-L. wrote:

> Have you ever been madly cooking, on top of your game - and then BAM! -
> a "flat tire" - no pepper in the grinder, just ran out of the right
> kind of vinegar, need tomato puree and all you have is diced, etc.?
>
> What's your most frustrating "flat tire"? No pepper in the grinder or
> forgetting to buy a spice I need is mine, I think. Either that or
> dumping in too much of something (herb/spice) by accident.
>
> -L.
>

There was that pot of chili I made once where instead of 1 t. cayenne
and 3 T. New Mexico chile powder I reversed them. The horror.

Being out of something I always have like garlic, onions or salt drives
me batty.

Jessica