On 11/1/2017 5:31 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown"Â* wrote in message news >
> On 11/1/2017 1:48 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2017-11-01 8:45 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>> Early morning and I am doing the Mise en place for the bread I am
>>> baking this morning.Â* I'm also doing pretty much the same for my cup
>>> of coffee --Â* cream & sugar.Â* The result?Â* My coffee cup got the
>>> tablespoon of salt instead of the pot of milk and butter heating on
>>> the stove.Â* That'll open your eyes!Â* Fortunately all I lost was a cup
>>> of coffee ;-) What a way to start the day!
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Many years ago, my then wife and I were making xmas cakes. She reached
>> for what she thought was the tin of mixed cake spice and spooned curry
>> powder into the batter!
>> Fortunately we noticed the error immediately and managed to get most
>> of it out.
>> Graham
>
> This is why a mise en place is a good idea (even if it didn't work this
> morning for Janet with her coffee!).Â* I have little ceramic souffle cups
> and I pre-measure the herbs and spices for a particular dish, depending
> upon what I'm cooking.Â* It helps since you're not grabbing a tin of
> something in the middle of cooking only to find out - ooops.Â* I'm glad
> you managed to get most of the curry powder out of the cake batter.
>
> Jill
>
> ==
>
> I always use mise en place.Â* For a start it ensures I have everything I
> need)
>
That, too. It's a PITA to be cooking something and suddenly discover
you don't have an ingredient you thought you had. (Then you wonder, how
could I have let myself run out?) So before you start, assemble the
ingredients, no surprises.

Jill