Salt and sugar woes
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Salt ... that'll get his heart racing ... trying to "do him in" already uh? Just kidding!!! ;P
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Salt ... that'll get his heart racing ... trying to "do him in" already uh? Just kidding!!! ;P
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My wife would boil the bread and toast the eggs. :rolleyes: :~
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You can get unrefined sugar, sucanat (sp?) and other kinds of "healthier" (hahaha) sugars in most health food stores, and a lot of those have bigger crystals. Plus, if you get unrefined sugar, it'll be a golden-yellow instead of white. Quite an amusing story. Reminds me of when the Chinese restaurant confused the sugar for the MSG. They put in MSG instead of sugar. X| Marc Pensieve
Marc Clifton wrote:
unrefined sugar,
Something I must look for during my next grocery shopping. Thanks! Cheers Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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That's lovely Smitha, I'm glad you're enjoying yourselves. Try to touch things with your hand inside your sleeve first so that your sleeve takes the shock. Static shocks can be surprisingly painful! Michael's doing great thanks, nearly 9 months already and into everything. You can see photo's of him here[^] :)
A mum and loving it!
Megan Forbes wrote:
Static shocks can be surprisingly painful!
Very much!!!
Megan Forbes wrote:
You can see photo's of him here[^]
Thank you so much for the pictures. Lots of new additions than the last time I saw the collection. Cheers Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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Boiled eggs and toast. Anyone can learn boiled eggs and toast. Hello? Nish? Eh? :)
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Shog9 wrote:
Anyone can learn boiled eggs and toast. Hello? Nish? Eh?
As long as he washes up the cooking utensils too, it's an idea that can be considered. I believe in all kinds of optimizations that can be applied at work in the kitchen. Nish would take a long time learning techiques like spoon reusal, pan parallel processing etc. Cheers, Smitha :) Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish.
Would different-colored containers work?
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Smitha Vijayan wrote:
also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry
This soumnds like a good deal to me :) OT: Did you get Nish to see a doctor?
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Shog9 wrote:
Anyone can learn boiled eggs and toast. Hello? Nish? Eh?
As long as he washes up the cooking utensils too, it's an idea that can be considered. I believe in all kinds of optimizations that can be applied at work in the kitchen. Nish would take a long time learning techiques like spoon reusal, pan parallel processing etc. Cheers, Smitha :) Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Nish would take a long time learning techiques like spoon reusal, pan parallel processing etc.
What makes this doubly funny is that just last night i was explaining the difficulties in utilizing multiprocessor machines by comparing it to trying to make a cake faster using two people working in parallel. Optimization is truly a skill that applies to multiple disciplines... :)
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Smitha Vijayan wrote:
also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry
This soumnds like a good deal to me :) OT: Did you get Nish to see a doctor?
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Tree in C# || Fold With Us! || sighistOne of our friend's wife is a doctor - she hadn't practised as one much though - got married and moved to Canada soon after she completed her medical degree [with which she cannot practice here in Toronto without doing some qualifying tests]. We consulted her and she says it's just a spasm and nothing to worry about. We did check his BP and it was normal too. He is getting better :) Thanks Smitha :) Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish.
Would different-colored containers work?
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
It would. Or I could even place them in separate loactions in the cupboard. But as I said I see these as beginner's tricks and I hate to admit I am not an expert :) Cheers Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Funny story :laugh: In our kitchen, the salt is always stays in the same packet/container from the store, where as sugar is always poured in different container. On dining table, salt and pepper are placed in the same type of container (shakers).
Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto.
Try Trader Joe store, they carry wide variety of organic and other related foods which you won't find in the regular stores.
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Funny story :laugh: In our kitchen, the salt is always stays in the same packet/container from the store, where as sugar is always poured in different container. On dining table, salt and pepper are placed in the same type of container (shakers).
Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto.
Try Trader Joe store, they carry wide variety of organic and other related foods which you won't find in the regular stores.
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Kant wrote:
Try Trader Joe store
I am not sure the chain exists in Toronto. Cheers Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach