two rants this evening.
first, a culinary one.
i’d say i’m not bad at cooking - i love cooking, i love eating.. i hate washing up, but so is the way of a regular eater.. and i can pretty much throw together most things, occasionally with the help of jamie or similar types.. but there are two things which i fail miserably at every time: jacket potatoes in the oven, and omelettes.
I have *no* idea how long it takes to do a potato in the oven… I think its somewhere near three days, as i never seem to be able to do them well.. how on earth do those little stalls with victorian ovens get them so lovely and fluffy?! goddamit. maybe i need mrs beaton on my side.
and omelettes? jeez, they’re a mission and a half for me. everyone would agree, they’re possibly one of the easiest things to make, but can i keep them whole? can i stop them from turning into scrambled eggs and filling? can i? nope. i think the trick is make them a lot thinner than i do, and get the oil a hell of a lot hotter.. but goddamit, in both the potato and omelette circumstances, i’m always just too damn hungry to wait.. thats why i eat crunchy pasta.
rant 2.. and this is a spur of the moment rant, which no doubt you’ll all be aware of and be equally annoyed at:
“.. and our film will continue after the 10′o’clock news”
ARRGH! Will Timmy Dalton and MaryamD’Arbo manage to work with the Muhajadin to defeat the evil KGB defector and american arms dealer? Will webponce get to bed before midnight this week? Where are my slippers?
All this and more, continued, in 45 minutes.
