Ever have one of those days

[Alpo]

You decide to cook something that you haven't made for a couple of years. And you don't remember how long to cook it for. So when you take it out of the oven it's still half raw.

 

The intelligent thing, of course, would have been to look at the recipe and find out how long to cook it. Except you never wrote it down, because you made it so often you know how long to cook it.

 

"Supper's going to be a little late tonight".

[Rye Miles #13621]

22 minutes ago, Alpo said:

You decide to cook something that you haven't made for a couple of years. And you don't remember how long to cook it for. So when you take it out of the oven it's still half raw.

 

The intelligent thing, of course, would have been to look at the recipe and find out how long to cook it. Except you never wrote it down, because you made it so often you know how long to cook it.

 

"Supper's going to be a little late tonight".

Google it! 

[Rip Snorter]

You have and use a Thermapen One - no guesswork required.

[Alpo]

14 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Google it! 

Did not need to Google it. I was relying on memory.

1 minute ago, Rip Snorter said:

You have and use a Thermapen One - no guesswork required.

I don't see how that would help. I have it in the oven for a half an hour. I take it out. I look at it. It's obviously not done. Why would it matter what the temperature is? Back in the oven.

[Alpo]

My replies were merged. Of course they were.

 

Probably this one will be also.

 

I have decided that I cooked it before for an hour 15, and it was a little overdone. My great memory was telling me that I had cooked it for 45, and it was a little overdone. So I backed it off 15 minutes.

 

Now if I had remembered that I cooked it before for an hour 15 and backed it off 15 minutes I would have cooked it for an hour and that would have been the right time. Because I cooked it for a half hour, took it out of the oven, and you could feel it when I stick my fork in it. Ain't nothing like rubbery chicken to tell you it ain't done. Put it back in for a half hour and it came out perfect.

[Texas Lizard]

9 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

You have and use a Thermapen One - no guesswork required.

Depends in where he puts it....

 

Texas lizard

[Rip Snorter]

10 minutes ago, Alpo said:

Did not need to Google it. I was relying on memory.

I don't see how that would help. I have it in the oven for a half an hour. I take it out. I look at it. It's obviously not done. Why would it matter what the temperature is? Back in the oven.

Whatever works (or doesn't) in your own kitchen.  Been a pretty decent cook for decades with favorite recipes in books or written and a fair memory as well.  The device simply removes doubt and is used by professionals all over the country.  Max average variation from scheduled dinner time? 15 minutes, and that rare.

[watab kid]

the temp gage that tells your phone when it reaches proper temp is the way to go - no diseases that way , 

[Eyesa Horg]

1 hour ago, watab kid said:

the temp gage that tells your phone when it reaches proper temp is the way to go - no diseases that way , 

What diseases do you get if it doesn't tell your phone? 

[Alpo]

I assume he's speaking of dysentery.

[watab kid]

28 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

What diseases do you get if it doesn't tell your phone? 

i dont talk to my phone normally but i dont let my meat give me diseases because they are improperly cooked either - i think you knew that tho , 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Google it! 

When I'm in doubt I call my daughter-in-law.  She copied all of my recipes down and has a few hundred of her own and other people's, as well.

[Rye Miles #13621]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

Did not need to Google it. I was relying on memory.

I don't see how that would help. I have it in the oven for a half an hour. I take it out. I look at it. It's obviously not done. Why would it matter what the temperature is? Back in the oven.

If you google it you may find a similar recipe which will tell you how much time is needed. If not as you said, shove it back in the oven!

Edited November 18, 2024 by Rye Miles #13621

[Eyesa Horg]

11 hours ago, Alpo said:

I assume he's speaking of dysentery.

 

10 hours ago, watab kid said:

i dont talk to my phone normally but i dont let my meat give me diseases because they are improperly cooked either - i think you knew that tho , 

I guess ya missed the emoji . It was just a joke on the thermometer NOT talking to your phone! Pretty sure we all know the benefit of using a thermo, but I've never had one talk to my phone! 

[watab kid]

10 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

 

I guess ya missed the emoji . It was just a joke on the thermometer NOT talking to your phone! Pretty sure we all know the benefit of using a thermo, but I've never had one talk to my phone! 

i have a friend thats way into cooking/grilling and his sends all the data to his phone and even an alarm when its reached that temp , 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Never!  Never in my life!  Everything always comes out of the oven PERFECTLY COOKED!!!  

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

All this "Technology" stuff takes all the fun and excitement out of cooking.  Except for those fun occasions when you forget to tell the thermometer when and at what temp to call the phone.  Or forget to set the rimer onna Stove/Oven.  Or your tinnitus covers the Stove/Oven timer sounds.  Or you miss-set the Microwave timer.  Or you forgot to reset your clocks after Daylight savings. . . . .

 

PS:  And Alexa says "You have no timers set."

Edited November 19, 2024 by Colorado Coffinmaker
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[watab kid]

im not a good cook/chef type guy , but i subscribe to that as well , i watch it close but ya get what ya get in the end 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

On 11/17/2024 at 6:28 PM, Alpo said:

You decide to cook something that you haven't made for a couple of years. And you don't remember how long to cook it for. So when you take it out of the oven it's still half raw.

 

The intelligent thing, of course, would have been to look at the recipe and find out how long to cook it. Except you never wrote it down, because you made it so often you know how long to cook it.

 

"Supper's going to be a little late tonight".

No. You and you alone, Alpo, have done this.  
 

But of course it has happened to us all, mon ami.

 

 

Edited November 19, 2024 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984

[Dr. Zook]

Easy for me - I just ask the wife, she knows everything I've done down to the minute details for the last 20+ years & frequently reminded as such...

[Subdeacon Joe]

What trips me up more is when I  try a receipt,  or make one up, think "I need to modify it thusly,"  pull up the doc on my computer and make the modification.  Then a few weeks later go to make it again, remember that I needed to modify it, forget that I had made the changes on the computer and printed out the new version,  and make the change as I go.

 

Other is when I double or treble a receipt, or reducing one, and miss changing one ingredient. Putting the salt for 20 servings into a receipt cut to 5 servings is unpleasant.