I mentioned on facebook over the summer that I was excited to find fresh okra at our local Farmer’s Market.
I. Love. Okra.
So much.
Mmmmmmm.
Sorry. I got distracted.
Anyway, I googled my own recipe for what I don’t hesitate to declare is the very best fried okra ever.
I also dug around in a cabinet and found my fryer.
I almost never use that thing, but when I need it (like, when I find farm-fresh okra), I’m glad I have it. I spent a few hours frying okra, (eventually) cleaned up all the other items for that insanely messy endeavor, and then left the fryer sitting on the counter.
And ignored it.
For more than a week.
At some point, Hubby emptied the grease to put out with the trash, but I still ignored it.
Finally, I washed it out (which took no time at all) when I had the brilliant idea to make “homemade” doughnuts (Grands biscuits with a hole torn in the middle) for the last day of summer break. Right. I washed it out so I could use it again.
After I used it, I left sitting on the counter. Un-emptied and un-washed.
Again.
Ugh.
Thankfully, on Monday, I was in a rather thorough mood as I worked to get the kitchen back on track. Instead of pulling the classic I’ll-bet-that’s-a-really-hard-thing-to-deal-with-so-I-just-won’t-deal-with-it-at-all-and-maybe-it-will-go-away trick, I stopped to think.
I grabbed a pickle jar that I hadn’t been using for anything else and poured the grease into it. I gently placed that in the trash can. I then washed the fryer and dried it and PUT IT AWAY.
Can you believe I did ALL that??
And it took a whole two minutes. Or less.
Total.
Blergh.
What two second tasks have you done lately?
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I have a deep fryer with oil still in it, sitting on top of my fridge. 🙂 Perhaps I’ll tackle that tonight.
Great idea to use old glass jars for old oil….
The two-second task I’m most proud of this week is rolling my garbage can from the road to its “home” in a very timely manner after trash pick up 🙂 Why do I hate that task so much???? But I do.
Remember when you had your 2 second task of cleaning off the washer and dryer? Well, I haven’t done mine in a while and it really does need to swiped off. Dirt, grime, and a bit of a laundry detergent spill (last month or so) have built up and it grosses me out! Maybe this weekend…
*Slowly looks towards the griddle* Yeah that thing has been on the counter for over a week and all I made on it was pancakes. Not very dirty and would take two minutes or less to clean. I’ll wash it and put it away today.
I feel the same way with my crockpot! That thing will sit on the counter for at least a week because I am convinced that it is so heavy and dirty that I can’t possibly wash it in 2 minutes.
Crap, the crockpot is out too. It’s only been two days so less than the griddle but crap. 🙂
I hate fryers too! Even though I love fried okra too! I solve my dilemma by going to Mama’s house. She cooks it for me!
My 2 second task this morning was wiping up last night’s spaghetti sauce off the stove. The dried on what the heck is it under the sauce? Not so much.
I used to do the same thing with my slow cooker all the time. I realized, about a year ago, that it really is a two second task, so that’s one I have pretty well mastered. Unless my husband happens to call me out of the kitchen to snuggle in front of the TV. Then I’ll admit…the crockpot waits! 🙂
I was going to just say what I wanted to do today, but realized if I didn’t get up and do it now, I’d forget. So my 2-minute task wound up taking 5 or 6 minutes instead (because I was RIGHT THERE, so I did a couple more things I’d been intending to do). Anyway, my laundry room is much neater now. Thanks for the challenge. 🙂
I do this with the waffle iron. I put a wet dishcloth in it to soak and then days later, the cloth is dried out and the waffle iron is still sitting there. Ugh.
I use my fryer frequently but it’s difficult to get clean. I scrub and use Dawn on it but it’s still gunky. How do you get the grease off?
Picking at it with various tools. Urgh. It depends on the material it’s stuck to. If it’s metal, coated or not, usually a plastic thing works well without too much scratching.
If it’s silicone, a spoon or if it’s tiny, my fingernails.
Also, various degrees of is the oil cool yet? And paper towels work good for smaller messes, or ones that have been made.smaller by other removal methods.
2 minute task done lately.
Washing out my mops from cleaning (my job).
I’ve been attempting to retrain myself to think my shift isn’t done until I am totally reset after cleaning.
Unfortunately, I’m generally tired after work, and there’s various levels of bringing inside my cleaning tools, how far inside the house they land, and how often it occurs to me to FINISH before the next shift.
But when all I have left to do is rinse the mop head, it takes 2 minutes.