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January 3rd, 2006
I somehow managed to find the motivation to go to the grocery store. My lack of experience posed a bit of an obstacle. I didn’t really know where to find everything, and I must have walked past the garlic about 12 times before I noticed it.
I got home and got to work on Meat and Cheese Lasagna.
DO NOT FOLLOW THIS RECIPE.
Did I say not to follow this recipe, I meant DON’T YOU EVEN DARE FUCKING FOLLOW THIS RECIPE.
Let’s overlook the fact that I have no idea what I’m doing for just 1 second. I don’t like spinach, so I just left that part out. Maybe that’s what fucked things up, but I doubt it. Is this guy fucking nuts with:
2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh oregano leaves
2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh thyme leaves
You might as well just stick that in your mouth and chew on those alone. That’s way too much! I should have known better. Besides being over spiced, I had a few fiascos of my own.
I didn’t have the proper pan so, I used a brownie pan. It worked out fine.
I should have payed more attention to what I was doing and covered the top layer of pasta with sauce so it wouldn’t have gotten too dry and crispy.
Other than that, It actually turned out OK.
The big success was the mincing of the garlic. I just turned a knife on it’s side and bashed it just like in the cooking shows.
I guess the other big success is that since my enthusiasm is infectious, I may have accidentally started a cooking club. A neighbor of mine has a friend who loves to cook, and really wanted to help us learn our way around the kitchen. My neighbor is first in the rotation. We’ll have to see how Thursday Night’s dinner turns out.