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Sunday, March 9th, 2008 01:46 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of CJ Feels Stupid In The Kitchen!

This time it's lasagna, a dish even I cannot usually screw up. I decided to add Italian sausage, not in the sauce, but just adding it in between the sauce and the cheese. I made all the layers and remembered to leave a big bunch of mozzarella to put on top. I'm so smart.

When I grated that mozzarella, I took a good chip off the base of my thumb, a minor but painful goof I haven't made for years. Considering that I know better than to serve this to anybody but myself, I figured this attempt was just barely still a success. I spread out the cheese prettily.

Then I noticed the other two-thirds of the sausage, still waiting. Dangit. The only layer I remembered to put sausage on was the bottom one. So I dumped that large pile of crumbled sausage on above the cheese, pressing it down in the hopes the cheese would sort of bubble around it. Durrr. It's going to look like pizza.

But the whole thing is baking now, and mmm the smell. I adore Italian sausage.

I better get cracking if I want bread today. This will be the first time I ever try rye.
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 10:25 pm (UTC)
mmmmmm, lasagna!!!

glad you figured out about the sausage BEFORE you put it in the oven. and shredding your finger - OUCH!!! i do that, too. :(

i find with lasagna, that no matter how prettily you arrange things, it all goes to hell after you take out tha first piece and it all slides around and makes a big mess. i DELICIOUS mess, but still a mess.

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 11:22 pm (UTC)
I usually don't shred myself in the kitchen. Y'know the theory that there are burn people and cut people? I'm a burn person in the kitchen. (I'm a cut person when sewing. I am the only person I know who has both removed a tiny piece of fingertip with a rotary cutter AND sewed through my own thumb with a machine.) Man, this time, though, I did a number on myself. That'll take a while to heal up.

And yeah, lasagna gets messy. Fortunately, the taste makes up for any lack of artistry. :)