Food Injury of almost Darwinian Award Proportions
Excerpt from Google Chat
11:55 AM f: what happened??
11:55 AM me: something really frickin dumb
i catapaulted myself with a BBQ skewer by accident and now i can hardly move mmy hand - i was up at 5 am crying but the vicodene it took me 2 hours to find is helping
11:56 AM f: oh, sam...
11:56 AM me: i was only trying t build a contraption from which to hang my yogurt to strain using skewers and rubber bands - food injury
11:57 AM f: oooooh - "rubber band" and "skewer" -- two words that should never be in the same sentence.
11:57 AM me: or in my presence
And so it is that today I am trying to one-handedly cook a nine course dinner for 12 people. (Except I have the two hands of Amanda at my disposal too, phew.)
OK - enough of that - here it is - what you have been waiting for the completed, published Fish & Quips spreadsheet. I will be using it to publish a roundup post for St Georges Day on Monday 23rd April and I hope some of you might too. If you have a late entry - let us know in the comments and you might still make the roundup. Thanks for all the great work everyone.
20 Comments:
At 21/4/07 08:28, Catherine said…
Sam - ouch! The things we do for yogurt. Take good care of yourself and good luck with dinner.
At 21/4/07 09:24, MizD said…
Aieaieaie. Note for future reference: take vicodin accessibility lessons from Dr. House. ;-)
We're back to posting (yay!), and I've got my ode to my British ancestors right here. I'll add it to the database just in case you've a chance to update it later this weekend. Thanks!
At 21/4/07 10:37, Civic Center said…
Poor baby. That sounds really hurty. However, the line about "rubber bands" and "skewer" should never appear in the a sentence together is an instant classic.
At 21/4/07 11:36, Culinary Cowgirl said…
Poor you! Don't let it become too widely known...since you are in the States (and especially the Bay Area) they may make skewers a "lethal weapon"! Feel better soon :)
At 21/4/07 12:12, Alice Q. Foodie said…
Oh Sam, that sounds awful - take care of it! I didn't get the access to the spreadsheet, if you send it to me I'll put myself on there. Good luck with your party!
At 21/4/07 12:52, ChrisB said…
Sam hope its less painful today and hope the dinner is successful (I don't need to say that as I know it will be)
At 21/4/07 14:35, Tea said…
Injury in the line of duty!
You are a trooper, and I am sure your dinner will be lovely. Hope it heals quickly.
At 21/4/07 15:00, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic said…
Ouch, that sounds pretty awful, Sam!
Oops! I screwed up my timing but here are my odes to Brit food and drunk:
http://www.grubreport.com/blueplatespecial/fikcambridge.html
and
http://www.grubreport.com/blueplatespecial/fikcambridge2.html
At 21/4/07 18:09, Dagny said…
Ouch! Hope it heals quickly.
At 21/4/07 19:35, Robyn said…
I am so glad that the skewer didn't go through a more important body part. .__. I hope your hand feels awesome again soon!
At 21/4/07 19:49, Deborah Dowd said…
On my blog I encourage people to play with food... but not sharp objects. Hope you are 100% soon. I wish I had had time to get something together for your Fish & Quips event. But my proof is simple... Yorkshire pudding and stilton cheese with pears... I am not sure any cuisine has anything better to offer!
At 21/4/07 22:15, Rebeca said…
Yikes, hope that feels better soon Sam. I added my entry to the spreadsheet, but I was a bit late, so here is my link:
http://www.dinnerintheyellowhouse.com/2007/04/toad_in_the_hol.html
Thanks Sam!
At 22/4/07 01:27, Trig said…
Sorry Sam - I emailed you very early but somehow I missed the spreadsheet. Am I too late?
My entry is as follows:
Trig
Hackney, London http://aidanbrooks.blogspot.com/2007/03/end-of-era.html
...it's so good, everyone else in the world wants to steal it from us!
Cheers
Trig
At 22/4/07 02:33, Anonymous said…
Oh dear - hope you are ok!
http://hesterw.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/04/deconstructing_.html
Sorry for being a straggler! I will add myself to the google page as well - looking forward to seeing everyone's posts... was a really fun event!
At 22/4/07 02:54, Bron said…
OUCH! That sounds like the stupid kind of thing I'd do to myself.
Hope it heals well and quickly for you! Take care
At 22/4/07 06:40, Ari (Baking and Books) said…
That sounds like a painful injury! Worse than the time I took off a small chunk of my finger with the kitche knife perhaps. I hope you feel better soon. The worst kinds of injuries are the ones that impair your cooking eh? :(
Ari (Baking and Books)
At 22/4/07 10:13, Andrea said…
OUCH! Sorry to hear about the skewer incident. Hope you feel better soon.
At 22/4/07 12:14, Anonymous said…
Ouch! And now you're on vicodin? Be careful.
At 22/4/07 12:21, Sam said…
thanks for all the good wishes everyone. I went to urgent care and it turns out I had an infection in the puncture so I am on antibiotics now and it is getting better - slowly. I only took a couple of vicodin the day it happened, whn it really really hurt. I stopped that as soon as I went to the doctor and got the antibiotics so all is good.
cheers
At 22/4/07 22:47, Barbara said…
You don't use a wire strainer lined with cheesecloth for that? Hope it is healing well.
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