In article >,
"D.Currie" > wrote:
>Have you ever watched a self-professed not-good cook making something?
>
>The other day, I got to witness the making of "gravy."
>
>It started with an empty Teflon-coated frying pan, on high heat. Just about
>the time I was wondering about toxic fumes, she dumped flour into the pan.
>The flour started browning, but quickly progressed to burning, even with
>stirring. It began to smell like burnt popcorn. This stirring continued
>until the flour was a nice mix of very dark brown and black.
[...]

Here's one for you:

I once came home to find my roommate making "fried chicken." He
had a skilletfull of cold chicken pieces, unadorned by crumbs,
flour or whatever, and was packing Crisco around them. His plan
was to get it all ready, then put it on the fire....

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