October 19, 2005

I Burn Grilled Cheese Sandwiches - Adventures in Cooking.

Because I am of the 'try anything once' school, I've let Kitchen Chick curious me into trying to do a Souffle.

Thing is, I don't really even know what that is. So, Google

A preparation made with a sauce base, whipped egg whites, and
flavorings. The egg whites cause the soufflé to puff during
cooking.

Eggs whites and stuff. Puff. Got it.

So Kitchen Chick sends me a recipe
and some advice. Quite a bit of advice, which is good, considering I
had to look up the definition.

Just when I start to worry about what to make this in, she tells me,
"Use a 1 quart souffle dish. (Basically any oven cookware with high
straight sides that holds 4 cups will do.)"

Thank goodness - I don't have to buy any new kitchen stuff then.

Now, Kitchen Chick can cook. I've had her food and LOVE it. I burn
grilled cheese. Really. My 10 year old has to make her own.

My husband points out, often enough, that I can cook when I want to.
When I'm interested, when I have time, when I'm not exhausted or
rushed. That would be... almost never.

So once I am over my current little head cold, I will gather up my
ingredients, my recipe, and my advice, and I will make a Souffle. It
will be my first ever.

Send good thoughts on this cooking adventure.

The only thing that will make a soufflé fall is if it knows you are afraid of it.

[I am not afraid. I am not afraid. I am not afraid.]

Posted by Liz at October 19, 2005 8:46 PM
Comments

You're quite mad. I can respect that.

And good luck!

Posted by: Michael at October 19, 2005 9:57 PM

I can burn grilled cheese too. I did so last week. *g* Have fun... that's the important part... I don't know if I'm going to have time to do Kitchen Chick's IMBB even though I found this really interesting recipe. Anyway, I'll look forward to hearing how it turns out.

Posted by: Jenn at October 19, 2005 10:17 PM

Just to add to the dish advice...

The closer to "only 4 cups" that the dish holds, the better. If you use a dish that holds, say, 8 cups of liquid, your souffle will be spread out and not rise very high.

Posted by: Lisa the Kitchen Chick at October 19, 2005 10:24 PM

...but even if it doesn't rise very high, it will still taste good!

Posted by: Joe at October 20, 2005 7:32 AM

I've recently burnt grilled cheese. It's damnably easy to do.

I wish we lived closer. I've the perfect dish for that. Le sigh.

Posted by: jenn at October 20, 2005 8:55 AM