Cooking Naked

It has always been advised to not cook bacon naked. This is true, in general cooking. However, my bedroom is in my kitchen and this causes me to sometimes cook with minimal amounts of clothing. And no, no one sees me since my bedroom is in my kitchen. And for the most part, the blinds stay closed because of Craig, the homeless man living outside of my window. A story for another time. But back to cooking naked or with minimal amounts of clothing. I bring this up since I have been flipping eggs, no spatula, to hand flipping, just flipping with a pan. I have now egg stained a shirt, 3 pairs of socks, made a mess of stove top and have egg in my toe cuticles. There are pros and cons to this cooking method.

Pros: You don't stain your clothes and clean up off yourself is easier than trying to blot out of clothes. If there is splatter, it is an instantaneous reaction- clothes may delay a reaction causing more damage. Comfort! Who wouldn't want to cook naked or with minimal amounts of clothing?!

Cons/Pros (depending on your perspective): There is the splatter factor. Hot grease and skin do not mix well and can cause serious damage. You can also avoid the embedded egg in cuticles problem. Timing. If someone comes to the door, well you better have items on hand in order to not cause a scene. This also falls into the dinner party scene, this would be a time to wear clothing while cooking. The in and out of the kitchen, it would be very time consuming. Sanitation. Obviously if you are covered there is no question of contamination.

It would appear that the cons outweigh the pros. Lesson learned don't cook naked. However, if you are silly, like some, aloe works really well on small burns and the scars look kinda cool...Also, OxiClean does wonders on stains, especially egg yolks.

Happy Mother's Day (and yes Mama, you did teach me common sense to cook with clothes on...)

Fact of the day: Sugar is not a traditional ingredient in tomato sauce (like for spaghetti). But they add it in the store bought sauces which is why we hungry Americans love it. In reality, it's actually cheaper to make your own sauce and it tastes better. This sauce is red. This may be one of the times you may want to cook naked...
Tomato Sauce Recipe:
4 oz bacon
8 oz Onion medium dice, 8 oz Carrots medium dice, 2 garlic cloves minced
1 1/2-2 c Chicken stock
6 qt tomatoes : Try to use 3 different kinds, diced, stewed, chopped, puree
Sachet
Seasonings to taste

1. Render bacon but do not brown.
2. Add onion and carrots. Saute until soften DO NOT BROWN
3. Add tomatoes
4. Add stock.
5. BTAB (Bring to a boil) RTAS (Raise to a simmer)
6. Remove sachet and strain or pass through food mill.
7. Season to taste.