| Author | Message | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 2652 Registered: 3-2004  |
Tonight I fixed dinner, chicken, for myself. I took out one piece, cut it up and ate it with my salad and the rest of my dinner. I did not turn off the fire under the pot. About 1/2 hour later I smelled a familiar odor coming from the kitchen. This time I rushed in there instead of thinking some one was barbequeing. The rest of the chicken was burned, so I will throw it away. And what was I doing while the rest of the chicken was cooking?? I was on the computer, of course, oblivious to every thing going on around me. I immediately thought of the first time I did something like this and shared it with all of you. And you nice folks shared your cooking mishaps with the rest of us. So, please, laugh with me again. Diana | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 4287 Registered: 12-2003  |
Diana, how funny! You can always think of us when you smell burned chicken!! Colleen | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 790 Registered: 4-2000  |
Diana, About 15 years ago, in the middle of the night, we smelled the most terrible odor coming down the hallway to the bedroom area. Sylvia dashed into the smoky kitchen to find her burned pot of beans. She actually put the pot of badly burnt beans on the concrete driveway to halt the strong odor and smoke in the house. The stainless steel kettle was a total loss. You can imagine what the blackened bottom of the kettle looked like. We desperately tried, without success, to counter the burnt bean odor with disinfectant air spray and airing out the house. Additionally, our kitchen suffered major problems as a result of the burnt beans. For example, we actually had to replace the hood over the stovetop, dryclean draperies, scrub and paint walls, etc. In the process, we decided the whole kitchen needed a facelift anyway. We painted the cupboards, got a new sink, new range, new dishwasher, a new table, and a new countertop. Sometimes culinary accidents create and/or inspire a whole new kitchen look. Now we are paranoid about leaving the kitchen while food is cooking (smile). Dennis Fischer | ||
| Lynne Registered user Username: Lynne Post Number: 463 Registered: 10-2005 |
Diana, If I ever burn anything, I just give it to my husband. For some strange reason, he likes food burned. I don't go out of my way to cook food burned for him. I've been getting used to not being so concerned about the foods my family eats. I've been cooking real bacon for my daughter and she likes it so much, she tells everyone now that if they like bacon, they can join her bacon club... Funny, it doesn't bother me. I realized when my husband was recently out of town, after hanging up with him, that I didn't include in the conversation what he should be eating... That was my way of telling him what he shouldn't eat. If I told him what he could eat, it obviously meant he couldn't eat other things...he wasn't Adventist. I was always very concerned, and ready to give him a hard time (it made me angry), if he mentioned eating sausage or something that might be, well, unhealthy, like meat, and God forbid, pork. I just worried about him not pleasing and obeying God. I worried that he might have a heart attack or get a deadly parasite from uncooked pork or something. I have a much greater sense of freedom now. Lynne | ||
| Doggy Registered user Username: Doggy Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2006 |
Hi guys, I wish I could develop an enthusiastic taste for pork. As far as I'm concerned it's cheaper and healthier than beef and doesn't come with mad cow disease. With as much information as there is out there about mad cow and it's new variations I'm about to force myself to eat swine. Alas, I have been damaged by Adventist diet restrictions. The idea of eating crab or shrimp is even more disgusting to me. I content myself with lot's of fish and chicken. David | ||
| U2bsda Registered user Username: U2bsda Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2004 |
Doggy, Same here. I'm still a vegetarian since I grew up around no meat and the thought of eating any of it discusts me. I do give my husband and kids meat though. It is the only thing remotely Adventisty left. | ||
| Lynne Registered user Username: Lynne Post Number: 465 Registered: 10-2005 |
I was raised eating meat, so it isn't gross and is familiar to me from my childhood. I've mostly obstained for many years now since I became an Adventist. So going back to eating meat is familiar and sort of fun for me. However, if you ever read the book Fast Food Nation, specifically, Chapter 8, you may want to be a vegetarian for humane reasons. Not only does this book tell that Meat Packing is now the Most Dangerous Job in America, but that there are many other things hidden inside slaughterhouses that many of us would find disturbing (some of this may be exagerated, but still some of it I'm sure is very real). We are just used to seeing beautifully packaged meat on store shelves (they now use a coloring agent for beef that makes old meat look red (fresh), not brown (and old as it really is)). I don't see anything wrong with obstaining or limiting meat intake out of concern for slaughterhouse issues and health matters. I do get healthier eggs and would prefer better slaughterhouse practices, meat preparation and preservation, animal and human treatment, etc... (if that is possible), than what I've read happens. I think many meat eaters feel the same way. To not eat meat as a OT rule as I did, out of fear because God will punish and hurt me in some way for it, I don't see that as biblical now. Lynne | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 791 Registered: 4-2000 |
David, Have you tried tuna salad or casserole yet? It is inexpensive and tasty. However, my wife still insists that I rinse any foil or canned tuna container and throw it immediately in the garage dumpster (smile). Sylvia enjoys chicken if well prepared. I grew up in western North Dakota eating a variety of "clean" meat. After being a lacto-ovo vegetarian for several decades, I am not in any rush to indulge heavily in a carnivorous diet. As my Sunday School teacher once told me, "Just because the Bible says that we can eat meat doesn't mean that we should." Dennis Fischer |
