Recovering from our camp weekend...and what a weekend it was! The weather was HORRIBLE at the end, and we actually ended camp early so everyone could get home safely...many thanks to all the volunteers who made it happen...YOU GUYS ROCK!!
So, I have an obsession with "reality" cooking shows...and I use the term "reality" loosely...because I believe that the people on these shows have NO CLUE how to adapt to changes that may occur in the kitchen atmosphere! I've watched them whine about having to cook meals out of a microwave, or cooking ahead, just to have to reheat it, or only having ONE burner to cook for 30 (God forbid!!) Ah, the good ole days when I had to work with no hot water, broken equipment, having the pots stolen out of my kitchen to be used for drums, blowing all kinds of circuits, aaaand, the most recent...NO COOK TRUCK!....yet breakfast/lunch/dinner has to be served in an hour...WHAT DO YOU DO??
This is where I jump in and scream at the t.v., "You WUSSES!!! I could do that! Use a crock pot! Use a griddle, and GET OVER IT!!" The only exception to this would be "Chopped", where the ridiculous items they have to cook with, and the even more ridiculous amount of time would make anyone freak out...yet I still have to "give" them my opinions on what I'd make. But really, there are items that I would recommend that everyone have in their possession for just such a cooking emergency...they are: 1) a griddle or 2, 2) a crock pot, 3) one or 2 butane burners.
The griddle can be used for sandwiches, for heating pots of things (yes, I've done that) ...anything that you'd use a frying pan for. The crock pot can be used to boil macaroni, make soup (of course), anything you may want to make into a 1- pot meal, and the butane burner is an absolute necessity if you don't have gas OR electricity to cook with...it can be used inside (I've used them at many restaurants, and I rely on them to bail me out when the unimaginable hits), and is fueled by nothing more than a lil' ole can o' butane, available at any camping/ hardware store.
Merry Christmas to all, and hope your holiday parties are filled with excellent food!
I hear you, sweetie. I'm counting on you when the lights go ouuut.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you retained memories of cooking without much of anything. When you were but a babe I had to heat water to wash diapers and hang all over the house to dry. Winter, you know. Yes, you learned a lot from being a wee one. :-)
Yup...it's genetic!
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