"Peeling"

I cant believe it took me this long to figure this one out. Paul always wants to help when I'm peeling things. I didn't have any safe thing that looked like a peeler to give him. Then I remembered my seldom used zester and it was the right tool for the job!

Later that day...

I caused a small fire. I haven't had much time to cook lately with a baby and a 2 year old, so I was very excited about making potato soup today. I had the potatoes peeled and diced and the onions, celery, carrots and fresh herbs from the garden chopped and just starting to soften on the stove. I wondered why so much smoke should be coming from the vegetables. Then I realized I had knocked a silicone baby bottle valve in the stove under the pan and that it was on fire. The fire was easily put out but there were ashes everywhere; I'm still cleaning them up. Figuring that silicone ashes were probably not healthy for my family, I had to throw dinner out. Oh well, at least that was the only fire damage.