Angellia the anit-Chef

I always knew I couldn't cook... much. I just had the worst experience. I'm so proud of E who can bake so many delicious goods without ingredients she's usually would require... I'm so impressed with K's ability to well... eat Georgian food. :) The same stuff over and over and over again... I'm always amazed at J's house dinners where she cooks for 4+ people and its never hamburger helper or hamburgers... its stuffed banana peppers or eggplant lasagna - made from scratch... probably food she got from the Farmer's Market!

As for me, I have a hard time cooking for 1 or 2 people with simple things coming out of a bag or box. Take cornbread for example. It all started around 6pm today. You are supposed to have black eyed peas and cornbread for good luck for the New Year(Granny says so). So I decided tonight was a good night for some good luck. The peas were easy. Can. The cornbread should have been easy. Bag. Add 1 egg and 2/3 cup of milk (which I stopped by the grocery to get some for this purpose).

Preheated the over. Mixed everything up. Greased pan. Poured into pan. Oven is ready. Open oven door. Before I knew it: cornbread mix all over the floor, oven, oven door, and pots underneath the oven. Crap.

Angry at myself, I waited for the oven to cool off and 30 minutes later, no more cornbread mix.

As any East Texas girl would, I had an extra cornbread packet on hand. Same routine. Now, the oven is ready. Carefully, I placed the pan into the oven.... 13 minutes later (the bag said 15 minutes, but our oven gets hotter than it says)....

Burnt. fml