Chapter 22 of 44

The Kitchen

Meals, groceries, and the small tyranny of things that spoil. A kitchen generates emergencies on a schedule of its own.

49 verses

1. 1 I put something in the oven before I understood how long it needed Unverifiable
2. 2 I've burned the only thing I had and now I have to start again Unverifiable
3. 3 I've spilled coffee down the one shirt that was ready Plausible
4. 4 I dropped a full French press and the kitchen is now a project Unverifiable
5. 5 The milk turned and I found out the hard way Plausible
6. 6 I've made tea four times and drunk none of it Concerning
7. 7 My toast set the alarm off and the alarm woke the house Unverifiable
8. 8 I've eaten something that has begun to make itself known Unverifiable
9. 9 I've got something on my shirt and it's the color that shows Unverifiable
10. 10 The lid was not on the blender Unverifiable
11. 11 I've cut my thumb on a can and it won't stop yet Unverifiable
12. 12 There's oil on the floor and I've decided not to walk on it Unverifiable
13. 13 I opened the fridge and something had changed Not reassuring
14. 14 Something in the fridge has a smell that has spread to the other things Unverifiable
15. 15 The freezer has defrosted and I'm making decisions about meat Plausible
16. 16 I've found something at the back of a cabinet and I need to deal with it Concerning
17. 17 My bread has something on it that I've been looking at for a while Not reassuring
18. 18 I've been standing in front of an open fridge for eleven minutes Not reassuring
19. 19 I've got a stew on and it can't be left Concerning
20. 20 Something is proving and it can't be interrupted Concerning
21. 21 I'm halfway through a batch and stopping wastes the lot Concerning
22. 22 The slow cooker needs somebody in the building Not reassuring
23. 23 I've committed to a roast and the roast has committed back Not reassuring
24. 24 I bought fish this morning and now I'm responsible for it Concerning
25. 25 I've got a delivery of food coming and it can't sit out Unverifiable
26. 26 My grocery order came with substitutions and I have to sort it out Unverifiable
27. 27 There's a whole box of things I have to do something with today Unverifiable
28. 28 I'm hosting tonight and the day has been eaten by that Unverifiable
29. 29 I've said I'd bring a thing and the thing has not gone well Unverifiable
30. 30 I'm on a round of something I have to take with food and I haven't eaten Unverifiable
31. 31 I've been told not to eat before this and I'm not good without eating Unverifiable
32. 32 My blood sugar has gone somewhere and I've had to sit down Unverifiable
33. 33 I've eaten in a way that rules out the rest of the evening Unverifiable
34. 34 I've had something that disagreed and the disagreement is ongoing Concerning
35. 35 I'm not going to be any use after that meal Unverifiable
36. 36 Somebody made a lot of food and I have to be seen eating it Concerning
37. 37 There's a cake involved and I've been given a role Concerning
38. 38 I've been asked to bring the thing I always bring and I can't face it Concerning
39. 39 I said I'd cook and I've looked at what's in and revised the plan Unverifiable
40. 40 I've started drinking tea and that's the evening now Concerning
41. 41 Somebody has opened something that has to be finished Concerning
42. 42 The place I'm in has one person working and eleven of us Unverifiable
43. 43 They've made the wrong thing and remaking it is another ten minutes Unverifiable
44. 44 I'm in a line that hasn't moved and I can see why Unverifiable
45. 45 The card machine is down and it's cash only and I have no cash Plausible
46. 46 I ordered ahead and the ahead part didn't happen Plausible
47. 47 The place is closed with no notice and I'd built the morning around it Plausible
48. 48 I've been given somebody else's order and they've gone Unverifiable
49. 49 There's a bee at the table and neither of us is leaving Concerning