Lighter moment

[Robynrose]

I decided to bake a date loaf this morning. had to read recipe over and over. Mixed up the flour and marg quantities. (100 grams flour and 225 grams Marg)it took a while to realize the mistake. Did think something was wrong. At this stage most of the marg had melted. Used a sive to get some out. It was a struggle however I didn't have to bin it.
I did say when I got my diagnosis if I can give people a laugh i'll be happy. That sounds a bit warped but hopefully will see me through at times.

 

[canary]

Oh dear @Robynrose
At least you realised what you had done! Did you manage to make your date loaf?
I think humour can get us through most things ?

 

[Grannie G]

Well done @Robynrose

I did something similar this week. I made a cheesecake and because it`s a tried and tested recipe thought I knew the quantities by heart.

Only when I was mixing the biscuit crumb with the butter did I realise I`d doubled the quantity of butter and halved the quantity of biscuits and the biscuit crumb was swimming in butter.

Thank goodness I was able to throw it out and start again so nothing was ruined. At least you didn`t have to bin yours.

 

[LynneMcV]

My golden culinary moment was making a chilli con carne but forgetting to add the chilli - it was edible but very bland ?

 

[Tricot]

That reminds me of my pasta tuna bake where I forgot the tuna! Surprisingly it was quite tasty as there was lots of cheese and tomato.

 

[Valpiana]

I once misread a tsp of dried sage for tbs. Inedible dinner.

 

[annieka 56]

That reminds me of my pasta tuna bake where I forgot the tuna! Surprisingly it was quite tasty as there was lots of cheese and tomato.

 

[annieka 56]

That sounds great to be honest. I would both cool and eat that - tuna optional.

 

[Pork Pie lady]

Well done @Robynrose

I did something similar this week. I made a cheesecake and because it`s a tried and tested recipe thought I knew the quantities by heart.

Only when I was mixing the biscuit crumb with the butter did I realise I`d doubled the quantity of butter and halved the quantity of biscuits and the biscuit crumb was swimming in butter.

Thank goodness I was able to throw it out and start again so nothing was ruined. At least you didn`t have to bin yours.

No need to bin it just add extra biscuit to make it right. Use the extra to make more bases and store them in the fridge.

 

[Pork Pie lady]

No need to bin it just add enough extra biscuit to make it right. Use the extra to make more bases and store them in the fridge.

 

[Grannie G]

No need to bin it just add extra biscuit to make it right. Use the extra to make more bases and store them in the fridge.

Good idea. Thank you

 

[Robynrose]

Nice to know I'm not alone

Oh dear @Robynrose
At least you realised what you had done! Did you manage to make your date loaf?
I think humour can get us through most things ?

Yes and it wasn't too bad either

 

[Pork Pie lady]

Good idea. Thank you

A professional cook once told me that part of being a good one is knowing how to correct mistakes - she wasn't the easiest of people to get on with but I learned a lot from her.

 

[Agzy]

I once misread a tsp of dried sage for tbs. Inedible dinner.

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[Robynrose]

I'm also having problems with knitting (Simple baby clothes for waitakere hospital. I spend more time unpicking than knitting up. I've had to give up doing patchwork and paper crafts.

 

[Tricot]

I once misread a tsp of dried sage for tbs. Inedible dinner.
@Valpiana
I misread this the first time and thought it said incredible dinner. I thought "oh, turned out alright then."!

 

[Pork Pie lady]

I once made a chocolate cake at work and could not understand why it overflowed the pans. It looked good but when my colleagues started munching at the spilt bits they spat it out. It took a while to work out that I used bicarbonate of soda instead of baking powder. Thankfully it was noticed before it was served up to customers.

 

[Norrms]

My humor has pulled me out of the fog of dementia many times xxxxxxxxxxx