Please help me, I'm Bagby.
The wise woman, having a week like this one, probably would not have attempted her first Hollandaise sauce on Thursday night. And then when the sauce didn't thicken, the wise woman probably wouldn't have refused to admit defeat. The wise woman would have discarded the whole thing and eaten her eggs Florentine without the Hollandaise, instead of pouring the sauce through a strainer so as to collect the thicker bits and discover whether they could be converted to something saucelike (they could not).
I hereby forefeit all claims to wisdom, because (I realize now) in essence what I did was pour nearly half a cup of clarified butter down the kitchen sink, which explains why I now have to add the drain in the kitchen sink to the list of things that are not working.
So I must call the Sausage King for plumbing assistance, only I've been so slovenly with the housecleaning lately that before he steps inside the apartment I'll have to do a bit of sweeping and clearing away. Also I should scrub the broccoli florets from the bottom of the bathtub, where I had to do dishes this morning.
What I really want to do is avoid it all and go for a run. Maybe I'll just do that.
Here is a good thing, though: Jose at the Clark/Lake food court found my cell phone and returned it to me. Please call me on it, so I can justify all this distress.
I hereby forefeit all claims to wisdom, because (I realize now) in essence what I did was pour nearly half a cup of clarified butter down the kitchen sink, which explains why I now have to add the drain in the kitchen sink to the list of things that are not working.
So I must call the Sausage King for plumbing assistance, only I've been so slovenly with the housecleaning lately that before he steps inside the apartment I'll have to do a bit of sweeping and clearing away. Also I should scrub the broccoli florets from the bottom of the bathtub, where I had to do dishes this morning.
What I really want to do is avoid it all and go for a run. Maybe I'll just do that.
Here is a good thing, though: Jose at the Clark/Lake food court found my cell phone and returned it to me. Please call me on it, so I can justify all this distress.