Ever wonder how my mind works? There it is.
Anyway so I was going to write about chocolate, kind of. Using a movie quote which really has nothing to do with chocolate except that sometimes when I say "chocolate" I say it the way Mr. Burke says "Choco-lat?" in the movie.
The post isn't really about chocolate either. Specifically I was thinking I'd write about one of my very weird pet peeves which I only discovered recently. Matt loves to "experiment" with recipes which is fine with cooking, great really and he makes amazing dinners, but I get clammy hands when he does it with baking, and it drives me up the wall when he does it with box mixes for cake or brownies. The other day he made brownies from a mix and along with the requisite water, oil, and egg, he added oatmeal and chocolate chips. What?? The result (even though I'm sure he added additional water) was that it had the same fake-chocolatey taste of box-mix brownies with none of the perfectly fudgy consistency that I cherish box-mix brownies for. It was spongy and way too sweet, like a cake from a really cheap cake mix.
Not that any of that kept me from eating three pieces, because it didn't.
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When we were first married, Dad cooked up all kinds of concoctions that I didn't really care for - consequently I really discouraged him from ever cooking. Probably not the best way to do things.
What's a spongy brownie now and then??
He wasn't making the brownies for me; they were for the YM. If they had been for me I'm sure I would have been much more gracious.
I definitely never discourage Matt from cooking! Maybe I am a little bossy about baking.
You are lucky. Chad has NEVER once tried to make anything new. If he prepares any food it is cereal, sandwhiches, or carrot sticks. I can't remember him ever trying anything hot.
mmm - now i'm thinking how yummy stake visitor's cake would be right now. maybe that was what he was trying to achieve.
lol at carrot sticks.
Yes, I know I should not complain about having a husband who likes to cook. Maybe because I consider myself the baker in the family (not the cook) and I don't want to be displaced, maybe that is at the heart of my psychological issue here.
I think stake visitors' cake was possibly a goal but no dice. Making cake from scratch vs. a box is kind of how I feel about pancake mix. It is 10x better if you spend 5 extra minutes to make from scratch. I'm not exactly sure why.
But I am not against box mixes. I love refrigerated cookie dough for instance and also make box mix muffins on occasion. I particularly love the texture of box brownies and make those from a box way more than I attempt them from scratch. Maybe because I haven't found a brownie recipe I like.
I think my main issue actually is that I am just weird about messing with processed foods. If I want a processed food I am going for a certain taste; if I want something tailored to me I will use a recipe.
Matt also adds vegetables and chicken to things like Top Ramen (when he rarely makes that) but if I am eating something like Top Ramen I am not trying to be healthy. I am trying to have a helping of MSG and starchy noodles and not dress it up with anything else.
For me it can be hard to see my spouse or child cook or bake something in a different way than I do. My way is right! Right? Ok, maybe not. If I let them do it their way, then they are more likely to want to keep cooking or baking, which is good. Hard(for me)but good.
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