I don't worry about the finger-cutting-off as much anymore, but I am still painfully slow and don't really know techniques. I only finally managed to get the "how to hold a knife" thing down because at one point George overheard Kevin giving me a "lesson" and was like, "Um, freaking out like that is a good way to MAKE her cut a finger off" and then said he'd show me. But still, yeah, knives are scary.
I like baking for that reason, too, and it makes me laugh because it's the same reason Kevin is so terrible at baking. He's all "What do you mean I can't just make a crust using random amounts of butter and flour, without even knowing the proper ratio?" or "What do you mean I can't just leave out the baking soda for no reason?" or "What are these 'measuring cups' you keep talking about?" It's pretty funny to watch him try, but he won't anymore -- he just gets all grumpy-faced, tells me to do it, and then goes to roast a duck or something.
I like it better when there are people to eat it, though, because I'm not big on sweets anymore, so I'll eat, like, two cookies and then look around, all confused, and scream, "NOW WHO IS GOING TO EAT THE OTHER TWO DOZEN?!" I am super psyched that it's coming up on the holiday baking season because I can make so many things and it won't go to waste.
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Date: 2011-10-24 10:10 pm (UTC)I don't worry about the finger-cutting-off as much anymore, but I am still painfully slow and don't really know techniques. I only finally managed to get the "how to hold a knife" thing down because at one point George overheard Kevin giving me a "lesson" and was like, "Um, freaking out like that is a good way to MAKE her cut a finger off" and then said he'd show me. But still, yeah, knives are scary.
I like baking for that reason, too, and it makes me laugh because it's the same reason Kevin is so terrible at baking. He's all "What do you mean I can't just make a crust using random amounts of butter and flour, without even knowing the proper ratio?" or "What do you mean I can't just leave out the baking soda for no reason?" or "What are these 'measuring cups' you keep talking about?" It's pretty funny to watch him try, but he won't anymore -- he just gets all grumpy-faced, tells me to do it, and then goes to roast a duck or something.
I like it better when there are people to eat it, though, because I'm not big on sweets anymore, so I'll eat, like, two cookies and then look around, all confused, and scream, "NOW WHO IS GOING TO EAT THE OTHER TWO DOZEN?!" I am super psyched that it's coming up on the holiday baking season because I can make so many things and it won't go to waste.