January 27, 2005
I interrupt dinner preparation to bring you this...
(aka - THAT'S why our kitchen has been smelling funky lately)
Sorry, Hunny... no rice tonight!
UPDATE: If you're wondering what exactly that is, that USED to be rice from our rice cooker! At least three different colors of mold, with multiple textures! We can't even REMEMBER the last time we made rice in that thing & I only found it tonight because I was going to make rice for dinner. We usually keep the rice cooker EMPTY & on the counter in the corner of the kitchen. (Contrary to popular belief, this was NOT something that had been living in the fridge.)
When I took the lid off, I honestly thought I was going to throw up right inside it, making it 1000 times more disgusting. Instead I fled the room, got my camera, returned while holding my breath to take the picture, and then blogged about it. That made the initial wave of nausea go away long enough to think up a disposal plan.
I decided to take the rice pot outside to the dumpster with a pair of disposable chopsticks and I dug it out until I heard it THUD! against the bottom of the dumpster.
You only had to see a picture. I had to smell it & handle it. Blaaaargh!
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"urp" indeed! That is why I never ask for a doggie bag.
Posted by: Nez at January 27, 2005 07:16 PMi can't remember the last time we made rice. has to be over a month ago! just foul. how did we forget?
Posted by: Yoshi! at January 27, 2005 07:21 PMoh, and i thought it was leftovers. thanks for sharing. i'll be sticking my head in the toilet.
Posted by: joe at January 27, 2005 08:17 PMThat's one of the perils of having a permanent cooking item on your counter. My crock pot has attacked me with delights like that many times, and that even has a glass lid.
I think all of the mold I've smelled has fried my brain a bit...
Posted by: picklejuice at January 27, 2005 08:47 PM"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness... we should start with the windows that way if we drip..." :) I'm envisioning you with red springy curls.
Posted by: Ponzi at January 27, 2005 08:48 PMew. That's all I have to say Joz. EWWWWW
I'm shocked that you don't eat rice more often! It's the best staple, much better than bread, though noodles is a close second.
That happened to a friend of mine- an artsy Japanese girl who was a complete slob. Except, she got maggots in hers :(
Posted by: fashmagslag at January 27, 2005 10:31 PMHey! I am not a COMPLETE slob! Neither Yoshi nor I realized that rice was there! And the last thing in the world Yoshi is is a slob!
Posted by: :: jozjozjoz :: at January 27, 2005 11:49 PMI actually wretched when I realised I was looking at mould. Awesome, that's the first time I have almost vomited sitting at the computer.
Posted by: markie at January 28, 2005 04:05 AMyuck³! :P
Posted by: kaydee at January 28, 2005 08:12 AMThat's disturbing on a number of levels.
But, if the bowl is steel, it's still usable. Just wash the shit out of it. Use bleach. If it's not steel, though, throw it out. Steel is impermeable to food, but other materials aren't necessarily so.
Posted by: Deltus at January 28, 2005 09:01 AMOh God! I've had stuff like that surprise me in the fridge, but never on the counter.
I have to run and check the rice cooker now.
Ugh.
Posted by: Amy at January 28, 2005 09:39 AMYikes! I can't say that something similar hasn't happened to me before...
Posted by: nanette at January 28, 2005 09:50 AMOh, look Ma! Joz has her very own petri dish going on there...
Posted by: zee at January 28, 2005 10:40 AMi would almost say "EGAD!!!" if i had not also done that before...letti
Posted by: letti at January 28, 2005 12:37 PMI wasn't saying that either of you are slobs, but that my friend who the same thing happened to sure as hell is! BTW- didn't it smell? I know there's a lid on the cooker, but still....
Posted by: fashmagslag at January 28, 2005 05:40 PMEgads, girl! That be nasty!!
Posted by: Gingersmack at January 30, 2005 08:06 PMYUMMY! When's dinner?? ;-D
Posted by: Lisa at February 1, 2005 12:38 AMThat looks rather tastey. Did Yoshi try it? I would have, just to say I did.
Posted by: Seth at February 1, 2005 12:53 PM
Oh, Joz.......
Posted by: James of Hot Blog and Relish.com at January 27, 2005 07:09 PM