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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Baker's Battle

All things considered, I'm not such a fan of cooking in general.  I like the outcome but the practice in general, I have to be in the mood for.  That particular mood definitely did not strike after a long day, which is never a good indication of how the evening will go. 

For some unknown reason, I volunteered to make salsa and taco dip for the Diez de Mayo party at work tomorrow.  And since I've stupidly proven myself handy as a baker, I was told to bring a baked good as well. So off to the store I went, well, actually, two times off to the store I went.  See what I mean?  Nothing in this little tale is foreshadowing a productive evening.

But, even when things appear bleak, they turn out not so bleak.  The salsa, which I thought for sure I'd missed an ingredient of, turned out perfect.  The taco dip which I was convinced I'd spend hours cutting and chopping and never having something to place it in safely, was done within minutes and fit perfectly in a container I'd forgotten I had (which even had a lid!)  And the mini coconut pies which were cobbled together from a recipe I love, that I thought would cause all kinds of pain and suffering, baked up perfectly and are quite delicious even if I do say so myself.  When all was said and done, I even had time to watch the last episode of a series I was dying to see.  All in all it was quite a productive evening.

However, I'm sure getting all of these dishes to work tomorrow, in one piece while not breaking anything may be an entirely different story...

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