of domestic affairs

the other day, I invited a few friends over for dinner so I whipped up an italian dinner consisting of prosciuto e melone, gnocchi, tortellini, pasta and red wine. I bought the ground beef from Schnucks and left it in the fridge. yesterday, to my horror, I opened the fridge to realize that it had turned from bright red to a gloomy yucky brown after 4 days.

apparently, meat has to be frozen else they spoil, even if they were sold unfrozen in the first place.

WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT RITE??



Today, I decided to try to cook fish... after my frens laughed at me for not knowing that the microwave oven can actually defrost, i decided to try the function... at first, everything was good... and then the fish fillets began to get burnt at the edges while the center portions remained rock hard and ice cold. In a moment of desperation, I threw it on the pan anyway, to fry it and hopefully melt the center. Then the WHOLE PAN caught on fire. not the fish alone. the whole pan. I freaked out and tried to blow the fire out. THEN IT GOT BIGGER.

finally, i threw the whole pan into the sink and turned on the running water and in a climatic moment of water hissing in the flames, I began to feel plain useless. =(


Hugs, anyone?