Thread: Kitchen oops du jour

Silvar Beitel wrote:
>
> while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter

If you can roll it it's not pizza dough.

Silvar Beitel wrote:
>
> while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter

If you can roll it it's not pizza dough.

Silvar Beitel <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:
>
> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the
> kitchen counter (made somewhat crowded by
> random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados)
> and appliances), I managed to knock the large
> (~10 pound) open container of flour off the
> counter that I was using to dust the dough.
>
> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.
>
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was
> constrained to a small area of the floor and there
> was no huge cloud to coat the entire kitchen a la
> some 1930s comedy movie.
>
> After calling the family down to witness the mishap
> and accept their abuse, cleanup was a matter of
> slipping a large flexible cutting board under the
> container, then vacuuming up what little was left.
> Whew!

Get thee to your Quik-E-Mart's SuperLotto! Lady Luck doesn't
visit so often that you should pass her up!

ObFood: Spawn+KitchenAid Mixer+flour = Disaster.

The Ranger

Silvar Beitel <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:
>
> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the
> kitchen counter (made somewhat crowded by
> random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados)
> and appliances), I managed to knock the large
> (~10 pound) open container of flour off the
> counter that I was using to dust the dough.
>
> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.
>
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was
> constrained to a small area of the floor and there
> was no huge cloud to coat the entire kitchen a la
> some 1930s comedy movie.
>
> After calling the family down to witness the mishap
> and accept their abuse, cleanup was a matter of
> slipping a large flexible cutting board under the
> container, then vacuuming up what little was left.
> Whew!

Get thee to your Quik-E-Mart's SuperLotto! Lady Luck doesn't
visit so often that you should pass her up!

ObFood: Spawn+KitchenAid Mixer+flour = Disaster.

The Ranger

On May 12, 2:55 pm, Sheldon <PENMAR...@aol.com> wrote:
> Silvar Beitel wrote:
>
> > while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter
>
> If you can roll it it's not pizza dough.

You're right, of course.

What I made was a soft yeast bread dough with olive oil, salt and a
little sugar, rested after risen until I could stretch it easily by
hand but shaped with a rolling pin into perfect rounds since I am not
expert in tossing/stretching pizza dough by hand.

We did enjoy our "pizzas," or whatever they were.

--
Silvar Beitel

On May 12, 2:55 pm, Sheldon <PENMAR...@aol.com> wrote:
> Silvar Beitel wrote:
>
> > while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter
>
> If you can roll it it's not pizza dough.

You're right, of course.

What I made was a soft yeast bread dough with olive oil, salt and a
little sugar, rested after risen until I could stretch it easily by
hand but shaped with a rolling pin into perfect rounds since I am not
expert in tossing/stretching pizza dough by hand.

We did enjoy our "pizzas," or whatever they were.

--
Silvar Beitel

"Silvar Beitel" <[email protected]> wrote

> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:
>
> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter (made
> somewhat crowded by random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados) and
> appliances), I managed to knock the large (~10 pound) open container
> of flour off the counter that I was using to dust the dough.
>
> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.
>
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.

Saved! by. the. BELL! That's a riot.

> After calling the family down to witness the mishap and accept their
> abuse, cleanup was a matter of slipping a large flexible cutting board
> under the container, then vacuuming up what little was left. Whew!

Talk about dodging a bullet. And now you know to move the other
stuff out of the way. I'm particularly prone to working with clutter.
So much easier if you move it first.

nancy

"Silvar Beitel" <[email protected]> wrote

> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:
>
> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter (made
> somewhat crowded by random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados) and
> appliances), I managed to knock the large (~10 pound) open container
> of flour off the counter that I was using to dust the dough.
>
> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.
>
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.

Saved! by. the. BELL! That's a riot.

> After calling the family down to witness the mishap and accept their
> abuse, cleanup was a matter of slipping a large flexible cutting board
> under the container, then vacuuming up what little was left. Whew!

