10.26.08
Things I Have Done Today.
1. Cooked four sugar pumpkins and pureed them. Managed to burn all ten of my fingers in the process.
2. Upon burning my fingers, said a few words that I’m going to have to remind myself to stop saying soon, or else I’m going to have them repeated back to me.
3. Remembered that normal people use canned pumpkin.
4. Learned that four sugar pumpkins make a crap-ton of pumpkin puree. Will be baking muffins well into April.
5. Realized that I hate the smell of cooked pumpkin when it is not accompanied by pumpkin pie spice.
6. Baked approximately 5,987 pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. Beginning to think that these muffins are actually what Jesus fed the multitude, rather than the fish and loaves we’ve been taught since children.
7. Dropped one muffin on the floor and watched it fall apart during the act of transferring it from the muffin pan to the cooling rack. Wept silently for ten minutes.
8. Ate not more than four but not less than three muffins straight out of the oven. Felt my ass grow by a quarter-inch.
9. Stared blankly at my overflowing kitchen sink. Wished I had a magic wand and Molly Weasley nearby.
10. Sat at the kitchen table and typed this blog entry. Noticed muffins on cooling rack across table from me. Felt ass grow by another quarter-inch.
Geof F. Morris Said:
October 26, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I guess I’m not allowed around them … well, ever?
Kate Watson Said:
October 27, 2008 at 11:12 am
Mmmm, you can do SO much with pumpkin puree - if you need a few ideas other than muffins, go to http://www.hungry-girl.com and type in pumpkin in the search tool. She’s got recipes for everything from oatmeal to cookies using pumpkin. Of course, I took the lazy man’s way and bought a can, but then I had to freeze a bunch of it because they only sell those giant cans! Now I have a bunch of 1/4-cup sized pumpkin-cubes in my freezer.