In article >, Janet B
> wrote:

> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>

The things that I've done wrong in my life stand out. The things I've
done right are soon forgotten and not worth a story and remembrance. I
love to post my food screw-ups here. Well... until I burn the house
down.

leo