Join Me in Snarkville

I often joke that my sweet husband doesn’t know why we put kitchens in houses.  For awhile I’d say that he thinks we only store Cokes in the kitchen and dinner is done by magic.  However, once he got his very own Soda Machine; he has no real reason for walking into the kitchen. EVER.

So, you can imagine my shock, when said Prince announces yesterday. “I think I’m going to make potato chips.”  Well, alrighty then.  We’ve done this once before and due to the learning curve, we (I really should say him — as he was the driving force — but you will understand why it is ALWAYS a we in a minute) ended up making REALLY crunchy french fries.  However, Prince decides that he wants to try again and heads off to the kitchen to begin.

Steps to making Potato Chips, the Prince Way:

1. Find kitchen. (truly, I kid.)
2. Ask the Queen: “Will you get the potatoes and the pan and the oil while I take out the trash?”
3. Have the Queen pull out the oil, the potatoes (then wash off the four chosen ones), the cutting board, the knife, and a pot.
4. Reject the chosen pot, but then declare you can’t remember what pot we used last time, but it certainly was NOT that one.
5. The Queen begins to slice said potatoes.  Get completely upset because *YOU* wanted to do this and not make her work.
6. The Queen leaves to share Toy Story with the small child.
7. You ask from the kitchen: “How do I know the oil is hot enough?”
1. Answer: “Sprinkle a LITTLE (VERY LITTLE) water in it and see if it bubbles.  You do NOT want the oil to smoke.”
2. Follow-up Question: “So a spoonful sound good?”
3. Answer (with emphasis): “NO!!!  A sprinkle, like off your finger.”
8. Hear what sounds like the oil is boiling over. “I think it is too hot.”
9. Re-adjust the heat, wait, and begin to cook.
10. (There’s some steps in here that are magic, since I’d see him come into the living room to watch the movie with us and then go back.
11. Bring the Queen HALF of a chip to taste.  She mentions it needs salt.
12. Explain you planned to salt them at the end.
13. Have the Queen mention if you salt them as they are warm and sticky the salt will stick.
14. Oh.
15. Make a WONDERFUL plate of chips — not crunchy fries.
16. Declare you want to make recipe changes NEXT time.
17. Leave the stove for the Queen to clean up.

That’s it.  17 steps to potato chips.  I will say in his defense — they were REALLY good.  He did a great job on them.

So any bets on when the next time he’ll get the desire to cook will happen?