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We feature an illustration by the wonderful Mari Andrew every Friday morning. Here’s today’s. :)
P.S. Your true self, and a pop quiz.
Becoming an Adult
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We had some leftovers I couldn’t even identify a couple of weeks ago. My husband started to eat them, and when he had almost finished, I remembered that it was the chicken coconut curry from Father’s Day. I freaked, but he didn’t get sick. :)
Reciting the days in a month sans rhyme one is amazing!
I always look forward to Mari’s illustration on Friday. She nails it every time.
4.5/6 here!
I’m 27 next month and I still have to use the knuckle trick for the months! But I have the cast iron, bathroom response, leftovers, and stocking up (well my husband does, really) mastered. :)
The knuckle trick has been overcome. But the leftovers =food poison, it’s totally me!
Love this! The bathroom one made me laugh. I find myself saying “someone’s in here” which now that I think about it sounds really weird. I may have to rethink ;)
In Holland we say ‘occupied’
What is the “hand knuckle” thing?, I use the rhyme “30 days hath November………..” etc, but never heard of the other thing.
53, not doing too badly on the rest of them
Make a fist with both of your hands and hold your hands next to each other, palms down. The pinky-finger knuckle on your left hand represents January with 31 days. The “valley” in between your left-hand pinky and ring finger knuckles represents February. All “valley” months have 30 days (except for Feb., which is an anomaly). The second knuckle is March.
All knuckles have 31 days, so March has 31 days. Continue counting months down the line of your knuckles/valleys! Where your two hands touch you have two knuckles touching, representing July (31) and August (31). Your ring finger knuckle on your right hand represents Dec. (31).
The bathroom! At home no one asks, because if I’m in the bathroom, there are three dogs sitting patiently just outside the door. And if my husband is in, the door is open :)
Last time I had to answer was at an out house at a camp spot. Someone knocked loudly and I yelled “GO AWAY!” Because if the door is closed and locked, then someone is in there. You just wait politely.
I love these Friday bits of wisdom, Mari always nails it.
This is my favorite comment ever. xox
Yes, I thought so, since that evening that my bladder was about to explode and I was standing and waiting in front of the closed bathroom door at a bar, and five (eternal) minutes later I found out there were nobody in.
Since that day I’d rather knock and get a Go away! :D
I will never have to stop repeating the months of the year rhyme! LOL.
Crap, apparently I’m not an adult at 33 (except for remembering to buy multiples)!
Love this! How do I clean a cast iron pan!?
So… ‘Remembering how to clean cast iron’ varies by culture. We almost only use cast iron in India, and when I told my mom that it’s not supposed to be scrubbed with soap, etc. she flipped out. In places like rural India, one can’t afford to be precious about these things – they need to be CLEANED.
Mari- You are so clever! My favorite one so far!
I still use the knuckles trick for the days in each month. Looks like my adulting needs some work (and a cast iron pan).
Exclamations points are lovely! I’m a naturally optimistic and ebullient person, so I definitely use lots of exclamation points — and I’m in mid-30s.
I don’t clean my cast iron pan– I thought that was the point! If I’m wrong, then I’m 0/6.
I don’t understand this… you must not use it for hardcore cooking. Food burns and sticks to it, how do you deal with that?
You can (and probably should!) clean it – even with soap! I know there’s a million differing opinions about cast iron on the internet, but the Serious Eats team is pretty good at debunking the myths. http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/09/how-to-clean-maintain-cast-iron-pan-skillet-cookware.html
I’m 26 and still have to recite, “30 days hath September, April, June, and November….” hahaha
This may be the best one yet. That bathroom one though…LOL! I was just having this discussion with friends, because really, there’s nothing you can say in answer to a bathroom door knock that doesn’t sound awkward.
