Monday, January 30, 2023

Cooking Remotely

Last night the forecast called for a 60% chance of a light snow/sleet/freezing rain mix starting about 6 pm. By the time Hubby Tony and I turned on the news at 9 the highways were a mess--cars sliding off the road, jackknifed trucks and multiple crashes. Because of the issues several highways were closed.

MODOT (the Missouri Department of Transportation) said this morning's rush hour would be a mess, and advised people to not drive unless they had to. That was fine by me, because I didn't have anywhere to be until after lunch, which is when I would head to the church to make supper.

When I rolled out of bed this morning the only traffic sound I heard was a salt truck driving by. I ate breakfast, leisurely read the newspaper and all of the blogs in my feeder, then checked my email and Facebook before I got up from the table. It was lovely.

Two hours later I was tired of being in the house and looking for something to do. The collector road visible from the condo window looked like it was well-cleared, and the presence of a couple of sets of tire tracks on the subdivision street led me to believe that it was safe to go out. I sent a text to both priests at the church indicating that I was planning on being there unless I heard otherwise, then made a trip to the produce market and grocery store. My drive was non-eventful.

When it was time to leave for the church I looked at my phone and discovered two texts. One was from the associate, who asked me to purchase a couple of things for him at the grocery store. The other one was from the pastor, telling me to hunker down at home, and they would be okay without me. Pastor trumps associate, so all of a sudden my day was free.

Tony and I went to the mall and walked, then I came home and took a nap.

However, there was one tiny problem. One of the things I had planned to do at the church rectory was some pre-cooking for Wednesday's staff lunch. The directions on the boxed bar cookies I was serving for dessert called for baking and completely cooling the cookies before frosting. I wouldn't have enough time to do all of that on Wednesday.

After thinking about the issue for a bit I came up with a solution. With the permission of the business manager I logged in from home home long enough to prepare and bake the cookies. I had to use my own pan, butter, and eggs. On Wednesday I will just have to make sure to bring my pan and replacement ingredients home.

Five years ago today: Isn't It Ironic?

18 comments:

  1. I left the house to go to the mail box and came right back... three times. No mail!

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    1. As it turns out we didn't get anything either, and according to Informed Delivery we were supposed to.

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    2. Same here. Glad to know I wasn't the only one.

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  2. Nice flexibility on your part, to get things done on an iced in day.

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    1. I think it may have been the best of both worlds. I got done what I needed to without the hassle.

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  3. Interesting day of constantly changing plans. Sounds like it all worked out well.

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    1. It did work out well, but I will be glad when the winter weather goes bye-bye.

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  4. Staying at home if the weather is bad is always the best option.

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    1. Young me would have been out on those roads. Middle aged me agrees with you.

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  5. We stayed indoors for two weeks with sneezing, snuffling and hacking. No fevers, just miserable. So much better now and warmer weather this weekend. ready and raring to get out.

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  6. OK you kind of lost me with the remote cooking. Forgive me if this is a stupid question but why did you have to log in to bake the cookies? Was it to be paid?

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    1. Yes, I should have been clearer that I logged into the payroll site when I started and logged out at the end.

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