The brownies were in the fridge for MORE THAN A YEAR???? dear god. was the hospital rom all the weed or from eating way-past-expiry brownies?

I should add that my parents are also phenomenal cooks…when it comes to Chinese food. My mom expertly wraps zongzi, my dad’s red-braised pork belly is amazing, etc. But back then, they were reading recipes in their second language and working without experience a lot of folks take for granted.

Notable incidents I can remember include:

-not realizing how long a turkey would take to defrost
-attempting to defrost the turkey in the oven
-flour lump gravy
-not realizing they were using premade pie filling instead of pumpkin puree
-baking said pie in a microwave oven with a busted turntable

They've never once kicked in for me, but I do get to eat bread again, so I will just count that as my runner's high I guess

Recipe comparisons are very fun, and also a really cool thing to do with kids or folks new to the kitchen to show how similar ingredients can become very different products. But also,

I love diorama kits, they’re so satisfying to build and fun to display! I’ve never seen that one before, I love the concept

In the big two oh two five and all!

a familiar phenomena

oh I'm off to a great start, Eevee smiled at me and I burst into tears