You need "trip food" on a trip. You need a cooler that is full of cold drinks and yummy snacks......you need to have a picnic on the way there.....have fun music blasting and laughter filling the car.
Today, I have been studying for a test (tell ya about it l8r), packing a few things and decide to make some Puppy Chow for our fun beach trip. I'm going on w/ teacher friends......we are staying at a condo for FREE!! ***THANKS WONDERFUL FRIEND THAT GOT THE FREE CONDO!!!*** If you haven't ever made puppy chow it is coated in powdered sugar. You are "supposed" to put the mixture in a large paper grocery bag and begin to shake it vigorously. Well, #1 I think putting your food in a bag where there has been groceries that have been touched by all these ppl in the grocery store is gross. And #2 most places use plastic.
Sooo I decide to use a gallon freezer bag. I thought....it will be sturdy. I begin to shake vigorously and suddenly there is powdered sugar everywhere....on me, the cabinet, countertop, floor **you're welcome Sadie (she loves to clean the floor for me!)**. I'm not a very "neat" cook - I get food all over the place and I'm not very patient with things so I usually splurt them everywhere. (Yes, I just used the word splurt!) But it usually isn't "this bad". It is kinda like the time I was making a caramel pie like O'Charley's where you cook the sweetened cond. milk in the can and then pour it into the crust. That little technique can be a little tricky! No one told me that if you don't let it cool and try to open the can when it's hot it will EXPLODE!!! Where was THAT in the recipe?!?!?! And I mean explode. There was pseduo caramel all over the place - from ceiling to floor. God bless that little apartment there is still probably some caramel on the ceiling over there in the Crossings. *sigh*
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Okay...I've just got to tell you that I laughed OUT LOUD when I read this! I have those experiences in my kitchen all the time! Let's call them...part of the learning curve. Even though I guess that means we've been learning for YEARS. Just so you know...I have fond memories of you and I making poppyseed chicken at your parent's house. I have tried to make that several times for Jeremy and I swear he probably thinks I'm lying. I rave and rave about how good it is and how it's just amazing and wonderful, and I can't make it turn out like you did when you taught me. Maybe I don't really want to make it that way again and I just want to remember it as a fun memory from college. (That would be the 1 year of college I had before I got kicked out for academic suspension!) Hope you had fun on your trip! Keep up the great blogging! I'm slacking on mine...bigtime. :)
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