Another episode of... Cooking with James!!

Today episode is more like a pair of short clips. I do more cooking these days but nothing too challenging yet. Lots of PB&J, chilaquiles one night, and premade pizza. But I've also started doing something with my morning routine. I get up at 730am most days and since I dont drink coffee, I've decided that tea is a good thing in the morning. I don't much care for tea, but I force myself just to get some caffeine in the morning (something I didn't used to do but feel I should probably need. And with my 4.5 hours of sleep average lately, I really do need it.

So this morning I went to make some tea. I put some water in the pot, but not too much cuz I was only making a cup. As it whistles, I grab it and begin pouring, but realize that the small amount I put in had evaporated into steam(duh.) leaving me with very little hot water. Fine. I'll just make some more. So I open the lid and the aforementioned steam comes spewing out onto the handle, where my right hand is conveniently holding the teapot. Hot gas burns my hand. I quickly put the teapot down, annoyed with myself. I then, because the lesson didn't sink in, grab the handle again to refill the pot, and burn my hand again with the steam! I persevere, dump a bunch of water into the pot and put it down to replace the lid. However, I fumble the lid, dropping it on upsidedown, handle down. So in my continuing dumbness, I grab the lid, which if you understand anything about conduction, you can conclude that the metal material had heated up, and I thereby burned my other fingers too. Moral of the story: i really do need caffeine in the morning.

One last side story for about my dinner endeavors. I made chili beans tonight, which ive made before and am good at. I dumped it all in the pot and heated it up. When things boil, they also steam, and then condensate (sp?) on the pot lid. My lid is glass. I can see the hot water on the bottom of the lid. Yet when I picked up the lid to stir the chili, I hold the lid sideways and that hot water falls on my foot. Thank goodness I had socks on to take most of the water and I'm tall enough that it cooled a little bit, so the burn was barely noticeable. BUT I definitely thought it was going to hurt and hopped up and down in reaction before I realized I wasn't in pain. Steam and me are not friends.

Oh well, at least nothing burned down (and i tried by mistakenly leaving the label on the pot as I cooked...)

See you Sunday!