I wanna hold your hand Thursday #519

**Lady's Human** · 02-09-2013, 02:02 PM

I'd like to hijack this Thursday's for a meeting of the overcooker's anonymous chapter.....

I started a pot of Gumbo.

Had extra stuff (leftover chicken sitting in the fridge, etc) and tossed it in.

Adjusted the recipe to account for the extra stuff.

Now I'm wondering if I have enough room in the crockpot to add the sausage.

Only pot left that's bigger is one of the pots we use for canning.....

I need help.

**Karen** · 02-09-2013, 02:38 PM

Ah, took me years before I learned to adjust my cooking amounts to the number of people that would be consuming it! Hey, put half of it in the BIG bowl, add sausage to each and cook separately?

**Lady's Human** · 02-09-2013, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

Ah, took me years before I learned to adjust my cooking amounts to the number of people that would be consuming it! Hey, put half of it in the BIG bowl, add sausage to each and cook separately?

But that would sorta defeat the purpose of cooking it in the crock pot in the first place.....

It SHOULD fit, I'll just have to be careful to not stir TOO hard.

**Karen** · 02-09-2013, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Lady's Human

But that would sorta defeat the purpose of cooking it in the crock pot in the first place.....

It SHOULD fit, I'll just have to be careful to not stir TOO hard.

Crock Pots do not come with sideboards ...

Best set the thing on a cookie sheet, because you KNOW you're gonna stir too hard at some point!

**RICHARD** · 02-12-2013, 10:32 AM

I was sick for two days, talk about wiped out?

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A bowl of gumbo sounds great, I'll help stir.

I don't mind cleaning the stove.

**Lady's Human** · 02-12-2013, 10:57 AM

One bowl of Gumbo for the barkeep, with a side of dishtowel!

While you're under the weather, maybe the Edster can help out?

**RICHARD** · 02-12-2013, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Lady's Human

One bowl of Gumbo for the barkeep, with a side of dishtowel!

While you're under the weather, maybe the Edster can help out?

I had one of those stomach bugs that kept me in bed for almost a day and a half.....

And the cat was there for me!

He would climb under the blankets when I held them up for him.....then one morning I woke up with the cat on the other side of the bed, burrowed under the blankets.

I thought, "Hmm how did he get over there...."

I was half asleep when he was moving around on the bed and pretended I was asleep.

The little sucker came over the side I was facing and tried to burrow his rear under the blankets, failed and then tried to wake me up with some mewling.....

I woke up and let him in.

Happiness is a nice warm cat.