Today, I cooked curry again and had a big mistake.

Feb 28, 2015 20:42
　Today, I cooked curry again and had a big mistake. In a typical recipe, we will simmer curry for about 20 minutes, but I simmered curry too much. I was going to watch Dr. House during simmering curry, resulting, I infatuated with the drama and forgot my cooking. Curry got burnt and my pot became charred. I barely could eat curry near on the top of the pot, but unfortunately, I left the other portion. Although I washed the pot by scraping strongly, I couldn't take off the burnt deposit which stacks to the bottom of the pot. I was really sad because the pot was my birthday present.
No. 1　Timmy's correction
  • Today, I cooked curry again and had a big mistake.
  • Today, when I cooked curry I made a big mistake.
  • In a typical recipe, we will simmer curry for about 20 minutes, but I simmered curry too much.
  • In a typical recipe, we have to simmer curry for about 20 minutes, but I simmered curry too much.
Maybe it's a sign for you to buy a rice cooker )
kanotown
Thank you so much always for correcting me! :)
Haha, actually I already have two rice cookers.
(one is on my apartment, the other is on my laboratory.)
Timmy
You are welcome!
No. 2　Oceansea's correction
  • Today, I cooked curry again and had a big mistake.
  • Today, I cooked curry again and had made a big mistake.
  • In a typical recipe, we will simmer curry for about 20 minutes, but I simmered curry too much.
  • In a typical recipe, we will simmer curry for about 20 minutes, but I simmered the curry too much.
  • House during simmering curry, resulting, I infatuated with the drama and forgot my cooking.
  • House during while simmering curry, but I got infatuated with the drama and forgot my cooking.
    　It is probably better to say "I got infatuated with the drama while the curry was simmering." If you say "while simmering curry," it sounds like you are still standing next to the curry and cooking it. But if you say "while the curry was simmering" you are not necessarily standing next to it.

    "Resulting" is better used like this:
    I got infatuated with the drama resulting in the curry getting burned.
    I forgot my cooking resulting in the curry getting burned.
  • Curry got burnt and my pot became charred.
  • The curry got burnt and my pot became charred.
  • I barely could eat curry near on the top of the pot, but unfortunately, I left the other portion.
  • I barely could eat the curry near on the top of the pot, but and unfortunately, I left the other portion.
    　It think that this is probably best:
    "I barely could eat the curry near the top of the pot and unfortunately had to leave the other portion uneaten."
  • Although I washed the pot by scraping strongly, I couldn't take off the burnt deposit which stacks to the bottom of the pot.
  • Although I washed the pot by scraping strongly, I couldn't take off the burnt deposit which stacks was stuck to the bottom of the pot.
    　"To stack" means to place one thing on top of another.
    I put a book on the table. I put a another book on top of the book already on the table. I put another book on top of the book on top of the book already on the table. I put another book on top of the book on top of the book on top of the book already on the table.

    "To stick to" means that something is attached to something else.
    The glue was stuck to the paper.
  • I was really sad because the pot was my birthday present.
  • I was really sad because the pot was my birthday present.
    　That's too bad =(
kanotown
  • Although I washed the pot by scraping strongly, I couldn't take off the burnt deposit which stacks was stuck to the bottom of the pot.

    "To stack" means to place one thing on top of another.
    I put a book on the table. I put a another book on top of the book already on the table. I put another book on top of the book on top of the book already on the table. I put another book on top of the book on top of the book on top of the book already on the table.

    "To stick to" means that something is attached to something else.
    The glue was stuck to the paper.

Thank you so much for your helpful corrections and comments! (^^)

Oops, it was written that "scrape off ... stuck to the bottom of the pan" as a example sentence in my dictionary, but I misspelled. However, I didn't know that the "stick" should be used in passive.
Oceansea
I think that it is most common to say "it was stuck to the pot." But you might also hear "it was sticking to the bottom of the post." That would be okay too.
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