yet another cooking expedition gone almost right

I have been busy brushing up on my cooking skills. It has been very fruitful thus far. Im a few dishes away from that dinner conversation where I can proudly proclaim why I prefer basil in my sauce, as opposed to coriander. Please bear in mind that these are terms I have heard Jamie Oliver use on his show and I am yet to find out what they look like since I have absolutely no interest in cooking, but that's a story for another time. back to my cooking expedition, so I made rice and meat because I thought they were the easiest to make. I applied my age-old-never-fail cooking philosophy which simply states "when in doubt..boil". Essentially that's what cooking is right? So I made the rice and it was perfect (no seriously folks it was). Then boiled my meat and poured spices and what not. I was pretty chuffed with myself, it smelled great and didn't look like death warmed up. Then I had a bright idea. I decided to use the pepper grinder to add a bit of flavour to my dish. So I turned it and all those round little peppers ended up toppling into my pot because the grinder wasn't screwed on properly (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). I managed to remove most of them and I added some tomato sauce and Mrs Balls chutney in an effort to try and salvage the meal. When that didn't work, I added more salt and left the damn thing to simmer and cook in its own juices like Jamie Oliver said because he should know. A while later I had my meal and it was not bad at all, at least that's what my friend said as she was spitting bits of peppers out of her mouth...