I Failed at Fingerprinting
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
This year started out with a bang for our company with my apperance on WGN-TV here in Chicago! More about this later.
Today I had to go get fingerprinted for a freelance job teaching kids healthy eating habits. I have never had to do this, so I thought it would be like I see on TV with the ink pad and paper. Not in the 2008 computerized age.
First off it is 60 degrees here in Chicago and the office I was in was very hot. Second I have what we call in the industry as “hot-hands” so my hands get really sweaty when I am hot.
All of this combined made the normally 5 minute procedure last about 30. The procedure called for me to put my fingers on a computerized screen and hold them there while it registered on another computer. This was not going so well, so I had to spray rubbing alcohol on my fingers to make then less greasy. The aroma made the small office smell like an operating room, and the alcohol got into the many small cuts on my fingers which BURNED!
This went okay until I had to do each finger individually. The person doing the test showed me a “normal” fingerprint with the swirls and circles. Mine just ended up being a black blob with some circles.
It turns out that this is normal for someone in my profession. After years of cutting and burning my fingers my fingerprints are a mess and almost non-exsistant, the tester compared it with someone who had played guitar most of their life.
They eventually got some readable prints and I was set on my way smelling like someone had poured a bottle of rubbing alcohol on me.
So in honor of the day I am adding a recipe for some Finger Lickin’ Chicken Wings
Happy Cooking!
Chef Alekka
This year started out with a bang for our company with my apperance on WGN-TV here in Chicago! More about this later.
Today I had to go get fingerprinted for a freelance job teaching kids healthy eating habits. I have never had to do this, so I thought it would be like I see on TV with the ink pad and paper. Not in the 2008 computerized age.
First off it is 60 degrees here in Chicago and the office I was in was very hot. Second I have what we call in the industry as “hot-hands” so my hands get really sweaty when I am hot.
All of this combined made the normally 5 minute procedure last about 30. The procedure called for me to put my fingers on a computerized screen and hold them there while it registered on another computer. This was not going so well, so I had to spray rubbing alcohol on my fingers to make then less greasy. The aroma made the small office smell like an operating room, and the alcohol got into the many small cuts on my fingers which BURNED!
This went okay until I had to do each finger individually. The person doing the test showed me a “normal” fingerprint with the swirls and circles. Mine just ended up being a black blob with some circles.
It turns out that this is normal for someone in my profession. After years of cutting and burning my fingers my fingerprints are a mess and almost non-exsistant, the tester compared it with someone who had played guitar most of their life.
They eventually got some readable prints and I was set on my way smelling like someone had poured a bottle of rubbing alcohol on me.
So in honor of the day I am adding a recipe for some Finger Lickin’ Chicken Wings
Happy Cooking!
Chef Alekka
PS. I got this recipe off the internet at www.cooks.com
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18 chicken wings
1/2 c. honey 1/4 c. soy sauce 1 tbsp. catsup 1 tbsp. oil Crushed garlic 1/2 tsp. ginger Cut wings into 3 parts, discard tips. Sprinkle cut wings with salt and pepper. Put in baking dish. Mix sauce with above ingredients and pour over chicken. Bake at 400 degrees until sauce thickens, then another 30 minutes at 300 degrees. Baste with sauce OFTEN.
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