Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?

Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.

On Jul 12, 2:03*pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>
> Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
> dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.

Decades ago I was taught to pour, shake or measure dry spices, herbs
and seasonings into my palm, not directly into the pan or pot or wok.
Good habit to have. -aem

aem wrote:

> On Jul 12, 2:03Â*pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
>> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>>
>> Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
>> dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.
>
> Decades ago I was taught to pour, shake or measure dry spices, herbs
> and seasonings into my palm, not directly into the pan or pot or wok.
> Good habit to have. -aem

Quite so.
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"aem" > wrote in message
...
On Jul 12, 2:03 pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>
> Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
> dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.

Decades ago I was taught to pour, shake or measure dry spices, herbs
and seasonings into my palm, not directly into the pan or pot or wok.
Good habit to have. -aem

Learned that one the hard way. Mom couldn't boil water w/o writing it down.

In article >,
"Kswck" > wrote:

> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>
> Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
> dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.

Never had that happen but did wonder why the stew I was trying to
thicken foamed up and didn't get any thicker... I'd put baking powder in
it instead of cornflour. Fortunately it didn't alter the flavour.

Miche

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On Jul 12, 5:03 pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>
> Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
> dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.

Many years ago, when I was a CIT at girl scout camp,
I had half a unit of girls to make dinner with. Salad,
Campfire Stew, I forget the rest.

Girls measured out the ingredients, seasoned, and set
it cooking. One of the cooks went to take a taste, and
knocked the pepper shaker into the stew, and of course
the top was loose so the whole shaker poured into the
stew. She was so flustered that she stirred it up before
I saw her taking out the empty and stew-covered
pepper shaker.

I tasted it, didn't think it was so bad, so we ate it. The
rest of the group came back, we ate dinner, and after
campfire and toasted s'mores, the girls got into their
sleeping bags and it was lights out.

About an hour later, one of the girls came over with
an upset stomach. We sent her and her buddy to the
nurse. Then another two came over, same complaint.
Sent them up as well. After the next three headed off
top see Nurse Kitty, we saw Kitty and all six girls
coming back. I told her what happened (she had been
worried that we hadn't cooked the stew long enough)
and she went around to the rest of the tents with her
bottle of antacid to catch the rest of the kids before
they all trouped down to her cabin.

Before she headed back to her abode, she stopped
off with us counselors and CIT's and laughed about
it, but did suggest that next time we had an accident
like that, to contact the kitchen and let them deal with
it.

The next day, my group had their hike and the other
half of the unit did the cooking. I noticed that the tops
of the salt and pepper shaker were on tightly....

maxine in ri

"maxine in ri" > wrote in message
...
> On Jul 12, 5:03 pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
>> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>>
>> Crushed red pepper in a wok dish here. Scooped it out-didn't matter, the
>> dish was ruined anyway. Had to make another.
>
> Many years ago, when I was a CIT at girl scout camp,
> I had half a unit of girls to make dinner with. Salad,
> Campfire Stew, I forget the rest.
>
> Girls measured out the ingredients, seasoned, and set
> it cooking. One of the cooks went to take a taste, and
> knocked the pepper shaker into the stew, and of course
> the top was loose so the whole shaker poured into the
> stew. She was so flustered that she stirred it up before
> I saw her taking out the empty and stew-covered
> pepper shaker.
>
> I tasted it, didn't think it was so bad, so we ate it. The
> rest of the group came back, we ate dinner, and after
> campfire and toasted s'mores, the girls got into their
> sleeping bags and it was lights out.
>
> About an hour later, one of the girls came over with
> an upset stomach. We sent her and her buddy to the
> nurse. Then another two came over, same complaint.
> Sent them up as well. After the next three headed off
> top see Nurse Kitty, we saw Kitty and all six girls
> coming back. I told her what happened (she had been
> worried that we hadn't cooked the stew long enough)
> and she went around to the rest of the tents with her
> bottle of antacid to catch the rest of the kids before
> they all trouped down to her cabin.
>
> Before she headed back to her abode, she stopped
> off with us counselors and CIT's and laughed about
> it, but did suggest that next time we had an accident
> like that, to contact the kitchen and let them deal with
> it.
>
> The next day, my group had their hike and the other
> half of the unit did the cooking. I noticed that the tops
> of the salt and pepper shaker were on tightly....
>
> maxine in ri

That's a good story, Maxine. But you're saying that much pepper didn't
greatly affect the taste and only caused upset stomachs? How big was the
pot?

For a moment, there, I thought you were addressing a cooking wardrobe
failure...


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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:25:15 -0400, "The UnInmate"
> wrote:

>That's a good story, Maxine. But you're saying that much pepper didn't
>greatly affect the taste and only caused upset stomachs? How big was the
>pot?

I was surprised black pepper *could* upset stomachs without affecting
the taste.


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Kswck wrote:
> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>

I stifled my scream of pain, put 'em back in, hitched up the old bra a
notch, and never told a soul.

I was making a double layered caked once and the top cake fell off.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:18:41 -0700, kalanamak >
wrote:

>Kswck wrote:
>> Did you just scoop out the overpour and serve the meal anyway?
>>
>
>I stifled my scream of pain, put 'em back in, hitched up the old bra a
>notch, and never told a soul.

LOL


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