Wednesday, November 23, 2005

My Spinach, Your Kitchen?!

So yeah. I've been _ALLOWED_ to make the creamed spinach for Lum's Thanksgiving Dinner this Saturday. So long as I make it in HIS kitchen. Why, I demanded to know. Why can't I make it in my kitchen. My kitchen works, you know. Well, says the ever-tactful Lum, it's so that if you screw it up I can still fix it.

Flour, water, cream, cheese, spinach, salt, pepper and nutmeg. If I can't mix these ingredients together without screwing it up, it'll be a wonder how I manage to get up every day and brush my teeth without wetting the entire bathroom.

Wait. Did that come out right?

Anyway. As I was saying. Do I want to make the creamed spinach still, knowing that I'll have Lum breathing down my neck the whole time ("Is that how you hold your knife? What kind of creamed cheese did you use? Why are you stirring counter-clockwise?") or should I make the stuff at home and in peace, lug it over and incur the displeasure of my host? Hmmm..

Hang on a minute. What am I saying? Other people are bringing food. Are other people supposed to cook in his kitchen as well? Kerry, if you are reading this, please confirm if you will be baking the Tomorrow Cheesecake in Lum's kitchen as well. And please also confirm if you will be baking that cheesecake the day before. If not, then you should. No point telling all and sundry for 2 years in a row that the cheesecake we are eating today will taste better tomorrow.

8 comments:

  1. Think about it this way - if you make it in Lum's kitchen, you don't have to do any cleaning up and your kitchen will remain spotless. If this appeals to you enough, you may even want to consider cooking all your meals in future at Lum's place then bringing the food home to eat with your family.

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  2. Anonymous6:00 PM

    hallo!! just came here thru mercermachine's site, and the one thing that's struck me is just how adorable ur little one is. such a cutie. :) well happy bday in advance MrsMachine. hope you have a fantastic yr ahead with lots of love and happiness.

    p.s. now i'm going to keep checking back just to see pics of the baby. heehee.
    *stalker sound effects*

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  3. Thanks very much! I do check back pretty often to look at the baby photos too. I also follow my baby everywhere he goes. I'm sure he knows by now that he is being stalked.

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  4. Anonymous9:47 PM

    Haha, ur hubby calls your baby Machineboy. He is really serious about his online moniker don't he? Anyway, a early happy birthday to you from Mecer's fan(Waaahhh, I am ordered by him!)

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  5. Thanks for your good wishes!

    I'm just glad he's not like anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com, who refers to his family as Anonymous Wife and Anonymous Son.

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