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Tue | November 15, 2005

instant food

I'm baking Betty Crocker cranberry orange quick bread. I messed it up a little. You are supposed to stir the mix. I beat it with the electric hand mixer before reading the instructions. Beating something that is supposed to be stirred puts too much air in the batter. It will rise too much.

Bread in a box, cake in a box. They are so simple, one-step cooking, but then I mess up the one step. My problem is I think it is supposed to be easy so I don't pay as much attention.

I don't even measure the oil and water. I just pour some of each in. This never fails to rile Henry up. When Henry is about to microwave a Hot Pocket or pizza I always say, three minutes! or whatever I think is about the right time for it. I say this while he is trying to find the directions on the box. They are always in some obscure corner.

And my problem is that most of the time I get away with it. I'll probably get away with this too. I think I caught myself in time.

Maybe this isn't a problem. I just need to be ever so slightly more aware next time. It's not like driving where I could get in an accident.

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