Nov from Susan - kitchen report

 

Susan's little watercolor turkeys are adorable. I love the white space. Perfect stamp. Scanner friendly address. Very nice. It goes perfectly with my add-on - which was written a couple weeks ago.

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I had to come up with a new term to use in the kitchen a while back. Pie-rage. It's like Road-rage - except it's when no matter how organized I am in the kitchen, I manage to leave one ingredient out - and only discover it 30 seconds after the pie is in the oven. I usually pull it out and salvage things.

On the pie for the Thanksgiving dinner, there were nuts sprinkled on half, so that my son could have the other half. His favorite pie is Toll House pie. Basically a chocolate chip cookie in a crust - but no nuts. I forgot the butter - so it was going to be a Toll House hockey puck. I managed to scrape the nuts off - stir in the butter and reassemble things - and it turned out ok. 

The best part was that I am so consistent in the making of mistakes that I no longer go into full blown pie-rage. I just shrug it off. I guess that's progress. My BigHelpfulBrother suggested a check list - but he didn't explain how to remember to refer to the checklist. It was sitting right next to the butter. I suppose I could tape it to the edge of the oven door so that I see it before I put the pie in the oven. 

I'm happy to report that this is a photo off the internet and not one of my own.