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"choppin' broccooliii !"
Nov. 29th, 2005 09:52 pmThe proper way for awhyzip to make broccoli:
Get broccoli in steamer (rinse it, chop it up into big pieces, get water to boiling, put broccoli on steamer above water, turn down heat, cover)
Set timer for 8 minutes and leave the room
Go read LJ, or something
"beep-beep-beep!" --- check on tasty broccoli and have dinner.
The wrong way to make broccoli:
> Chop, boil, cover, etc
> Stand by counter and wait.
> Stand over by stove and wait.
> Circle the kitchen table.
> Whip off lid! Stab fork into floret! --- it's not ready yet :-(
> Admonish self that I know it takes broccoli longer than 1:30 to cook.
> ... Repeat all but the first step 2 more times. Broccoli is still too hard. It's only been 3 minutes. I have bad patience!
> Now go read LJ, or something.
> Eat floppy over-done broccoli. :-/
Exacerbating factors:
Discovering that the pot of your roomate's you hoped to borrow and cook ziti in at the same time was used for her dinner and is unavailable. (Taking down & opening a cardboard box from the cupboard only occupies so much of an 8-minute lull! Is it cooked yet?)
The wrong way to make broccoli:
> Chop, boil, cover, etc
> Stand by counter and wait.
> Stand over by stove and wait.
> Circle the kitchen table.
> Whip off lid! Stab fork into floret! --- it's not ready yet :-(
> Admonish self that I know it takes broccoli longer than 1:30 to cook.
> ... Repeat all but the first step 2 more times. Broccoli is still too hard. It's only been 3 minutes. I have bad patience!
> Now go read LJ, or something.
> Eat floppy over-done broccoli. :-/
Exacerbating factors:
Discovering that the pot of your roomate's you hoped to borrow and cook ziti in at the same time was used for her dinner and is unavailable. (Taking down & opening a cardboard box from the cupboard only occupies so much of an 8-minute lull! Is it cooked yet?)
