Weird things we ( I ) do in the kitchen

I just can't leave this "kitchen subject" without mentioning some weird habits  I have in the kitchen and some prety funny instructions.

I don't know if any of you have the same habit ( I do hope I'm not the only one) but I have this little stool that I bring in my kitchen whenever I'm baking something. I place it infront  of my owen, bring my Shandy supplies and light a smoke. As soon as whatever is placed in the owen, I sit infront of it and WATCH my master piece.

On one of my daughter Ana's visits  to our island, I  just made myself confortable with all my additional stuff infront of the owen and she comes in the kitchen. Looking at me, she says:

"OMG, so thats where I got it from.

"Got WHAT from",  I asked.

"Well, the sitting and watching infront of  the owen *thing*.

"Oh, so you do the same thing"

"Sure, I thought I was weird, or something, but now seeing you doing it as well, I guess it runs in the family", she replyed.

Somehow, whenever I tell this story, I have to remember Erica Yong (my Guru of all Gurus)....the comparison actualy has nothing to do with food ...what-so-ever, and I do apologize for mixing food and "this stuff" , but , maybe, after all, it has some weird connection. She wrote in one of her books ( of which I gladly posess all of her work) that most of us, after finishing the "hard work" in the toilet, we stand up, turn around and always proudly  check the "piece / or pieces of art we just produced..or got rid off"....maybe no connection to the kitchen habits...but worth mentioning. LOL.

Oh, and there was another habit , I thankfuly don't do anymore. Now, just in case you wondered, I was told this by an Italian cook...so, ok, maybe he was pulling my leg, but it sure worked out well. Now days, when we buy pasta, on all the packages we get the cooking time written, so no need to do what I used to do b/4.

To check if your pasta was sufficiently cooked (al-dente) I was told you take a spagetti out of your boiling pot, throw it on the ceiling, if it drops immediately = its not done yet, if it sticks to the ceiling and then slowly comes off and falls = its just the right "al-dente" type. So, if somebody came in the kitchen and saw me throwing spagettis into the ceiling...they knew lunch was not ready yet.  Thankfuly, I don't have this habit any more, and the ceiling is much cleaner now.

OK, no Erica Yong comments connected to "throwing pasta on the ceiling....although, there might be one or two...nawww....maybe next time.