[Betty'sMom]

Originally Posted by nvnvgirl

Oh my gosh, this thread is so funny! And touching.
When I was in nursing school, I worked full time as a nurse's aide at the hospital where I was training. I only made something like $1.92 an hour, so most of my money went to my rent (I lived alone) and utilities. Not much money for anything "fancy" and I basically survived on the custards and jellos in the fridge at work. I was good friends with one of the ER docs and his girlfriend and I had saved up enough money to buy some REAL food and had invited them over to dinner. We were going to have beef stroganoff (I'd been cooking it all day long) over egg noodles (of which I had one package). They were at the house and we had cocktails (probably some wine that they'd brought), and then I went into the kitchen to finish up dinner; I needed to drain the noodles, but didn't own a collander, so I decided I'd just use the pan lid to drain them...well.......somehow the lid slipped and all the noodles fell into the sink's drain....and that's all I HAD for us to eat, LOL.I was HORRIFIED and didn't know what to do! I hate to admit it, but I reached down and got them out and rinsed them really good, and served them anyway.

I did tell them about a year later when I knew there would be no long-incubation illness they might have gotten. They thought it was hilarious. I'm still mortified. And now, there isn't a kitchen appliance/gadget that I don't have, LOL.

Hahahaha! Now that I laughed, I think that was so sweet and touching that you invited them over to share your real food dinner.