Water and food

[mtbc]

We had a couple of days that didn't quite go to plan. Midday Friday, during dishwashing, laundry, etc., we lost water, along with many others in the city, and it didn't return for well over twenty-four hours. I don't think I've experienced such an outage before and more surprising to me was that it seemed to take the provider a long time to identify the cause, at least judging by their occasional updates. We ended up spending the night in a Holiday Inn outside the city, which blessed us with a working bathroom.

Today, my cooking didn't go entirely to plan either. I made crêpes but a little too thick. Then, I made cookies but overbaked them a little, they ended up rather dry, maybe now best accompanied by coffee. It's all part of still getting used to making things in this kitchen. Next time, I know to use less batter for each crêpe, and to bake the cookies for less time; I can again increment toward agreeability.

Update: I forgot to mention that the hotel room's television appeared to be locked down to not respond to various buttons on the remote control. Unfortunately, this seemed to prevent making the closed captioning appear. I wonder if they realize what they did there and how readily they accommodate guests who don't hear well.

Comments

[darkoshi]

I feel that having a working bathroom is about the most important thing in a dwelling.

[mtbc]

It turns out that my family feel likewise. (-:

[maju]

I hope it wasn't hard to find a hotel room, considering that many other people must have needed one too.

It's always a challenge learning to use new-to-you kitchen appliances.

[mtbc]

It was a pleasant relief to find we could get a room at a half-decent rate, I sure feared others would have beaten us to it. After all, our nearest Aldi was out of the large still water by the time we got there.

Mmm, appliances and also the smaller tools, the apartment came rather pre-furnished.

[thewayne]

You should do a calibration check on the oven to see what its actual temperature is! Mine was running 25f too hot. Most ovens with digital controls have a key sequence to reset the zero point to accommodate recalibration.

Come to think of it, I should redo mine! I replaced the baking element last year and though it seems fine, I have no idea if that could significantly throw it off.

[mtbc]

This is a fairly old oven and I have my mother's far older thermometer for it, not that its temperature is at all even within. A large change in this case was it has fan assist, the previous time I baked the cookies it was in a fanless oven.

Good point about your heating element repair!