Cooking blunders

After my last post, some of you were like, “We want to see the flaming toast!”

So ok, yes, you know me, I did actually take a picture of the flaming toast. But not until I had pulled it out of the oven and set it in the sink. By that time the flame was only about an inch tall. It was significantly more impressive when I first opened the oven. But I was busy trying not to burn my kitchen down, so you’ll have to make do with a belated photo of a little itty-bitty flame, and the deep, rich, orange and black glow of cheese toast charcoal.

Had I not burned the crap out of it, it would have been a very nice treat of white cheddar cheese on a quarter of a French roll.

While I’m blogging about culinary catastrophes, I recently made a spinach quiche, but forgot the spinach. I had left the spinach in the microwave. I discovered it after the quiche was done baking.

But darn it, I wanted a spinach quiche. So I cut the cooked quiche into quarters, lifted the top section of each quarter with a metal spatula, inserted my microwaved spinach like cake filling, and replaced the top of the quiche.

It totally worked! In my opinion. I was very pleased with my spinach-filled quiche.

Of course if you don’t want to come next time I invite you for dinner, that’s your loss. Although I don’t actually invite people for dinner. And this is why!

We do encourage people to come stay with us, (Yay, Tucson in the wintertime!) but guests will quickly discover that a certain amount of independence around mealtime will make your stay more pleasant. We happily offer two guest rooms, three bathrooms, a heated swimming pool, and plenty of food in the pantry. After that you’re on your own!

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