I just had the thought yesterday that I feel like a grownup because I did so much adulting in a row, and without my fiance there to help split up the tasks since he had a commitment after work:
I took a bunch of clothes to the dry cleaner (let’s not discus how long they were in a pile on my bedroom floor before this happened); I made myself an actual dinner and then did not have to drag myself off the couch to clean the kitchen – I wanted to get everything put away; I took out the recycling, and started packing for my trip home tomorrow.
HAHAHA! Thirty days hath September, April, June… Still recite it every time. Mari nailed this one.
I can’t nail that rhyme. I just ask my husband.
I have mastered (over-mastered?) the art of stocking up, and my cast iron pan is wonderfully seasoned. I still have to count the number of days per month on my knuckles though…
3/6… Oh, man, that bathroom response! Why is it so easy to overthink that? I rotate between “I’m in here!” and “occupied!”
My go-to bathroom door-knock response is ‘just a second!’ Other than that and buying the large package of toilet paper from time to time, I’ve got nothing…
This is brilliant. 2.5/6. The exclamation point thing is a work in progress.
Oh dear…I am 50 (51??) and I am still working on most of those! The only ones I have down are the bathroom response and the stocking of items. But then again I live in a house full of boys…
Mari’s illustrations are one of my very favorite things about Fridays in general – thank you for supporting independent artists and giving them such a wonderful platform.
I am cracking up. Pretty sure I’ll be 95 years old still awkwardly yelping, “Someone’s in here!”
Still have to recite the months’ song! Ha!
This makes my heart so happy! Thank you Mari!
Yup, I am only 3/6.
haha. This is so on point. Looks like I’m 50% there.
These illustrations are normally so fun, but today’s is especially spot on! I just started the last year of my twenties, so I’ve really been thinking a lot about the fact that I’m still learning every day how to be an adult. And I must say, I don’t think I’ll EVER have a good response to someone knocking on the bathroom door…
will never not recite the months rhyme!!
The truest truth. I’m a step below this – the day I consistently have milk in my fridge is the day I become a real grown up.
The next goal will be having fresh lemons and heirloom tomatoes and skipping the snooze button. A distant dream!
3/6
Still love the rhyme and exclamation points!!
Hahaha! Nice!
Alina
5/6!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the most perfect comment. All the laugh emojis. (PS I’m glad overuse of emojis is not on the list, haha!)
Now I’m wondering how do you clean cast iron??
Ditto! I used mine for the first time the other day, and was so confused by all the instructions online about whether you can or cant use soap
Yes! Why are the instructions I found online so hard to follow? Is it me? Or even the instructions on how to season it in the first place. Arg!
I don’t use soap in mine (ditto with my wok). I was always taught that it breaks down the patina. Instead, I clean it within a few hours of using it with hot running water and a stiff bristled scrub brush, basically just scrubbing and rinsing until the water runs clear. Anything that doesn’t come off that way gets scrubbed with an old cloth and coarse salt. After cleaning, I dry it thouroughly and rub it down with a small amount of oil.
all i do is wipe the pan out when we’re done. if there’s too much grease, i pour the excess into a grease jar that we keep in the freezer, and then wipe out the pan. simple as pie. :)
P.S. the idea is to keep the pan seasoned, so the reason you don’t use soap to clean out cast iron is because it will strip the seasoning off (and ruin/oxidize your pan–the seasoning is like a nonstick coating, and if that coating is removed, the pan will rust, i think.)
You can definitely use a little bit of soap! If your “seasoning” is coming off with gentle scrubbing and a bit of soap, it wasn’t seasoning at all…just a layer of grease. Here’s a great article from the folks at Serious Eats debunking some cast iron myths: http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/09/how-to-clean-maintain-cast-iron-pan-skillet-cookware.html
Looks like I may be failing at adulting… :|
Me too. I don’t even own cast iron, let alone know how to clean it. And my fridge is bare, except for condiments.
Haha. So good. And for all those about to do the rhyme, there are 30 days in September. :p
I do the hand knuckle bump thing still sometimes.
2/6
hahaha
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