cshenk wrote:

> "Horry" wrote
>
>
>>He's probably quite capable of handling hot liquids and naked flames.
>
>
> So nice to chat with you last night Horry! Well, night for me at least ;-)
>
> For the others, he meant pouring boiling liquids and for flames meant things
> like flambe's or since he was specifically addressing cake making, those
> little blow torches you see chefs with on TV. Stuff like that. Not normal
> things like heating a soup or using a burner on the stove (or in his case,
> mentioned hot plates being what they have and use mostly).
>
> Sensible. Charlotte wasnt allowed to dump over a pot of boiling pasta from
> the stove to the sink colander at that age either.
>
>

My son is a long-term pastaholic and has been boiling salted water and
draining cooked pasta in a colander since he was 7. He's 14 now. He
most probably has gotten himself a steam burn or two since then but the
idea of possibly losing the right to cook his own pasta at will has kept
him from ever mentioning any such incident.

He's still got all his fingers, never needed a skin graft, has no
visible scars. And he makes an absolutely rocking alfredo sauce.

At some point, I suspect that this, combined with his ninja "garlic
bread, caesar salad and loading the dishwasher" skills, will probably
score big points with the ladies.

On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:24:17 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:

>At some point, I suspect that this, combined with his ninja "garlic
>bread, caesar salad and loading the dishwasher" skills, will probably
>score big points with the ladies.

Let me tell you, it does!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Kathleen" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

>> Sensible. Charlotte wasnt allowed to dump over a pot of boiling pasta
>> from the stove to the sink colander at that age either.

> My son is a long-term pastaholic and has been boiling salted water and
> draining cooked pasta in a colander since he was 7. He's 14 now. He most
> probably has gotten himself a steam burn or two since then but the idea of
> possibly losing the right to cook his own pasta at will has kept him from
> ever mentioning any such incident.

Grin, good on ya both there! Part of Charlotte's reason was she was too
short still to see well enough over the sink back then. She's probably at
full height now and a whopping 5ft2 (grin, so happy to be an inch taller
than me! Lords it over me all the time!)

> He's still got all his fingers, never needed a skin graft, has no visible
> scars. And he makes an absolutely rocking alfredo sauce.

;-)

> At some point, I suspect that this, combined with his ninja "garlic bread,
> caesar salad and loading the dishwasher" skills, will probably score big
> points with the ladies.

Oh yeah!

cshenk wrote:

> "Kathleen" wrote
>
>>cshenk wrote:
>
>
>>>Sensible. Charlotte wasnt allowed to dump over a pot of boiling pasta
>>>from the stove to the sink colander at that age either.
>
>
>>My son is a long-term pastaholic and has been boiling salted water and
>>draining cooked pasta in a colander since he was 7. He's 14 now. He most
>>probably has gotten himself a steam burn or two since then but the idea of
>>possibly losing the right to cook his own pasta at will has kept him from
>>ever mentioning any such incident.
>
>
> Grin, good on ya both there! Part of Charlotte's reason was she was too
> short still to see well enough over the sink back then. She's probably at
> full height now and a whopping 5ft2 (grin, so happy to be an inch taller
> than me! Lords it over me all the time!)
>
Yep. My son is 6'1" now and awfully damned pleased to be taller than
his 5'11" mother.

His big sister was annoyed to top out at 5'7".

>
>>He's still got all his fingers, never needed a skin graft, has no visible
>>scars. And he makes an absolutely rocking alfredo sauce.
>
>
> ;-)
>
>
>>At some point, I suspect that this, combined with his ninja "garlic bread,
>>caesar salad and loading the dishwasher" skills, will probably score big
>>points with the ladies.
>
> Oh yeah!

In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> Yep. My son is 6'1" now and awfully damned pleased to be taller than
> his 5'11" mother.

I remember reading the riot act to our son once when he was about 16 or
something. He had a sh**-eating grin on his face and I growled to know
just what was so damned funny. "Oh, nothing, Mom. I just wondered if
you realize that you're looking up at me." How could I not laugh?
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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-- a woman my age shouldn't
have this much fun!