Today was a frigid day!!! Out in the portables (where no one wants to go) the water was freezing on the gutters and handrails before it even had time to flow off of those things. So, as I was thinking about what to make for dinner...I came up with the idea of chili. Got a great chili recipe from a friend (S.U.)! And when I say great, I mean it. It has to be some of the best chili I have ever eaten...I digress.
So, I get home, watch some Oprah, then get up to cook dinner before the hubby gets home. I also decide I am going to make some chai tea (my favorite). I reach up into the tall cabinet to get the box of tea and at the same time a plastic tub of coffee falls down onto the cabinet. Nothing happened, it didn't spill, all was well. So, I have started the chili, began steeping the tea (making it old school on the stove). So, I figure I better put that coffee back up into the cabinet. I had taken down another coffee tub that was in my way. So, I put up the first coffee tub, no problem. I grab the second tub and as I am quickly putting it up on that tall shelf I didn't notice that it had fallen upside down when it first fell out. And that the lid had come off. So, as I am trying to put it back up on the shelf coffee spills out everywhere, everywhere includes in my chili...now it's in the cabinets, on the floor, on the stove, on the counter, and all over me. I had put on my robe over my clothes because I was cold and it even went into my robe pocket. Now, coffee is all over my freshly washed robe. I don't know if you have ever tried to clean up coffee but it is just like cleaning up SAND. It is awful. It seems to multiply and you can't get all of it up. As for the coffee in the chili, I figure "what the heck, leave it". Maybe I came up with a new recipe. Well, I couldn't taste any coffee in the chili, it still tasty yummy. Thanks again S.U. Fun times in the kitchen with margo! I was thinking about making vanilla coffee flavored chili for keeno!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Vanilla Coffee flavored Chili anyone ?????
Posted by gruvyteacher at 6:14 PM
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4 comments:
Your cooking skills are impressive! That is a great way to get a little caffeine fix without the hassle of making coffee!
GREAT point, Laura!! I had never thought about the benifits of caffenated foods before! This is such a "Margo" story! I am THRILLED Chet loved it.
I have never tried to clean up coffee from a large spill...but your description makes me hope I never have to...Ugh. Sorry for the mess!
Again~ this is the exact reason why do HATE to cook!
Your stories crack me up. I can just picture you telling them as I read.
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