Last night I was cooking a GREAT dinner, but lo and behold my multi-tasking went one task beyond my actual ability to multi-task.
Let me paint the picture: I’ve been trying to recreate my favorite dish from Carabba’s, which is Chicken Bryan, for a year. Some attempts had a measure of success and others not so much. I tried using the Carabba’s recipe which you might think would be a sure thing. No deal. I’ve gradually decided on a chicken recipe from my favorite Italian cookbook for the chicken portion, a new goat cheese that melts well and is not grainy that my husband found, home-dried cherry tomatoes, and a sauce from Julia Child that is reduced vinegar with butter beaten in. We think the combination even surpasses Carabba’s recipe.
But when I cooked last night I was reducing the vinegar while creating a fruit salad while keeping a watchful eye on the melting goat cheese while listening to a phone conversation Mike was having upstairs on Skype. Like I said, just one task beyond my multi-tasking ability. Suddenly my vinegar reduced to a charred, smoking mess in the saucepan.
It was an easy fix as I could start over the the vinegar would reduce in minutes. But what I realized is that is how I approach life in my human strength. I multi-task until there is some sort of meltdown and THEN ask for God’s help.
God save me from operating in my own strength!
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