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Friday, November 25, 2005

Does anyone remember Vodka Steak incident? Well, it turns out I've met my match in culinary disasters....


So, last night, I came home from work. I opened the main door of the buidling and noticed a very strong garlic odor. I love garlic, but this was very strong.

I walked downstairs to my apartment, and was happy to see that Mr. Wonderful had made supper for us. Chicken, peas, and...

"What is this?" I asked him...

"Garlic couscous," he said, "And it's awful."

Couscous? I don't remember having bought any, so I went to the (LARGE) saucepan to take a look. I peered under the lid and saw what appeared to be couscous in a large quantity of water.

"Did you cook it right?" I said.

"The jar said 'ready to use'" he said.

"What jar?"

"It's in the fridge."

Following him to the fridge, my curiosity turned to horror when he pulled out the 12" high jar of minced garlic I had purchased at Costco the week before.

The dear boy had just spent 20 minutes cooking approximately 4 or 5 cups of pure garlic.

Everything stinks. I got funny looks at work today because my clothes, hair, and everything else smells like garlic. I've burned oils, candles, opened windows, sprayed air fresheners, I even have one of those 'Scent Stories' machines! Nothing has worked so far. Any suggestions?



-- posted by Jenn at Friday, November 25, 2005

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5 Comments:

I think that's the funniest cooking story I've ever heard. Your neighbors must be very happy about the smell! Sorry, i don't have any suggestions for you - I can imagine the smell has permeated anything made of cloth. Good luck!

By Blogger Jules, at 10:13 AM  

I can recommend some febreeze and oust or there's some other air freshener that's not oust that's supposed to clean odours from air...nutr-air maybe? or just ignore it and say, "I don't smell anything..what garlic?"

seriously though, couscous? too funny.

By Blogger Jallápenno, at 4:33 PM  

Jen,

We have a dish here that is served at x-mas and it's almost PURE garlic - mom usually boils a huge pot of water and throws orange peels and cloves in it and it works - sometimes she uses coffee grounds too - just have to boil the crap out of it!! I suspect that you will need something stronger than this - good luck and I hope it helps!!

You could also keep Mr.W out of the kitchen and as a last resort...MOVE hehe!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:58 PM  

To add insult to injury, all my Google ads (which seem to mirror my posts) are all about fishy, vaginal odour. Oh dear.

By Blogger Jenn, at 9:35 AM  

hey. do you actually get paid from those ads? I'm thinking of trying it out.

By Blogger Jallápenno, at 2:23 PM  

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