Talk about dodging a bullet. And now you know to move the other
stuff out of the way. I'm particularly prone to working with clutter.
So much easier if you move it first.

nancy

On Mon 12 May 2008 11:36:25a, Silvar Beitel told us...

> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:
>
> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter (made
> somewhat crowded by random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados) and
> appliances), I managed to knock the large (~10 pound) open container
> of flour off the counter that I was using to dust the dough.
>
> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.
>
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.
>
> After calling the family down to witness the mishap and accept their
> abuse, cleanup was a matter of slipping a large flexible cutting board
> under the container, then vacuuming up what little was left. Whew!
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel
>

You'd better be extra careful. This was probably just a warning, and no
telling what will happen next! :-)

Great story!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Monday, 05(V)/12(XII)/08(MMVIII)
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Countdown till Memorial Day
1wks 6dys 10hrs 20mins
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Minds are like parachutes, they only
work when open.
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On Mon 12 May 2008 11:36:25a, Silvar Beitel told us...

> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:
>
> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter (made
> somewhat crowded by random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados) and
> appliances), I managed to knock the large (~10 pound) open container
> of flour off the counter that I was using to dust the dough.
>
> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.
>
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.
>
> After calling the family down to witness the mishap and accept their
> abuse, cleanup was a matter of slipping a large flexible cutting board
> under the container, then vacuuming up what little was left. Whew!
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel
>

You'd better be extra careful. This was probably just a warning, and no
telling what will happen next! :-)

Great story!

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Monday, 05(V)/12(XII)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
Countdown till Memorial Day
1wks 6dys 10hrs 20mins
-------------------------------------------
Minds are like parachutes, they only
work when open.
-------------------------------------------

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from Silvar Beitel <[email protected]> contains these words:

> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:

> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter (made
> somewhat crowded by random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados) and
> appliances), I managed to knock the large (~10 pound) open container
> of flour off the counter that I was using to dust the dough.

> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.

> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.

You were lucky -) Many years ago, my neighbour and I used to do bulk
shopping together for kitchen dry stores, then split the packets. On
this day we arrived back from the cash and carry, dumped the sacks of
flour, sugar etc in her kitchen, sent our children out to play (aged
3,3,2) and took a cup of coffee into her sitting room to relax before
dividing the goodies.
When we went back to the kitchen it was a white-out. The entire
kitchen and all 3 kids were completely covered in flour. The little boys
said they had heard us talking about sharing out the flour and were (so
they said) trying to make two heaps on her table.

That was the last time we shared supplies.

Janet

The message
<[email protected]>
from Silvar Beitel <[email protected]> contains these words:

> For your entertainment/criticism/sympathy du jour:

> Last night, while rolling out pizza dough on the kitchen counter (made
> somewhat crowded by random breads, vegetables (tomatoes, avocados) and
> appliances), I managed to knock the large (~10 pound) open container
> of flour off the counter that I was using to dust the dough.

> Bad news: It landed on the floor, upside down.

> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.

You were lucky -) Many years ago, my neighbour and I used to do bulk
shopping together for kitchen dry stores, then split the packets. On
this day we arrived back from the cash and carry, dumped the sacks of
flour, sugar etc in her kitchen, sent our children out to play (aged
3,3,2) and took a cup of coffee into her sitting room to relax before
dividing the goodies.
When we went back to the kitchen it was a white-out. The entire
kitchen and all 3 kids were completely covered in flour. The little boys
said they had heard us talking about sharing out the flour and were (so
they said) trying to make two heaps on her table.

That was the last time we shared supplies.

Janet

"Silvar Beitel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.
>

You sure were lucky. I've often thought about the possibility of that
while moving the big flour tin around. We keep a small tin in the cupboard
for things like that. It holds about a pound of flour and is handy for when
you need a dusting.

"Silvar Beitel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
> small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
> kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.
>

You sure were lucky. I've often thought about the possibility of that
while moving the big flour tin around. We keep a small tin in the cupboard
for things like that. It holds about a pound of flour and is handy for when
you need a dusting.