sitting on the counter (with no bowl), and steaming hot deep purple liquid ran all over the counter, down the cabinets, and half way across the floor. Not only did I have no borscht, I also had a cleaning project that lasted two days!
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:26:56 GMT, [email hidden] (Curly
Sue) said:
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Oh Sue! I would have cried! Not that chicken soup is all that much work, but it's such a lovely act of caring for self and/or others. Well, the only benefit is you probably won't do it again :-(
TammyM, who has turned on the oven without checking inside TWICE (Christmas Day, following year on Christmas Day) only to burn up plasticware and create a monstrous mess :-((((((((((( I now check the oven even if I "know" there's nothing inside
OMG! I would have cursed a blue streak! I did something similar (but worse) years ago when making borscht. In this particular case I wanted clear borscht, so was straining the potful through cheesecloth in a colander. The worst part was that my colander was sitting on the counter (with no bowl), and steaming hot deep purple liquid ran all over the counter, down the cabinets, and half way across the floor. Not only did I have no borscht, I also had a cleaning project that lasted two days!
I'm sorry- that made me laugh! ;>
Years ago, when I was making gingerbread, I mixed the molasses, sugar, and eggs, then turned off the handmixer and set it on its heel before adding the dry ingredients. But not quite off... the beaters went on (I might have hit the switch). I had sticky, black molasses/sugar/egg flung all over the kitchen- cabinets, white walls, white ceiling and me.
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:26:56 GMT, [email hidden] (Curly
Sue) said:
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Oh Sue! I would have cried! Not that chicken soup is all that much work, but it's such a lovely act of caring for self and/or others. Well, the only benefit is you probably won't do it again :-(
You know, I've caught myself starting to do it in the past, so I know the danger. I just "slipped," distracted I guess :P
And I slipped and fell in the driveway the next day, twisting my foot. Despite that, I took my nephews to the Bronx Zoo, but by the time we got there, it hurt so bad I couldn't walk. I sat down while they went around 🙁
Clumsy R Us!
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TammyM, who has turned on the oven without checking inside TWICE (Christmas Day, following year on Christmas Day) only to burn up plasticware and create a monstrous mess :-((((((((((( I now check the oven even if I "know" there's nothing inside
It's been years since I've had to store things in the oven, and I still always check! Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
I did something similar last week, except I the broth was in a deep bowl cooling next to the sink. Bad idea! I usually put it on my cutting board to cool. In the hustle of cleaning up, I dumped the liquid thinking it was dirty water and didn't realize what I'd done until the aroma of that fabulous broth reached my nose as it spiraled down the drain. I cried for sad.
TammyM, who has turned on the oven without checking inside TWICE (Christmas Day, following year on Christmas Day) only to burn up plasticware and create a monstrous mess :-((((((((((( I now check the oven even if I "know" there's nothing inside
That oven thing can be awful (an awful big surprise at the very least). My husband used to put clean items in the oven - I have no idea why.... maybe he couldn't figure out where to put them. I've heated cookie trays and even some serving plates, but fortunately haven't melted any plastic. I think my grousing finally cured him of that because it hasn't happened recently.
I made a decent cream of cauliflower soup, came out pretty good for mostly winging it. Hard to mess it up.
That is, unless you have a big bowl of it completely forgeting you left the pot on the stove on low. Grrrr. Concentrate of cream of cauliflower soup.
It was done, why on earth did I leave it on. Geez.
nancy
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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Curly Sue said:
Nancy Young said:
I made a decent cream of cauliflower soup, came out pretty good for mostly winging it. Hard to mess it up.
That is, unless you have a big bowl of it completely forgeting you left the pot on the stove on low. Grrrr. Concentrate of cream of cauliflower soup.
It was done, why on earth did I leave it on. Geez.
nancy
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Sue(tm)
OUCH! 🙁
Jill
My bad soup day: Using rice maker: Washed the rice, set it aside, measured the water and poured the water into the rice maker. No rice that day - had to buy another rice cooker. Dee Dee
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Curly Sue said:
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
I did something similar last week, except I the broth was in a deep bowl cooling next to the sink. Bad idea! I usually put it on my cutting board to cool. In the hustle of cleaning up, I dumped the liquid thinking it was dirty water and didn't realize what I'd done until the aroma of that fabulous broth reached my nose as it spiraled down the drain. I cried for sad.
Christmas day in India. I was making stock for gravy. My daughter strained it over the sink too🙁 There was no stock cubes to save the day nor flour for thickening ( I had given the cook the day off and never thought about what he kept in stock or not🙁 After than I made it my business to check!!! Having said that my daughter never did that again 🙂)
I made a decent cream of cauliflower soup, came out pretty good for mostly winging it. Hard to mess it up.
That is, unless you have a big bowl of it completely forgeting you left the pot on the stove on low. Grrrr. Concentrate of cream of cauliflower soup.
It was done, why on earth did I leave it on. Geez.
nancy
That was a bad soup day for me too. I was finishing up some nice chicken soup and wanted to strain the broth. Which I did, but forgot to put a bowl under the colander. My stock went down the drain, literally 🙁
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
While a fortuitous accident rather than an un-correctable error i once mistook an unlabeled jar of curry powder for ground turmeric and added a scant half teaspoon to about a quart of cream of broccoli soup, it was so good i now routinely add a bit of curry to my broccoli soup.
I often braise cauliflower flowerets with curry, onion, ginger, turmeric, cumin, salt, pepper & mustard seed --- JL
TammyM, who has turned on the oven without checking inside TWICE (Christmas Day, following year on Christmas Day) only to burn up plasticware and create a monstrous mess :-((((((((((( I now check the oven even if I "know" there's nothing inside
That oven thing can be awful (an awful big surprise at the very least). My husband used to put clean items in the oven - I have no idea why.... maybe he couldn't figure out where to put them. I've heated cookie trays and even some serving plates, but fortunately haven't melted any plastic. I think my grousing finally cured him of that because it hasn't happened recently.
Both times, I placed a plastic tray of my grandmother's famous (ok, not) Christmas Eve almonds in the oven so the cats wouldn't get them. Next morning, in a rush to make pies, I preheated the oven, only to hear the clatter of almonds on the floor of the oven. Opened it up, and plastic goo on the racks. Two Christmases in a row.
Christmas day in India. I was making stock for gravy. My daughter strained it over the sink too🙁 There was no stock cubes to save the day nor flour for thickening ( I had given the cook the day off and never thought about what he kept in stock or not🙁 After than I made it my business to check!!! Having said that my daughter never did that again 🙂)
Ophelia.... you were in INDIA when this happened? Not being part of the British Commonwealth or Europe, the idea of working in countries other than my own is not part of my internal makeup. One couple I know lives in Denmark, but one of their children is working in Abu Dhabi and the other is in San Diego. I wouldn't be happy with my children flung around the world like that! I didn't like it when they were at opposite ends of the state.