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I learned an important lesson yesterday
Nov. 28th, 2013 01:36 pmI am better than I think I am at that language I am learning.
A couple of months ago, I tried to make a recipe I found online. It didn't go particularly well, because the recipe was in Swedish (well, mostly Swedish. It was being shouted in angry Swenglish on YouTube), and I did not trust my ability to understand it. So I went out and found an English-language recipe. It was terrible. It didn't work, in so many ways, and we wound up throwing the leftovers out.
Last night, I decided I really wanted to try it again, so I went back to the screaming Swedes on YouTube and watched it again and followed it how I was pretty sure he said to do it. It worked perfectly this time, except for the fact that our pans are not as no-stick as they should be, so some of it sort of just turned to mince. That was disappointing, but we have no leftovers at all, save a bit of the brown sauce, which I may just put over pasta or bread or something. Because that sauce is delicious.
I kind of want to try the other recipes now. We'll see how it all goes.
Also, I think I've worked out what to do for Christmas gifts for everyone this year. Things I can do quickly, over the span of a few days each: cheeky cross-stitch samplers and knitted scarves. I have so much yarn I am never going to use, so it can become scarves. If I'm very quick, everybody can get one of each. We'll see.
A couple of months ago, I tried to make a recipe I found online. It didn't go particularly well, because the recipe was in Swedish (well, mostly Swedish. It was being shouted in angry Swenglish on YouTube), and I did not trust my ability to understand it. So I went out and found an English-language recipe. It was terrible. It didn't work, in so many ways, and we wound up throwing the leftovers out.
Last night, I decided I really wanted to try it again, so I went back to the screaming Swedes on YouTube and watched it again and followed it how I was pretty sure he said to do it. It worked perfectly this time, except for the fact that our pans are not as no-stick as they should be, so some of it sort of just turned to mince. That was disappointing, but we have no leftovers at all, save a bit of the brown sauce, which I may just put over pasta or bread or something. Because that sauce is delicious.
I kind of want to try the other recipes now. We'll see how it all goes.
Also, I think I've worked out what to do for Christmas gifts for everyone this year. Things I can do quickly, over the span of a few days each: cheeky cross-stitch samplers and knitted scarves. I have so much yarn I am never going to use, so it can become scarves. If I'm very quick, everybody can get one of each. We'll see.
