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bliumchikSo, cupcakes.
[insert appropriate pause for those who know me best to start laughing, because they totally know what's coming.]
Cooking, I suspect, is easier to learn from someone who's good at it than from the internet. "Let's mix shit up and see what happens" is the motto of mad scientists, pyromaniacs, and your friendly neighborhood Maggie. But my dad says if you learn from something, it's not a failure - it's experience!
Things I learned today:
1. If a recipe involves four eggs, you probably need a bigger bowl.
2. Things rise.
3. Food colouring should ideally come into the picture before the paper cups.
4. Batter tastes really nice.
5. If you put the flour in too fast it gets all over everything.
6. Aprons. They're handy.
7. Wooden spoons are wooden for a reason.
8. It is actually possible to bend a fork with the amazing powers of my cupcake.
My mum's bit of advice from on high was to stick a match into one to see if they were ready. We couldn't find the matches, so my dad stuck in the pointy end of a paintbrush. Then we looked at each other and went "...um. But what does that actually mean?"
Stay Tuned for... Icing Adventures!
[insert appropriate pause for those who know me best to start laughing, because they totally know what's coming.]
Cooking, I suspect, is easier to learn from someone who's good at it than from the internet. "Let's mix shit up and see what happens" is the motto of mad scientists, pyromaniacs, and your friendly neighborhood Maggie. But my dad says if you learn from something, it's not a failure - it's experience!
Things I learned today:
1. If a recipe involves four eggs, you probably need a bigger bowl.
2. Things rise.
3. Food colouring should ideally come into the picture before the paper cups.
4. Batter tastes really nice.
5. If you put the flour in too fast it gets all over everything.
6. Aprons. They're handy.
7. Wooden spoons are wooden for a reason.
8. It is actually possible to bend a fork with the amazing powers of my cupcake.
My mum's bit of advice from on high was to stick a match into one to see if they were ready. We couldn't find the matches, so my dad stuck in the pointy end of a paintbrush. Then we looked at each other and went "...um. But what does that actually mean?"
Stay Tuned for... Icing Adventures!
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Date: 2007-09-23 07:28 am (UTC)You stick a toothpick (or a fork, but a fork messes up the top) in it and see if it comes out clean. If it comes out clean it's done. If there's still batter on it, it needs to cook more.
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Date: 2007-09-23 07:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-23 06:59 pm (UTC)2. Things rise.
*coughs*
That is all.
:P
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Date: 2007-09-24 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-24 02:20 am (UTC)You know, I used to enjoy reading the Julie/Julia Project (where she blogged her effort to cook every single recipe in the Julia Child cookbook) but I had to stop reading it because underneath all the wacky madcap kitchen stuntz you can hear the wail of a soul in anguish, and I began to feel like I wanted her to stop cooking for my entertainment and just get to bed at a decent hour.
But I miss tales of kitchen misadventures. So thanks.