This scene is fabulously unrealistic.
Were this a real situation, the mother would be holed up in the bathroom, pinching the bridge of her nose and slowly shaking her head. From the medicine cabinet, she would take out a pair of ear plugs and insert them into her ears with practiced ease. She would let some tension fall from her shoulders then reach under the bathroom sink where a mini-fridge is stashed. Turning on the water to mask the sound, she would take out a beer and pop the cap. The first pull of the beer would be long, well-needed and much appreciated. The next few swallows more like medicine. The last sip is taken with a wistful sigh. She would place the beer bottle quietly in the wastebasket hiding it under a few tissues. The earplugs would return to the medicine cabinet. She would turn off the water. The weary mother would straighten up, take a deep breath and prepare herself.
Outside the child would be pounding furiously on the door, chanting demanding and whining, "Mommy let me in mommy what are you doing mommy let me in mommy mommy open the door what are you doing mommy?"
On the topic of horror, my boys saw their first rated-R movie. I decided to go with a favorite family theme, so we watched Shaun of the Dead. Kai immediately pronounced it the best movie ever. We had to do something since we are cold-ed in. We aren't snowed in, there's not enough snow for that. It was 20 below with the wind chill though, so school's closed and the kids are all still in their pajamas.
The cooking experiments have continued. Here's Vegan Battered Chicken:
I don't actually use real Vegans (as Wednesday was disappointed that Girl Scout Cookies didn't have real Girl Scouts), but I did make it using Egg Replacer, soy milk, then Rice Chex, brown flour, salt, pepper, etc. The keys are small pieces of chicken, use an oil/candy thermometer, and fry in small batches.
More soon. Time to put the kids to bed and get a beer.
From the Irony Chef Cookbook?
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